--- title: Star Wars Scalpers Resell Tickets for Up To $10,000 description: The resale market was likely aided by theater ticketing sites crashing canonical: https://time.com/4081226/star-wars-resale-tickets/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-21T15:08:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:57:51.182Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Star Wars' Scalpers Resell Tickets for Up To $10,000 og:description: The resale market was likely aided by theater ticketing sites crashing og:url: https://time.com/4081226/star-wars-resale-tickets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25cdf570fb97f1db/698868fa428a9e72e9ccfb18/starwars55df5d97c8780.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: starwars55df5d97c8780 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Star Wars' Scalpers Resell Tickets for Up To $10,000 twitter:description: The resale market was likely aided by theater ticketing sites crashing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25cdf570fb97f1db/698868fa428a9e72e9ccfb18/starwars55df5d97c8780.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Star Wars_ Scalpers Resell Opening Night Tickets for Up To $10,000 by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Oct 21, 2015 3:08 PM UTC  Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Oct 21, 2015 3:08 PM UTC “Attachment leads to jealousy, the shadow of greed, that is,” Yoda once declared. So what would the Jedi master think of hucksters trying to resell their _Star Wars_ tickets for up to $10,000? Across eBay and Craigslist, ticket-holders for opening night screenings of _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ on Dec. 17 are trying to pawn their seats for exorbitant amounts. There’s the $1,000 [tickets](https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/tix/5277709611.html) for a 3D showing at 10:20 p.m. in Los Angeles, $750 [tickets](http://i.imgur.com/knVgkhz.jpg) for a IMAX 7 p.m. show in Austin, a whopping $8,000 [package](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Force-Awakens-Special-Disney-Event-and-movie-ticket-/321898781548?hash=item4af2a99b6c:g:QKsAAOSw14xWJpsK) for a Force Awakens event in Orlando (which includes just _one_ ticket), and countless others. But the biggest Sith Lords on the Internet might be those selling tickets for $10,000, such as [this person](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-The-Force-Awakens-2-Tickets-with-VIP-treatment/181908493992?%5Ftrksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&%5Ftrkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33870%26meid%3Dfa21efef7f8d4b168523eba4052470d5%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D321898781548) for a 7 p.m. showing in North Canton, Ohio (at least he’s throwing in a limo ride, and even a hotel if the buyer is from out of town — because somebody opting to fly into North Canton to pay 10k to see a movie is probably going to happen). ScreenCrush [caught up with](http://screencrush.com/star-wars-force-awakens-tickets-ebay-seller-interview/) one of the 10k sellers, who admits he’s getting bashed on social media, but insists if the tickets don’t sell, “I’ll give them to a couple of kids that can’t afford to see the movie.” The resale market was likely aided by theater ticketing sites crashing when _The Force Awakens_ went on sale on Monday, forcing fans who planned to buy tickets online to scramble for their seats. First day sales easily broke Fandango records, with The Force Awakens generating eight times as many sales as the previous pre-sale record holder, 2012’s _The Hunger Games_. Another reason for fan eagerness could be the Spoiler Factor. Many would rather not know the major twists in the film, and avoiding such details, especially online, is going to be difficult once widespread screenings begin. Still, as one reader [pointed](https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/3pgr85/you%5Fknow%5Fits%5Fgoing%5Fto%5Fbe%5Fthe%5Fsame%5Fmovie%5Fthe%5Fnext/) out: “You know, it’s still going to be the same movie the next day.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/21/star-wars-tickets-resale) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4081226/star-wars-resale-tickets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4081226/star-wars-resale-tickets/"},"headline":"Star Wars Scalpers Resell Opening Night Tickets for Up To $10,000","datePublished":"2015-10-21T15:08:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:57:51.182Z","description":"The resale market was likely aided by theater ticketing sites crashing","url":"https://time.com/4081226/star-wars-resale-tickets/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25cdf570fb97f1db/698868fa428a9e72e9ccfb18/starwars55df5d97c8780.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25cdf570fb97f1db/698868fa428a9e72e9ccfb18/starwars55df5d97c8780.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"starwars55df5d97c8780","caption":"","creditText":"Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4081226/star-wars-resale-tickets/","name":"Star Wars Scalpers Resell Opening Night Tickets for Up To $10,000"}}]}] ```