Via Starwars.com:

Star Wars is a pretty big thing in England. So it comes as no surprise that there’s a place somewhere in London where hundreds of stormtroopers scour for runaway droids and Rebel pilots plot to blow up the Death Star. A place crawling with Jawas and womprats and slugs. A place where the law is archaic and criminals openly brag about death-sentence convictions.

This mirror universe created by the minds over at Secret Cinema is a little different than what you see at movie-rich theme parks. It’s fun taking selfies with characters from some of your favorite films and watching live reenactments with cool explosions and sound effects. But what if you were battling the bad guys or saving the world yourself? That’s how we used to watch movies when we were barely old enough to understand them, back to that magical time when the imaginary line between fantasy and reality didn’t exist.

We can’t move objects with our mind. We can’t travel at lightspeed. But that didn’t stop us from staring wide-eyed at something so wondrous and unbelievable. It’s certainly how Fabien Riggall, the founder and director of Secret Cinema, felt when he watched The Empire Strikes Back during its theatrical run.

“For me what Secret Cinema represents is that feeling of going to the cinema as a child,” says Riggall. “It’s where the relationship you have between your seat and the screen is very different to you than the one you have when you’re an adult, and the experience of going to the movies as a child is a much larger than life experience.”

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