Matthew McConaughey feels not so alright alright watching new Star Wars teaser

By Andre Revilla Published May 5, 2015

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Digital Trends tissue budget flew threw the roof this week as interns were rushed all over town to acquire Kleenex, only to find out that they had completely sold out. It was the day we had all feared — the tissue-geddon — the day the second teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens hit the Internet. Tears of nerd joy have flowed left and right since the new teaser trailer for JJ Abrams highly anticipated Star Wars sequel was released, and the great man from Texas was no exception.

Flying high above the Earth, it seems Matthew McConaughey was hit worse than most of us. While hurtling through space and time in the movie Interstellar, he takes a moment to appreciate the great work that the men and women of Star Wars have put into this newest installment. Take a look at this piece of viral genius, and if you feel like crying along with him that’s OK (we did, too).

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It’s okay, Matthew! It’ll be alright! While things got a little intense (like the circus), we have so much more to see before the release of this space epic on December 18, 2015. We would like to thank Matthew McConaughey for reminding us that it’s okay to cry Solo, sometimes.

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As expected, Star Wars has had us on an emotional eleVader (sorry) since day one, but we have a new hope that this won’t go the way of the prequels. In fact it’d be very Jar jarring if these were bad films. We hate to get all Greedo, but we won’t pay to see them seven times if they’re not up to par. Alright, alright, alright, I’m done, I’m going to go listen to some Tupaca.

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