Its premiere in New York City was held in early February, 1936 at the Rivoli Theatre.Chaplin did not attend the premiere of his first film in five years because during his previous public appearance in New York, he found himself "battling through the crowds" everywhere he went.They were being closely guarded (although one of the guards was a disguised Lando Calrissian).The vessels floated and sped across the desert sand dunes to the pit of Sarlacc - where the creature""s gaping mouth filled with eeth awaited them.Soon, they approached Alderaan.On the Death Star, Governor Tarkin - feeling betrayed - ordered the termination of the deceitful Princess Leia.[Stroheim was one of actress Gloria Swanson""s greatest directors in the early days of the movies.His career, like Gloria Swanson""s, ended abruptly around 1930 - making the film semi-autobiographical and a mixture of both fact and fiction.