One Star Wars fan is so devoted she's going to get her entire right leg tattooed.

The latest Star Wars film, The Last Jedi, has hit the big screens.

Thousands flocked to the cinemas last night for the first showing.

Star Wars superfan Vicki Potroz-Tokotaua told Rachel Smalley she already had some Star Wars tattoos on her leg when she bumped into a tattoo artist Gene Martin in Taranaki.

"Tapped me on the shoulder and asked if he could look at the legs. He was a Star Wars fans as well. And So he took some photos and we got talking and we decided on maybe adding some more."

Potroz-Tokotaua is going to waiting a week to see the movie, so she can watch it with her grandchildren.

LISTEN TO VICKI POTROZ-TOKOTAUA TALK WITH RACHEL SMALLEY