Twitter awoke to the Force as the latest movie in the Star Wars franchise trended on Wednesday.

People used the #TheForceAwakensSA hashtag to record their excitement ahead of the countrywide opening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the public holiday

Veni Vidi Vino@ohmygrapeness came out lasers blazing‚ tweeting: “#TheForceAwakensSA been a Star Wars nerdette since the 80’s... Pew pew pew.”

For Owen@owenagb1: “#TheForceAwakensSA: the anxiety is killing me”‚ and for Cliff Becker ?@CliffBecker8‚ “sadly‚ not one single person knows how important today is to me.... not. even. one!”

Theose fans would no doubt have been Yoda-green with envy of Wenchy@NocturnalWenchy‚ who saw the film on Tuesday night at an Imax theatre in Johannesburg.

She replied to Darryl Linington @DarrylLinington’s “First Poll: #StarWars #TheForceAwakensSa opens in Cinemas tomorrow. Will you be going? @sterkinekor @TelkomZA” with a smug: “Nope because I saw it tonight! #TheForceAwakensSA #IMAXEastgate @sterkinekor @IMAX @starwars @Eastgateshops”.

And‚ how was it?

Sharon #44 @arigyes seemed pleased: “I was fortunate to watch the premiere of the stars wars movie... Worth all the hype!!! WOW! #TheForceAwakensSA #IMAXEastgate”.

So too was BLAiNE@4JonoShore: “Just watched The Force Awakens. Star Wars fans be VERY EXCITED. It’s fantastic — some truly bold moments?? #TheForceAwakensSA #IMAXEastgate”.

Sven Pietersen@SvenPietersen also gave it the thumbs-up: “#TheForceAwakensSA the force has definitely been awakened. Darn good start to the new chapter in the Star Wars saga.”

Michelle Govender @MishGov seemed short of words: “#TheForceAwakensSA wow... Just wow!”‚ before later pondering about the film’s hirsute wookie‚ asking: “Why does Chewbacca have better hair than me? :( #HairGoals #TheForceAwakensSA”.