To the deafening screams of thousands of fans (most of whom were female, naturally) that had camped out for four days, the stars of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse stepped out at L.A. Live’s Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, June 24^th for the film’s highly anticipated premiere, which was part of the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner were joined by their co-stars, including Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Dakota Fanning, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anna Kendrick, Charlie Bewley, Xavier Samuel, Alex Meraz and Julia Jones, along with pretty much all of the other actors who have played vampires, werewolves and humans in the films, no matter how small the role. Also in attendance were director David Slade, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, the film’s producers, some of the soundtrack artists (The Bravery, Metric, Eastern Conference Champions) and the woman responsible for it all, author Stephenie Meyer.  Check out the exclusive photos after the jump:

Other celebs on the black carpet but not in the film included Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jaden & Willow Smith, L.A. Laker Ron Artest, Kim & Kourtney Kardashian, “True Blood” star Kevin Alejandro, Zachary Levi, Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, figure skaters Kristi Yamaguchi & Evan Lysacek, “Hellcats” star Alyson Michalka, “90210" star AnnaLynne McCord, Briana Evigan, Jaime King, “Glee” star Heather Morris and many others from the worlds of film, television, sports and modeling.  Here's all the photos in alphabetical order:

PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA RADISH / Agency Photos

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