It falls far short of "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' hopes, but the Force -- the force behind digital cinema, that is -- is still with them.
The Boeing Co.'s Boeing Digital Cinema unit Thursday, one week ahead of the widely anticipated debut of movie "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones," said it expects to have 23 digital cinema systems running in theaters around the country by May 16, giving the high-tech method of distributing and showing movies a much-needed lift.
Frank Stirling, executive director of Boeing Digital Systems said he expects to have as many as 40 systems in theaters by the summer's end and possibly 100 by year's end.
The 23 all-digital theaters are in cities ranging from Seattle to Boston and Wichita, Kansas, Stirling said.
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