The force was with the team Friday night.
NEWARK -- You can count the Devils' Friday night win against the Red Hawks as one in the Luke Skywalker column.
In celebration of the Dec. 18 release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," the popular movie franchise took over the Prudential Center before and during the game Friday night. Fans were invited to dress up, take photos with characters placed around the arena, and watch 3D video presentations of the game that were Star-Wars themed.
The Star Wars frenzy inside the arena sparked one online, too, that came mostly in the form of clever tweets. These five are our favorite.
Fans took the call to celebrate the movies and the team seriously.
The empire is striking back in section 13 @NHLDevils #RelentlessWeAre #StarWarsNight pic.twitter.com/OuC91Xisl5
-- Angelo Fico (@AngieFi7) December 12, 2015
Comparing periods to movie titles? Great.
1st Period: A New Hope 2nd Period: Empire Strikes Back 3rd Period: Return of the Jedi
-- DevilsFirm (@DevilsFirm) December 12, 2015
Possibly taking the fandom a bit too far, but we love the enthusiasm.
Short of my 1st childs birth I dnt think ill be excited for anything as much as I am for #StarWarsNight tomorrow #RelentlessWeAre @NHLDevils
-- Angelo Fico (@AngieFi7) December 11, 2015
Must have been tough for Devils execs to get work done this way.
#relentlessweare @NHLDevils prepared for gametime. #LGD pic.twitter.com/f5B0uO02VN
-- Hugh Weber (@hughweber1) December 11, 2015
And a nice call back to reality, reminding us that the Devils collected dozens of toys for less fortunate kids.
Tonight is Star Wars night for the Devils. More important (but, hopefully not forgotten) is that it's also team's annual Toys for Tots drive
-- Tom Gulitti (@TGfireandice) December 11, 2015
And, check out the on-ice opener that welcomed fans to Star Wars night.
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