‘Star Wars’ flight will service Tokyo and Vancouver

The first Star Wars-themed jumbo jet is set to make its inaugural flight from Tokyo to Vancouver later this month.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) hopes the market force will be with them in its bid to appeal to North American passengers.

“Every journey through the sky should be an entertaining one,” the website for the ANA Star Wars Project says.

Three planes will be rolled out in the coming months, to take travellers far, far away.

The first is a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with R2-D2 painted on the fuselage. Inside, cups, napkins and headrests will be decked out in the theme, and the in-flight entertainment system will carry all six installments of the film.

Photos and video footage posted on the ANA’s Twitter account show the plane arriving at Tokyo’s Haneda airport this past Friday. It’s scheduled to fly from there to Vancouver on Oct. 18 before jetting to other cities in the galactic empire.

As of Monday morning, there were still seats available on flight NH116 to Vancouver.

ANA teamed up with Disney for the project, to help promote the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in December. Two more themed jets will begin service in winter 2015 and spring 2016. One will feature BB-8, a droid being introduced in the new film.

Visitors to the ANA lounge at Tokyo’s Narita airport can also play a Star Wars “Battle Pod” arcade game for free.