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A teenage 'Star Wars' fan is in jail after threatening to shoot a friend who spoiled the plot.

Cops say 18-year-old Arthur Charles Roy became enraged after a Facebook friend revealed plot points.

Authorities say Roy, who lives in Helena, Montana, sent his friend a photo of himself, with a gun ... threatening to go to the friend's school and shoot him.

'Star Wars' is more powerful than first thought, because some moviegoers become so overtaken by characters like Chewbacca they actually assume their identity.

Comedian Harland Williams was stricken Monday night as he left the ArcLight in Hollywood with fellow comedian Adam Ray.

Ronda Rousey's Hollywood career is still ON THE RISE -- according to Bruce Buffer who says he's friends with a HUUGE director who has "big plans" for the UFC superstar.

Buffer -- the voice of the UFC -- says he's very close with Hollywood powerhouse Nick Cassavetes (directed "The Notebook," "Alpha Dog," "John Q.") ... and he's not turning his back on Rousey after the beating she took from Holly Holm.

Cassavetes also happens to be directing Ronda's next movie -- "Road House" -- and says he's pumped about having her star the film.

It's a pretty big endorsement for Rousey ... who's been a little "off" ever since the loss ... leading some people to question if she'll still be able to slay at the box office.

And get this ... Bruce says he MIGHT get a role in the flick, too.

Tupac Shakur death conspiracy theories are about to reignite ... because the guy playing him in a new movie is a dead ringer for the rap legend.

Demetrius Shipp, Jr. is getting his big break playing Pac in Morgan Creek Production's, "All Eyez On Me."

We're told the biopic covers the rapper's entire life, including his murder in 1996.

Production sources tell us Demetrius' father worked in the music biz, and crossed paths with Tupac when Demetrius was a kid, and he's been a huge fan ever since.

We're told producer L.T. Hutton approached Demetrius to star as the rapper in no small part because of the obvious similarities. He immediately took some crash acting classes ... 4 times a week.

John Boyega surprised a huge crowd at a "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" showing Friday night, and they went nuts.

Thousands of people armed with intergalactic weapons gathered in downtown L.A. Friday night for an epic "Star Wars" battle.

The crowd was there for The Light Battle, a charity event. It was a raging competition because similar crowds gathered for The Light Battle in Toronto and NYC, all battling to shatter a world record for a single lightsaber fight.

The latest business to jump on the insane "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" marketing bandwagon will leave you asking, "Is that a lightsaber in your pants or are you happy to see me?"

Sex toy companies have been stocking products geared toward die-hard fans and profiting big time. Fun Factory tells TMZ its sales have shot up 75% because of a spaceship-like product called the Bi Stronic Fusion ... a hands-free self-guided vibrator.

Novelty condom maker Graphic Armor says it launched Star Wars-ish (it's not officially sanctioned) themed condoms earlier this year, and moved several thousand just this month at $2.20 a pop. BTW, they're one size fits all.

Because size matters not.

This is a good sign ... Ronda Rousey getting back to her old, fun, goofy self ... dressing up as a Storm Trooper to watch the new 'Star Wars' movie Thursday night.

Guessing the giant Boba Fett is her boyfriend Travis Browne ... 'cause he's huge.

So, is the force finally coming back for Ronda???

We'll find out soon enough ...

Mark Zuckerberg has turned into the stereotypical Facebook user ... posting baby pics.

The FB honcho showed off his adorable daughter Max dressed up as a baby Jedi, captioning the pic, "The force is strong with this one."

Let's hope the kid is more of Luke than Anakin.

One half of Tha Dogg Pound is biting back -- Daz Dillinger is going to war with Sony over his music rights ... and it could impact his plans to make the unofficial sequel to "Straight Outta Compton."

Daz says Sony controls his catalog of music -- some of it made with Kurupt in Tha Dogg Pound -- and he says the company's been collecting royalties on his tracks, but he's not convinced it's been up front about how much. Daz says Sony's accounted for some of the dough, but he believes they've come up short.

Translation: It's time to pay the piper, Sony. He's suing for at least $75k in back royalties.

There's more than cash on the line ... Daz and Kurupt are forging ahead with a movie about Tha Dogg Pound, Snoop Dogg and Tupac called "Dogg Pound 4 Life" -- but he told us Sony could hold up the project over music rights. As promised, he's fighting back.

Meek Mill broke down on the stand ... pleading to the judge he's no gangsta, but it didn't sway her -- she found he had violated probation.

Meek testified in Philly for more than an hour, and during the testimony he got emotional a few times. Once, while describing how much it hurt not being able to go see his mom in NJ after she had surgery. All Meek's out-of-state travel has to be approved under terms of his probation.

He also apologized to the D.A. for calling her a "bitch" in his song, "The Ride."

But he really choked up when he addressed the judge directly, saying ... "I'm not a gangsta. I'm not a criminal." He added, "I have my queen, Nicki [Minaj] now. I'm trying to do better and feel like I can be the best rapper out there."

Judge Brinkley ruled he was in "technical violation" but didn't decide his punishment yet. She set sentencing for February and said Meek cannot leave a 5 county area around Philly before then.

Vivica A. Fox IS in next year's "Independence Day" sequel playing Jasmine ... her same character from the original.

She is NOT starring in "Orange Is the New Black."

Interesting.

Talk about living up to your nickname ...

UFC superstar Ryan "Darth" Bader (get it?) says he'd kick the living snot out of a Jedi in a street fight ... and he's even got a strategy to do it.

The clip is pretty funny ... especially since "Darth" says he's not even a real 'Star Wars' fan -- he just liked the nickname better than the other option, "Master" (get it?).

Carrie Fisher awakened her own dance force at the European premiere after-party in London Wednesday night.

The 'Force Awakens' star was goofing for cameras as she did something slightly vogue-ish while celebrating. Woulda been better in the slave girl costume, but still fun.

BTW, look at her right knee, because we gotta ask ...

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will not just dominate in the movie theaters ... it wants to take over the mayonnaise and window blind markets.

Baffling as it seems, Lucasfilm has filed legal docs to own products with the famous movie title, products that include:

- Mayo
- Window blinds
- Mattresses
- Mustard, ketchup and relish
- Frozen meals, consisting primarily of pasta or rice
- Tortillas
- Marmalades
- Veggie burger patties
- Bowling balls
- Bean bags
- Magic tricks
- Fishing tackle

The film company has filed hundreds of trademark applications.

It's world domination.

Someone has obtained footage from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and they are sending around video of a pivotal moment in the film.

Whoever's doing it just sent the video to TMZ. We will not post or describe it, but the scene is the OMG moment in the flick.

We have verified the authenticity of the footage from someone who has seen the film.