Join ‘Park’ Side at Inks Lake During Star Wars Month
Actually, Pannell took well-known “Star Wars” series movie lines, characters, and settings and twisted them into puns for program names and came up with some unique events to go with those names. The first “Star Wars” celebratory event is “May the Forest Be with You” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 4.
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Calling all cosplayers: DIA seeks group selfie on Star Wars Day
Friday (May the 4th) is Star Wars Day, and the Detroit Institute of Arts is putting out a call for cosplayers to gather on the front steps for a group selfie. The first 200 people in costume will receive two VIP tickets to the DIA’s upcoming exhibition “Star Wars and the Power of Costume,” which opens May 20.
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Going Solo: Featurette gives new peeks into “Solo: A Star Wars Story”
(LOS ANGELES) — Lucasfilm has unveiled a new featurette that gives new glimpses of Solo: A Star Wars Story, and the sneak peek goes deep. While the trailer to the movie closely follows the basics of the plot — Alden Ehrenreich, playing the cocky young smuggler Han Solo, meeting his trusty sidekick …
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Star Wars: The 20 Most Powerful Characters In The Galaxy Ranked
Even after more than four decades of dominating popular culture, Star Wars has proved itself to be just as relevant today as it was in yesteryear. The epic space opera has become so expansive and vast that it’s now resorted to telling the origin stories of its original beloved cast. But with Solo swinging …
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Star Wars Day events in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, Fort Myers Beach
Hammond Stadium: The Fort Myers Miracle celebrates Star Wars Day with the help of Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, Hans Solo, R2-D2 and other Star Wars characters. Attendees often dress up in costume for this popular annual event. Includes contests, post-game fireworks and photo ops with Stars …
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Delmont library will host ‘Star Wars’-themed day on May 5
Dressed as Darth Vader during a Star Wars-themed ‘Jedi training’ program at the Delmont Public Library, volunteer Kirstin Vinton surprises the children who gathered to participate in the various activities in 2016. The library will host ‘Revenge of the Fifth,’ a day of similarly themed activities, on Saturday, …
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Star Wars: Episode I Racer Getting a Re-Release On PC This Week
While Star Wars games are a little more streamlined these days with releases like Star Wars: Battlefront II, there was a time that we got a lot more variety from the likes of LucasArts. This reached a huge point in 1999 with the Star Wars: Episode I games, particularly with Racer, a fast-paced pod racing …
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‘Solo’: Ron Howard Previews Empire-Ruled Planet in ‘Star Wars’ Teaser
The clip also includes audio from Alden Ehrenreich (Solo), Donald Glover (Calrissian), Emilia Clarke (Qi’ra) and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, who calls Solo “the most exciting character in the [Star Wars] saga.” Like the previous trailers, this teaser is light on plot but heavy on thrilling visuals, …
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Check out the latest featurette for Star Wars: A Solo Story
Central to the featurette, and the film in general, is that the story takes place in a type of world we haven’t seen yet on Star Wars, where the galaxy is completely under the control of the Empire, Howard reminds us. These circumstances push Han Solo, already a free spirit, to become the character we’ve …
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Avengers: Infinity War Destroys Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Box Office Record For Biggest …
Update: Somehow, Avengers: Infinity War smashed its own record. Though it was previously believed to have the biggest opening weekend of all time with an estimated $250 million dollars domestically, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe venture actually made considerably more. According to …
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John Boyega teases Star Wars news as he promotes cancer-fighting app
Star Wars actor John Boyega has dropped a hint about a physical change that may be in store for his character in the next instalment of the franchise. Boyega, 26, also said he … He also hailed Star Wars as his “big Hollywood break”, adding: “It definitely changed my life in so many ways. “I’m in a really …
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Play dress-up at the DIA for a ‘Star Wars’ portrait on May 4
“Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice,” says everyone’s favorite green guru Yoda in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. But when it comes to the Star Wars universe at large, there are hundreds of characters. (And no, Jar Jar Binks doesn’t count because he’s an abomination …
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May the 4th Be With You: Here’s How To Celebrate ‘Star Wars’ Day in Cleveland
From 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., the East Cleveland Library is showing a yet-to-be-announced Star Wars film in celebration of the holiday. The screening will take place in the lower auditorium and is listed as an event for all ages. The East Cleveland Library is located at 14101 Euclid Ave., East Cleveland.
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Star Wars Resistance is the Anime Sequel to Star Wars Rebels I Didn’t Know I Wanted
Although Star Wars manga has been produced before, Resistance will be the first official anime project for the Star Wars franchise. The show will follow a Resistance agent named Kazuda Xiono as he spies on the First Order. There’s a lot of characters in the new trilogy who seem as though they would …
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Avengers: Infinity War blasts Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ first-weekend record at US box office
On its way to dethroning Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the highest-earning opening film in the US and Canada, Infinity War recorded the highest-ever take for a Saturday ($83m) and Sunday ($61m). Box-office projections had suggested the film would reach $235m, and so was always on course to …
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Events this week: Taco Tuesday, Star Wars Night
The Conservators Center in Burlington is hosting a dinner that includes six food and beer pairings from local chefs and breweries and a walking tour of the zoo. Durham Bulls’ Star Wars Night – The DBAP will host a smattering of intergalactic characters as the team celebrates its annual Star Wars Night.
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May the Fourth Be With You: Viva Dallas Burlesque Will Host Star Wars-Themed Shows
Four years and three Star Wars movies ago, Shoshana Portnoy, Viva Dallas Burlesque producer, began her preparations. A lifelong fan of both the classic sci-fi series and archaic modes of tantalization, Portnoy says she swiped a garage full of promotional materials from big-box store dumpsters. She’ll …
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Star Wars: the forces behind films’ alien languages
Unless you’ve been living in a galaxy far, far away, you’ll know that May 4th is celebrated as Star Wars Day, playing on the catchphrase “may the force be with you”, where the change of a single sound segment gives a different word (known in linguistics as a minimal pair). Language matters in the Star …
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New Star Wars Han Solo Movie Footage Shows Big Battles And Creepy Creatures
Ahead of the film’s release next month, Disney today released a new featurette for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Titled “Becoming Solo,” the video shows delves into things like Han (Alden Ehrenreich) hearing Chewbacca’s real name for the first time (“You’re gonna need a nickname because I ain’t saying that …
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Avengers: Infinity War Surpasses Star Wars: The Force Awakens To Set New Box Office Record
Avengers: Infinity War is the new record-holder at the domestic box office. The movie is expected to make $250 million by the end of Sunday in the US and Canada, which would be a new first-weekend record, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($248 million). It’s made $380 million from overseas …
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A Longer SOLO Featurette Showcases More Footage of the STAR WARS STORY
Although all the attention might be on the MCU right now thanks to Avengers: Infinity War, in less than a month’s time, Disney will be focusing all our eyes back to that galaxy far, far away with Solo: A Star Wars Story. Although the Han Solo origin story has had one of the more troubled productions in …
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Star Wars Cosplayers Invent New Characters
These films from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, inspire the best in us. In the words of Yoda, “Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.” We spoke with three cosplayers who’ve created original characters based off the Star Wars universe, spreading joy to others (and themselves) through …
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Ron Howard Calls Solo A Different Type Of Star Wars Film
Now that Disney’s latest Marvel offering is hoovering up money around the world, the Mouse House is turning its attention to reminding us all that a new Star Wars movie is just around the corner. The studio has recruited director Ron Howard and some of his creative collaborators to talk up Solo: A Star …
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Featurette Shows Us the ‘Expansion of the Han Solo World’ — Watch
Ron Howard would like to assure you that “the ‘Star Wars‘ universe that we see in ‘Solo’ is different than anything else we’ve seen in any of the previous ‘Star Wars‘ movies.” Why, you ask? “The Empire controls everything. Everyone is struggling to survive.” Sounds like what this galaxy needs is a roguish …
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New creatures and conflicts revealed in the Star Wars video ‘Becoming Solo’
With the movie’s May 25 release fast approaching, director Ron Howard lays out the ways this Star Wars stand-alone film will delve into the history of the scoundrel-turned-hero. We see Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian laughing at Solo’s name, we watch Han’s death-defying leap from a hovership to the …
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