Lucky Star Wars fans will get to see the first trailer for Episode VII: The Force Awakens on Friday, November 28 in select American theaters, director J.J. Abrams has confirmed.

Update 2 (3:45 p.m. eastern): The full list of theaters playing the Star Wars trailer on Friday follows… (via StarWars.com)

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CA SAN JOSE CINEMARK OAKRIDGE 20
CA SAN DIEGO REGAL MIRA MESA 18
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OH CLEVELAND CINEMARK CINEMARK 24
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TN KNOXVILLE REGAL PINNACLE
TX DALLAS CINEMARK PLANO 20
TX HOSTON REGAL MARQ*E STADIUM 23
TX AUSTIN ALAMO ALAMO S LAMAR
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WA SEATTLE REGAL THORNTON PLACE 14
WI MILWAUKEE MARCUS BROOKFIELD 16

StarWars.com says that the trailer will run in all theaters come December. Presumably the trailer will be released officially online Friday… otherwise Disney will have to be chasing leaks left and right.

Update (1:35 p.m. eastern): Abrams has confirmed via his production company’s Twitter account that an 88-second trailer will be hitting theaters this Friday. We’re still waiting for an official announcement from Disney which will likely include a longer list of theaters than the nine we told you about Monday morning.

We knew that Disney was planning something big for the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer reveal, and now Regal Entertainment Group has confirmed that the trailer will be shown in theaters across America starting this Friday.

The press release reads:

“This Friday, the world premiere of Star Wars Episode VII trailer will be revealed at select North America theaters. Be one of the first to experience the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the following Regal locations. The trailer will debut before all movies starting November 28 – November 30.”

Here is the list of theaters confirmed to air the trailer on Friday:

You can read more and find links to the individual cinemas at their website.

Note that while only nine cinemas have been confirmed so far, we’re hearing that the trailer will likely debut in many more across North America.

As far as we know, this is the one-minute teaser trailer for which a detailed description has already been leaked.

According to the description, the trailer won’t reveal much, but we will get to see the Millennium Falcon flying across the screen – signalling the beginning of a new era, post-Return of the Jedi.

Are you able to see the trailer on Friday at any of the involved cinemas?