Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits cinemas around the world this week, but it’ll also be showing in one extremely appropriate venue off-planet: the International Space Station. 
 
 Astronauts will be able to watch the new Star Wars in orbit a few hundred miles above the surface of the Earth using one of the laptops or projector onboard the space station. Space reporter Robin Seemangal tweeted the news last night, with a spokesperson for NASA confirming the plans to Inverse. 
 
 “[I] can confirm the crew will be able to watch it on orbit,” NASA Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot told Inverse. “Don’t have a definitive timeline yet. They typically get movies as digital files and can play them back on a laptop or a standard projector that is currently aboard.” 
 
 Watching films onboard the ISS is not unusual, and the space station is stocked with an extensive digital library of more than 500 titles, including classics and newer hits. (As you’d expect, there’s plenty of sci-fi — from Aliens to 2001: A Space Odyssey.) Astronauts can watch films on their days off, while they’re working out on the station’s treadmill, or just during movie nights, as astronaut Scott Kelly showed in 2015: 
 
 #Movie night in micro #Gravity aboard #ISS on our new HD projector which we use for conferences, tech software, etc.. pic.twitter.com/Mhb03U3alz — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) April 25, 2015 
 
 Just remember: we don’t know when The Last Jedi will be showing onboard the ISS, and as some astronauts are regular Twitter users, let’s try to keep those spoilers to a minimum. 

 NASA Confirms That 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Will Be Screened in Space 
 
 In just a few days, audiences around the world will get to marvel at Star Wars: The Last Jedi. But astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will get to watch the latest Star Wars flick literally in low Earth Orbit, a NASA official confirms to Inverse. 
 
 Spaceflight reporter Robin Seemangal broke the news earlier today on Twitter. 
 
 “I received confirmation from Disney and NASA sources that the crew aboard the International Space Station will be screening Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” he wrote. 
 
 Inverse followed up with NASA to find out more details, and while info is still thin, a spokesperson said the movie will be shown on board the ISS. 
 
 “[I] can confirm the crew will be able to watch it on orbit,” NASA Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot told Inverse. “Don’t have a definitive timeline yet. They typically get movies as digital files and can play them back on a laptop or a standard projector that is currently aboard.” 
 
 Diehard Star Wars bought their tickets weeks and even months ago, causing delays on Fandango back in October. While millions of people will no doubt flock to theaters on Thursday, there’s definitely no better way to watch Star Wars than hurtling through space. Sorry, but that’s honestly metal as hell. 
 
 It’s possible that the movie will be sent inside the SpaceX dragon capsule that’s headed to the ISS on Friday. 
 
 The good news is for us doomed to remain on Earth, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is getting overwhelmingly positive reviews. I guess we’ll all have to settle for watching an incredible movie on terra firma. Sigh.
– Star Wars is so popular now you can't even escape it by leaving the planet. The Verge reports astronauts aboard the International Space Station will soon be able to watch Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which opens here on Earth this Friday. “[I] can confirm the crew will be able to watch it on orbit,” NASA spokesperson Dan Huot tells Inverse. “Don’t have a definitive timeline yet." The International Space Station has a library of about 500 or so digital films, which astronauts watch on their days off or while working out on the ISS treadmill or on movie nights. They'll be able to watch the new Star Wars on the station's laptops or a projector. But do they have Junior Mints in space?