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Celebrate Star Wars Day this year! From Star Wars trivia to a fun run and movie marathon, here are a few spacey events to keep an eye out for.

Diverse-City is hosting a Star Wars night every Wednesday evening in May, starting from 4 May. Dress up as your favourite character, and bond with fellow Star Wars fans. May the fourth be with you. The Geek Run is a little bit of mid-week fun!

Disney Parks tweeted that part of its celebration will be limited-edition Star Wars merchandise on sale at the Disney Hollywood Studios' Stage 1 Company Store ...

— Disney Parks (@DisneyParks)May 3, 2022 — Disney Parks (@DisneyParks)May 3, 2022 — Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill)May 3, 2022 — Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill)May 2, 2022 — Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill)May 1, 2022 At Disneyland, the Star Wars-themed Hyperspace Mountain returns, as will special character interactions and new photo spots celebrating the Disney+ original series set in the Star Wars galaxy.

Inspired by Boba Fett, Grogu and The Mandalorian these 2TB drives are slimline, stylish, and frankly a great way to store your data let alone being all-in on ...

The Mandalorian is available today, the other two in Mid-May. Each one is available for $125, of course, any Star Wars fan won’t stop at one – so you’re in the hole for $375 folks if you can find all three:) To celebrate the make believe day that is Star Wars Day (May 4 – May the Force – get it?), one of the biggest storage companies in the world has expanded their collaboration with Star Wars creator Lucasfilm with some new Hard Drives aimed squarely at the Star Wars Fan.

From warp drives to lightsabers to deadly battle droids, here are 7 futuristic Star Wars technologies that scientists are working on in real life.

In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre published a paper showing how warp drive could be physically possible, by using equal amounts of positive and negative energy to simultaneously compress the space in front of a spaceship while expanding the space behind it. In June 2021, an auction winner paid $28 million to join the inaugural flight of Blue Origin, a commercial space travel company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos. The lucky winner’s son joined Bezos and his brother on a 10-minute trip to space — reaching a maximum altitude of about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above Earth (technically, past the point where Earth's atmosphere ends and space begins). That's an expensive 10 minutes — but some experts have predicted that the cost of commercial space travel could drop to about $100,000 per person in the coming decade. In our world, commercial space travel costs a bit more — and you don't even get to leave the solar system. However, creative inventors — like those behind the YouTube channel Hacksmith — have come up with some clever (and deadly) laser swords that come pretty close to the preferred weapon of the Jedi. In 2018, Hacksmith created the world's first retractable, plasma-based energy sword, with a 4,000-degree Fahrenheit (2,200 degrees Celsius) blade capable of cutting through solid titanium. Depending on how well your lightsaber works, you may soon need the assistance of a bionic arm, like the one Luke receives at the end of "Empire." Here's a piece of technology that's not just science fiction anymore. U.S. tech firm Boston Dynamics demonstrates this with two now-infamous robots: Atlas — a terrifyingly agile bipedal droid that can sprint, backflip and do parkour — and the robo-dog Spot — an autonomous, four-legged robot that has already found work in hospital wards, on farms and with the NYPD. These bots aren't designed specifically for combat, — but we'd hate to run into either of them in a dark alley at night.

The FireCuda drives each boast a 2TB storage capacity, USB 3.2 Gen 1 connectivity for zippy file transfers, and can be used to save games and data on PC, Mac, ...

S — for playing directly off the drive. Granted, these Star Wars drives are more aimed at portable gaming, so this would fit the bill nicely for those who are traveling with a select few digital titles. While the connection speed should most likely be okay for playing a huge majority of modern games, I’d stick with internal NVMe SSDs on PC and PS5 — or one of Seagate’s memory expansion cards on Xbox Series X

As any avid LEGO fan can tell you, sets are not cheap. Lots of people seem to think that LEGOs are for kids, but let me tell you, I've never met a kid who ...

Once the deal ends, this kit will go back to its normal price of $159.99, so take advantage of that $32 savings! You can even put some of the figurines inside the spaceship and recreate any scene that you wish as you add this kit to your LEGO collection. Other than the model starship itself, you’ll also get figurines of Chewbacca, Finn, Lando Calrissian, C-3PO, Boolio, D-O and BB-8.

Cbus super fund started with a classic take. Retirement plans in the far reaches of the Galaxy look pretty sketchy. But thanks to the union movement, workers in ...

And finally, can we please have a massive round of applause for the teachers? This Star Wars Day – and everyday – no one should have to be treated like a clone or robot at work. But thanks to the union movement, workers in Australia have superannuation they can rely on at the end of their careers.

Celebrate Star Wars Day 2022 on May the 4th with the best Star Wars deals on games, toys, Disney+ and more.

Fans celebrate Star Wars Day on May the 4th, meaning Star Wars Day 2022 arrives tomorrow, May 4 as a nod to the classic catchphrase. That new era has made watching the Star Wars movies easier than ever. If you’re an Xbox gamer, you can take to space for tense dogfights in Star Wars: Squadrons which is available in digital code for Xbox One at GameStop for $9.99 thanks to a whopping 75% discount. It’s also the home of numerous Star Wars TV series, from classics like Star Wars: Clone Wars from 2003 to the latest hits like the 2021 series, The Book of Boba Fett. While you can’t take the day off work in honor of the fall and rise of the Jedi, there are plenty of other ways to toast Anakin, Luke and the gang. The uncanny phonetic similarity to May the 4th inspired Star Wars fans to create Star Wars Day. Not only is May 4 a reason to celebrate the impact George Lucas’s sci-fi bonanza left on the world, but it’s also a chance to expand your collection of Star Wars-themed toys, games and memorabilia for more affordable prices—and a great time to stream all the movies and TVs shows too.

Disney and Lucasfilm teased that they have a couple of things up their sleeves for May the 4th.

If this second trailer does end up coming on May the 4th, it will likely be the first time fans get a visual taste of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the series. Because of this release timing, the 4th feels like the most logical time to drop a second trailer and continue to drum up anticipation for the upcoming show. One of the most obvious picks for what they are referring to would be a second Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer.

Whether it's for PC or console, here are the games that will give you the most bang for your buck.

It might not be as complex as other Star Wars space combat sims, but it looks amazing and features a solid Star Wars narrative focusing on both sides of the classic war seen in the original trilogy of films. If you are making a list of the best Star Wars games to buy or play or whatever, it has to include both Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel. Still to this day, fans dream of a sequel that can tie up the cliffhanger ending of the original Republic Commando. While that seems unlikely, you can at least pick up this game on a few different platforms for cheap during the ongoing sales. Thankfully, these fantastic RPGs set in the far-off past of the Star Wars universe are available on a variety of platforms including mobile and PC. You can even play the original on Switch. There have been a lot of great Star Wars space combat games and the most recent one, Squadrons from EA, is a perfect place to start if you’ve not played many (or any) of the previous X-Wing or TIE Fighter games. While it’s not the first Star Wars racing game ever made, it’s easily the best. Sure, the recently released Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is a wonderful game, filled with worlds and missions based on all 9 mainline films. But the classic Complete Saga (which ironically isn’t complete anymore…) is still worth checking out for its own lower-budget charm and silliness. To help you on your own personal journey to spend some cash on Star Wars, I’ve put together a list of 11 games that are currently on sale and worth grabbing. Some have even called it the best Star Wars game ever. If you’ve ever wanted to play a big-budget action game that felt like Star Wars fan-fiction written by a 13-year-old, here you go. So I’ll ignore how silly the whole concept of Star Wars Day is if I can get some cheap games out of it.

Originally released in November 2019, the Imperial Stormtrooper skin came to Fortnite to promote the release of EA's Jedi: Fallen Order game. The trooper was ...

The Mandalorian is the only Star Wars Fortnite skin that was released as part of the Battle Pass, at least at the time of writing. At release, this Fortnite Star Wars skin cost 1,500 V-Bucks and was bundled with Kylo’s Cape Back Bling. His skin reappeared in the Item Shop on Star Wars Day 2022. The skin cost 1,500 V-Bucks and was only in the Item Shop for four days. One of the rarest Fortnite Star Wars skins, Zorii Bliss was first released during Chapter 2, Season 1 as part of the New Trilogy set and hasn’t been back into the Item Shop since its release. There are plenty more characters in the Star Wars universe that could come to Fortnite, and there are already rumors about a Darth Vader skin coming to the game eventually. Perhaps one of the biggest is the Fortnite x Star Wars collaboration that has led to a handful of Fortnite Star Wars skins in the game.

Brotherhood chiefly follows Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, former master and apprentice turned Master Jedi and Jedi Knight. It's some of the earliest days ...

“He would be proud of you,” Obi-Wan said, a pure sincerity in his voice. “You know I should be there with you.” Obi-Wan had heard variations on that statement before, and in some cases it came with the intimation that Anakin considered himself more powerful, more capable, the obvious solution. Obi-Wan even mentions Padme in a way that feels like a test of Anakin’s feelings before talking more about his unorthodox upcoming trip to investigate the disaster on Cato Neimoidia. “His faith would be rewarded.” “I was just catching up on the Cato Neimoidia news and—” Both Jedi have become military generals virtually overnight, now in command of thousands of clone troopers created for this war.

Move over, Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Luke Skywalker, and make room for the next generation. The Mandalorian and the Star Wars animated series are ...

But Ahsoka and other fan-favorite animated characters have helped the Star Wars animated shows open up the kinds of stories Star Wars can tell, and the kinds of points of view they represent. (He may be coming to The Mandalorian soon as well.) New droid characters like Rogue One’s snarky reprogrammed Imperial droid K-2SO (voiced by Alan Tudyk), The Mandalorian’s assassin-turned-nanny IG-11 (Taika Waititi), and Solo: A Star Wars Story’s toweringly angry droid freedom fighter L3-37 (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) all earned followings for the way they not only brought humor to their stories, but expanded Star Wars’ understanding of what droids could want and do. But the new characters are so obviously the lifeblood of the Star Wars series. After 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, fans should probably just give up on the hope of Star Wars meaningfully moving its story forward in time. Even stories that move past Return of the Jedi’s ending have often either obsessively imitated the original Star Wars run, or narratively looped back to it, prioritizing old, familiar characters over new ones. But the film and TV side of Star Wars feels like it’s struggling.

For Mothers' Day, meet these Ezra Bridger and Star Wars Rebels fans, the mother and daughter podcasting duo of Johna and Marie from Geeky Bubble.

I measure success by the ability of a person to form their own opinions, to fight for their own dreams and views, and to make their own informed decisions.” Maria: I’m a fighter, so I would choose the Rebel Alliance. In order for good things to happen, you have to fight. I would be constantly bumping heads with other Jedi, which is why I said I make life harder for myself, but all because I want the Jedi Order to be better. And when those freedoms and liberties are threatened, you have to make a stand, so that’s why I would join the Rebel Alliance. And I love how that was the beginning of everything else in the saga. I remember going to the movie theater by myself on an early weekday morning and coming away feeling excited about the future of Star Wars animation. And the hosts continue to enjoy other Star Wars animation, including Star Wars Resistance and The Bad Batch. “I know he started out rough around the edges, but he grew up to be a genuinely selfless and courageous person who fully embraced his warm-hearted and empathic nature,” Johna agrees. The podcast grew in popularity, and in 2017 Maria and Johna had a very special guest: Dave Filoni stopped by to chat with the pair about Star Wars Rebels, Forces of Destiny, and more. “Star Wars Rebels captures everything I love about Star Wars,” she says, “from reinforcing the power of hope to exploring some of the weirder aspects of the Force.” “I remember watching A New Hope in my living room whenever it appeared on television, playing Episode I: Racer and Rogue Squadron with my brother during the weekends, and going to the movie theater to watch the prequel films.” Johna would get to talk to the Lucasfilm luminary again in 2018 at a special screening at Lucasfilm headquarters in front of an enthusiastic fan audience.

May the 4th is right around the corner. Celebrate with these Star Wars Lego sets from Amazon.

This 1,768-piece build is recommended for ages 12 and up. It's recommended for ages 17 and up. Build the Republic Gunship with two pilot cockpits, swing-out spherical gun turrets, two cannons, long wings and opening sides and a rear hatch. This tricky build is recommended for ages 16 and up. The 1,023-piece set is ideal for ages 10 and up. Recommended for ages 9 and up.

The app has become globally known with the aim of improving 'the health and happiness of the world'.

Headspace was created with one mission in mind: to improve the health and happiness of the world. Sleepcast listeners find themselves in an X-wing as they tour the Star Wars galaxy. Manage your emotions with Chewbacca. A depiction of Chewbacca stands in the centre of the frame surrounded by trees, referencing his home planet Kashyyyk. With each inhale and exhale, you see the forest come to life as you take some deep Wookiee-sized breaths. With each inhale, R2-D2 moves across the screen; when holding your breath, his head moves and his red and blue lights flash. Using playful animation, music and sound effects, Space to Breathe with Star Wars comes to life in one-minute exercises, enabling new and experienced meditators alike to set a mindful tone for the day, without any VO required. With each breath in, Yoda’s eyes close and his hand stretches out as we see the X-wing levitate and, with each exhale, lower back into the swamp.

Star Wars is heading back to Fortnite in time for May the 4th, with lightsabers, E-11 blasters and some cool Star Wars outfits available in-game.

All non-Battle Pass Star Wars outfits are heading back to the shop. If you’re a Star Wars fan who missed all the cool outfits in previous years – don’t fret. To get your hands on the blaster, look out for Stormtroopers who have set up checkpoints across the island in search of Obi-Wan. They’re also appearing randomly in chests, too.

In an interview from 1999, John Williams discusses working on The Phantom Menace and how he came up with ideas of the scoring and musical composition for ...

When the battle is over and the heroes escape is where the release is met and the tempo is slowed down. These sound effects are composed within a small room recording different objects making noises that is suitable to what is being shown throughout the film at the time. Another final note of the soundtrack to this masterpiece is the use of foley sound effects during film. Today is Star Wars Day, and we dedicate this day to one the greatest film series born in the 1970s that is still running to this day. And who can forget the classic Imperial March as Darth Vader patrols the hall in The Empire Strikes Back. We are taken on a ride of various points of tension and release in musical composition.

Ralph McQuarrie, an Oscar-winning artist who dreamed up the look of 'Star Wars' characters and locations, was born in Gary, Indiana in 1929.

His concept art for the franchise, now available as a hardcover book, included early versions of Vader, Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett, C-3PO, Cloud City, Hoth and various space craft used in the film. "When words could not convey my ideas, I could always point to one of Ralph’s fabulous illustrations and say, 'Do it like this.'" Some of the most iconic images in science fiction and popular culture — spaceships from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "E.T.," the menacing Darth Vader of "Star Wars" fame and many more — were born in a Hoosier's brain.

Players can participate in massive battles and firefights across 24 maps, including space battles. Battlefront II also allows players to control iconic Star ...

This game includes the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, and the most recent Star Wars trilogy. BioWare, the developers behind notable series like Mass Effect and Dragon Age, did an excellent job with the Star Wars IP, and a highly-anticpated remake is currently in development. Star Wars Battlefront II is one of the most popular Star Wars games of all time for good reason. It’s still available on multiple platforms, or you can also wait until the remake releases to experience this essential Star Wars title. The Phantom Menace is a controversial movie among Star Wars fans, but no one can deny how awesome the pod racing was. Players must defeat their opponents in space and on various planets to ensure their faction control the galaxy. It also features a welcomed cameo from a prominent character from Rogue One, and a BD droid recently appeared in The Book of Boba Fett, giving fans hope Cal and BD-1 could make an appearance in a show or movie. Rogue Squadron is over 20 years old with two sequels, but the charm of the original game cannot be overlooked. May the 4th is the perfect time to jump into a Star Wars game, and there are plenty of different genres to satisfy your taste. EA somehow failed to capitalize on the Battlefront IP with its two most recent releases, leaving a sour taste in the mouths of fans. Fallen Order is an excellent game any Star Wars fan will enjoy. Star Wars has engulfed sci-fi fans for over 40 years, and there have been countless video games providing fun experiences set in the Star Wars universe.

It's Star Wars Day! Whether you're all about the nine-film Skywalker Saga or just adore Baby Yoda, here are six ways to celebrate May the 4th.

Lots of places discount their Star Wars merch on May 4, and StarWars.com has a roundup of all the coolest stuff, from Han and Leia "I love you/I know" wedding bands to Baby Yoda dashboard wavers. And next week, Obi-Wan and Anakin fans will want to check out the new novel "Star Wars: Brotherhood" set just after the "Attack of the Clones" prequel film. StarWarsKids.com is a one-stop resource for children to find out about all the characters and creatures fans love. The flagship "Star Wars" comic is currently filling in the time between "Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" as Luke comes to grips with Darth Vader being his dad. “Star Wars: The Bad Batch” follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch spinning out of the prequel-era "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," which features Obi-Wan and Anakin before they turned into mortal enemies. If the newest "Star Wars" trilogy hasn't been exciting enough, the rash of recent comic books and novels – most of them pretty rad – have fleshed out stories not seen in the movies.

We take a deep dive into the galaxy far, far away to rank all of the Star Wars live-action movies to figure out which film is the best of all-time!

By adding dimensionality to its boy hero, who now in the middle chapter of a larger saga is forced to reconsider his vainglorious ideals, and depth to his conflict with a villain who no longer seems so simple in one of the greatest movie twists of all-time, Empire Strikes Back creates an interiority for its archetypes, as well as stakes that are a little more primal and tangible than “save the galaxy.” Nerd culture just wouldn’t be the same without the story of a young Luke Skywalker learning the ways of the Force and taking on the evil Empire with all of his friends. Not only does this tale of underdogs fighting oppression feel universal and poignant to this day, but A New Hope is also visually stunning, an absolute trailblazer in terms of what could be done with practical effects in the late ’70s. In fact, watching this movie in 2022 still feels like a timeless experience. However, the heart and strength of Luke’s story still shine bright in Return of the Jedi. It’s a movie that seems to say something different at any age at which you watch it, depending on where you are in your own life journey compared to Luke’s burdened self-discovery. With a great ensemble cast of characters, Rogue One has an adult edge most Star Wars movies lack, and a stark visceral scale in which the power of the Empire never seemed more looming. It’s a genuine war movie about sacrifice and embracing an ideal, and unlike most other Disney Star Wars movies, the fan service (here involving a particular Dark Lord of the Sith) is literally killer. Clocking in at nearly a full 10 minutes of acrobatic somersaults, lightsaber slashes, and pure unbridled fury, the duel is one of the few moments in the Prequels that rises to the occasion of John Williams’ awe-inspiring score. The participation of Jango Fett in the clone saga connects bounty hunter Boba Fett and the Mandalorians to the rest of the Star Wars universe, integral parts of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Add in the innovative use of digital effects, especially with Yoda, and it becomes clear that Attack of the Clones plays a pivotal role in the past and future of the franchise. Making Han and Leia’s child the antagonist was a clever reversal of the Original Trilogy’s big twist, and helped elevate The Force Awakens into one of the most talked-about movies of its time. The rest of Revenge of the Sith is very much the same mixed bag as its predecessors, but from the moment Darth Sidious mutters “execute order 66” on, the film presents some of the most exciting action in the entire Star Wars saga. Though the films are technically impressive and their depiction of a slowly eroding republic has aged quite nicely, The Phantom Menace and Attack of Clones really did amount to a lot of time-killing before getting to the main event that Star Wars fans had waited decades to see: Kenobi vs. It’s all a matter of what you want from the galaxy far, far away, and J.J. Abrams’ final love letter to George Lucas’ Original Trilogy of space fantasy films is exactly what some fans wanted after Rian Johnson tried to set the franchise on a new course with The Last Jedi.

For the next two weeks, classic Star Wars skins are back in the Fortnite item shop and you can wield lightsabers in the fame.

The best Lego Star Wars sets include timeless content for all ages, and Lego is running a deal on some sets in the coming days to accumulate double the VIP points. Also check out the best Star Wars gifts and deals to see what else the universe has in store. A season finale in 2019 even included a black hole swallowing the map whole. The battle royale game is celebrating Star Wars Day for the next two weeks with lightsabers, classic skins and quite possibly, Obi Wan Kenobi in his Jedi glory. (As Fortnite's core audience tends to be teens and tweens, this is no surprise.) This means that Mando and Baby Yoda, fan favorites from the Star Wars-filled Season 2, Chapter 5 that ran during winter 2020-21, will not be hyperdriving back into availability.

Fabled Jedi Knights unite against sinister forces in this latest “Star Wars” book from Del Rey.

That being said, this is a literal dream project for me, as I love the complexity of both the Clone Wars era and Anakin Skywalker as a character. For Anakin, it's carrying over the motif of the sun-dragon from Matthew Stover's “Revenge of the Sith” novelization and grounding it into Anakin's childhood and his relationship with his mother. Mike Chen: I've been pretty vocal with my agent about wanting to do a character-focused story for the prequel era, so on the business side of things, it really started with that and my short story in the "From A Certain Point Of View" anthology. The two knights must learn a new way to work together—and they must learn quickly, to save Cato Neimoidia and its people from the fires of war. As Obi-Wan investigates with the help of a heroic Neimoidian guard, he finds himself working against the Separatists who hope to draw the planet into their conspiracy—and senses the sinister hand of Asajj Ventress in the mists that cloak the planet. The Jedi dispatch Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the Order’s most gifted diplomatic minds, to investigate the crime and maintain the balance that has begun to dangerously shift.

May the 4th be with you. Here's our favourite Star Wars Day items including a Lego Millennium Falcon, a beautifully crafted lightsaber and a Death Star fire ...

I've lost count of the number of Lego Star Wars games - but this new title released in April shakes everything up with a new third-person player perspective and much more. And, from May 27, you’ll also be able to watch Obi-Wan Kenobi starring Ewan McGregor. The channel is also home to Disney, Pixar, Marvel, National Geographic and Star. This Filmcells night light is a must for all stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire and comes with remote and choice of 16 colour variations. Then get your geek on with this necktie featuring the universe’s most famous droids. This year's Star Wars Day comes a few weeks before the launch of Disney+ mini-series Obi-Wan Kenobi, which is set to hit the streaming service on May 27. There’s also a double pack with Kylo Ren and a Sith Trooper to collect. This Lego BrickHeadz set features The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda. Once built, they can be displayed on your shelves, with The Child coming complete with his trusty hover pram. Heading back to the office? It’s made by SciFiTies who also have a range of other novelty ties, which are all modelled by the Imperial fleet's most fashionable stormtrooper. This IS the box set you've been looking for! What was once a fan-generated jamboree (Jawaboree?) is now recognised by the official Star Wars channels, with their social media accounts sharing posts using the hashtag #MayThe4thBeWithYou to mark the occasion. There’s also an automatic colour changing mode, so you can pretend you’re at a disco at the Mos Eisley cantina.

The new look at the Disney+ series, dubbed the “official trailer” is 90 seconds long — and there is a lot to unpack. It is clear from the preview that the six- ...

There is also a Darth Vader tease at the end, showing the iconic villain suiting up to hunt for Obi-Wan. And it is made fairly clear they will fight one more time. It is clear from the preview that the six-part Star Wars series will tell the story of Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) on the run from Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) and The Empire while he tries to keep an eye on a young Luke Skywalker. The new look at the Disney+ series, dubbed the “official trailer” is 90 seconds long — and there is a lot to unpack.

Here at King James Gospel, we like a good lightsaber duel as much as the next Wookie, so we thought we would do something fun. Looking at the roster of the ...

Star Wars Day has arrived, the perfect time to analyze which characters the Cavs are most like. We’ll spare you comparisons to obscure characters and stick to the mainstream ones. May the Fourth be with you!

Jump to: Build; Design; Verdict; Other sets. Stay on target with the newly released Lego Star Wars Death Star Trench ...

If the Death Star Trench Run set doesn’t do it for you, then there are plenty of other Lego Star Wars sets out there to suit your desires. The kit is great fun to build and can be done over the course of an evening (or two if you want to savor it). And when you’re done, you’re left with an absolutely stunning display piece that can take pride of place on your display shelf. If you’re an older Star Wars fan who wants to relive one of the classic moments from the original Star Wars movie, then this set is perfect for you. Stay on target with the newly released Lego Star Wars Death Star Trench Run diorama set. The completed Death Star Trench Run diorama is a beautiful little display piece that would look excellent on the shelf in any Star Wars fan’s home. From there on, the bulk of the build involves building the trench floor and walls.

Star War nerds will be happy to know that Disney+ just released its brand-new trailer for “Obi-Wan Kenobi” to kick off Star Wars Day (aka May the Fourth).

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Obi-Wan Kenobi, starting May 27 on Disney+, follows Ewan McGregor's legendary Jedi Master 10 years after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. The ...

As seen in the new trailer, the hunt is on for the Jedi — and Obi-Wan in particular. The official trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi has arrived in celebration of May the 4th, and it’s filled with new imagery and details from the upcoming limited series. Stormtroopers stalk the streets, and the Empire’s Jedi-hunting Inquisitors lead the charge. Obi-Wan Kenobi, starting May 27 on Disney+, follows Ewan McGregor’s legendary Jedi Master 10 years after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. The Empire reigns and the few surviving Jedi are in hiding, with Kenobi living in secret on Tatooine and watching over Luke Skywalker from afar. These are the dark times, indeed. While Obi-Wan delivered a newborn Luke Skywalker to Owen Lars, the Tatooine moisture farmer — and stepbrother of Anakin Skywalker — seems to want nothing more to do with Kenobi. It’s a sentiment that draws a straight line to his concerns in Star Wars: A New Hope.

To celebrate Star Wars Day, some current StarWars.com writers reflect on their favorite moments as Star Wars fans.

Several years later, I attended my first red carpet event: the Solo: A Star Wars Story world-premiere in Hollywood, California. And that C-3PO action figure was there with me, safely tucked into my coat pocket, to commemorate my first step into that larger world. After so many missed opportunities, I finally got to see Star Wars for the first time, under the stars, at a drive-in movie theater: the Twin-Do drive-in in Metairie, Louisiana. While that specific theater is no longer in existence, the memory has lasted a lifetime and has spring-boarded my love for this mythology into countless moments and experiences. I fought the temptation to blurt out anything about Star Wars and totally derail the table-wide conversation (for a behind-the-scenes Star Wars nerd like me, this was next to impossible). At the end of the dinner, Gary walked over to me. He was a gentleman, and a member of that small and elite unit who helped make Star Wars what it was and what it is today. In my teenage years I was the proud owner of a portable CD player, and there was only one thing I wanted to listen to with it. Whether I was on a school bus in the dark morning hours or curled up under a blanket, I took my CD player and Star Wars along as my personal soundtrack. When I wanted to “watch” Star Wars, I loaded up the first disc, closed my eyes, and replayed the movie in my imagination. Through a message board for Star Wars literature fans, I made friends with some Czech fans, helping them with some translations, and got to meet a few of them in person when I visited Prague in 2004. And that was the start of my lifelong love of Star Wars. – Dustin Diehl One of my earliest memories is going to see a re-release of Return of the Jedi in Manhattan with them in 1985, taking all my action figures and lining them up on one seat, and then watching the movie perched from my dad’s lap. That first movie theater experience was the spark that lit my passion for the Star Wars universe. On Star Wars Day, there are countless ways to celebrate the Star Wars fan community and the the saga that unites us.

May the fourth be with you! Get it? It's the fourth of May. And it rhymes with "May the Force be with you." It's all a bit hammy but in a good way.

- 🏃🏽♀️ Want the best tools to get healthy? OK, there are way too many Star Wars action figures to count, and there are so many on sale at Best Buy right now. And I don't mean knockoffs, I mean the real deal, Hasbro-branded, collector's edition figurines. The above pair, inspired by Darth Vader's monochrome style, is representative of the price and quality you'll see on other pairs. Spend more than $70 and you can snag The Mandalorian Beskar Key Chain. (You'll need to sign up to be a VIP member here, which is free.) And if you spend more than $160, you can get a free Lars Family Homestead Lego set. PopSocket accessories are super handy, and the products feature all sorts of styles and themes—Star Wars included. It's the fourth of May. And it rhymes with "May the Force be with you." It's a good one to pick up ahead of the holidays. This special edition of Razer's Xbox controller (compatible with Xbox Series S, Series X, Xbox One, and PC) boasts a Boba Fett paint job so you can blast your enemies and capture bounties in style. For more themed cases, check out Casetify—its cases aren't on sale, but it has a ton of cool designs. The controller comes with a magnetic quick-charging stand, which I always appreciate since it's so easy to forget to charge your controllers in between bounty hunts. Want your smart speaker to look like Baby Yoda (…er, Grogu?) This speaker stand is the way.

The first film, A New Hope, establishes that Luke Skywalker's journey began on Tatooine, where he meets “Ben” Kenobi, a harmless hermit dressed in ragged robes, ...

The series will feature Moses Ingram as Reva, a former Jedi, now of the Empire’s Inquisitors, who seems determined to track down Obi-Wan, and seems to share a personal history with him. Lastly, it is believed that Tatooine is such a backwater planet, floating in the middle of nowhere, that Vader’s forces wouldn’t even bother to look there. Even Boba Fett’s greatest ambition was to rule the “backwater” planet.

On this May the 4th, now known as Star Wars Day, we listen back to an original NPR review of the now beloved classic. In 1977, Tom Shales reviewed the new ...

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Anthony covers Star Wars related gaming updates to Fortnite, the rumored Jedi Fallen Order sequel, and future projects yet to be titled.

Many other exciting projects are on the way like the ones Amy Hennig’s Skydance New Media and Ubisoft recently announced (both untitled). In addition, there is a remake of Knights of the Old Republic which could make a 2022 release. If the Force is with us, maybe even a first glance at some gameplay or a very short teaser. Obi-Wan Kenobi drops on Disney+ on May 27th, and it’s time to feel the might of both the Dark and Light sides. In brilliant timing for marketing, Fortnite has brought back many skins (listed) for Star Wars Celebration (May 26-29). They’ve seen an increase in player base with the inclusion of the “no-build mode” of the popular battle royale shooter. The teaser clip highlights his famous blue saber and has a slight zoom-out effect showing the wielder having the high ground. Previously, Din Djarin was an in-game boss and would drop a rifle and jet pack for your loadout.

Deals, offers, nostalgia and now, new footage of the forthcoming show as "Star Wars" fans celebrate May the 4th.

And while this second trailer for the new Disney Plus series doesn't have quite the impact, it's still has us more excited about this than any other incoming sci-fi, with the single exception of Season 3 of "For All Mankind." And, of course, those other upcoming Star Wars TV shows in the works. Ewan McGregor will reprise his role of the crazy old space wizard, with Hayden Christensen returning to fill the foreboding life-support suit of Emperor Palpatine's servant Darth Vader. There was yet another tremor in the Force this week as the second trailer for the latest live-action "Star Wars" spin-off show "Obi-Wan Kenobi" dropped on what has become known for marketing reasons as "Star Wars Day" or May the 4th.