--- title: Ronda Rousey Saw Star Wars in a Full Stormtrooper Costume description: The Force is strong with Ronda canonical: https://time.com/4156027/ronda-rousey-went-to-see-star-wars-in-a-full-stormtrooper-costume/ author: Sports Illustrated article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-19T16:46:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:48.492Z og:title: Ronda Rousey Went to See Star Wars in a Full Stormtrooper Costume og:description: She was joined by friends in very impressive Darth Maul and Boba Fett costumes og:url: https://time.com/4156027/ronda-rousey-went-to-see-star-wars-in-a-full-stormtrooper-costume/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaefd42cc75eaf6e8/698876310a4a2277769c79a4/ronda-rousey1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: Ronda-Rousey og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ronda Rousey Went to See Star Wars in a Full Stormtrooper Costume twitter:description: She was joined by friends in very impressive Darth Maul and Boba Fett costumes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaefd42cc75eaf6e8/698876310a4a2277769c79a4/ronda-rousey1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ronda Rousey Went to See _Star Wars_ in a Full Stormtrooper Costume ## Video: Star Wars- The Force Awakens Trailer (Official) [Watch (HLS stream): Star Wars- The Force Awakens Trailer (Official)](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/t3MjF3mv.m3u8) (2:35)  _Published 2015-10-20. Star Wars- The Force Awakens Trailer (Official)_ by [Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Sports Illustrated Dec 19, 2015 4:46 PM UTC  Ronda Rousey in Westwood, Calif. in June 2015. Ronda Rousey in Westwood, Calif. in June 2015.Frazer Harrison—Getty Images by [Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Sports Illustrated Dec 19, 2015 4:46 PM UTC Ronda Rousey is remaking the image of nerds everywhere[ with her love of Pokemon](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/10/15/ronda-rousey-training-pokemon-pikachu-costume-video) and World of Warcraft and you can add _Star Wars_ to her list of obsessions, as the UFC star went all out for her costume at _The Force Awakens_ opening-night showing. Rousey was decked out as a stormtrooper and was joined by friends in very impressive Darth Maul and Boba Fett costumes to take in the hotly anticipated film on Thursday night. The former champion seems to be back in good spirits after taking some time to heal from[ her surprising loss to Holly Holm](http://www.si.com/mma/2015/11/15/holly-holm-beats-ronda-rousey-ufc-upset-fight) last month, recently [attending the Marine Corps Ball](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/12/11/ufc-ronda-rousey-will-attend-marine-corps-ball) with a fan, in addition to her costumed night at the movies. _This_ [_article_](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/12/18/ronda-rousey-star-wars-force-awakens-stromtrooper-costume-photo) _originally appeared on_ [_SI.com_](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/12/18/ronda-rousey-star-wars-force-awakens-stromtrooper-costume-photo) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156027/ronda-rousey-went-to-see-star-wars-in-a-full-stormtrooper-costume/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156027/ronda-rousey-went-to-see-star-wars-in-a-full-stormtrooper-costume/"},"headline":"Ronda Rousey Went to See Star Wars in a Full Stormtrooper Costume","datePublished":"2015-12-19T16:46:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:48.492Z","description":"The Force is strong with Ronda","url":"https://time.com/4156027/ronda-rousey-went-to-see-star-wars-in-a-full-stormtrooper-costume/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaefd42cc75eaf6e8/698876310a4a2277769c79a4/ronda-rousey1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sports Illustrated","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaefd42cc75eaf6e8/698876310a4a2277769c79a4/ronda-rousey1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ronda-Rousey","caption":"Premiere Of Warner Bros. 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