National Star Wars Day Fun
It’s National Star Wars Day. Check out these awesome fan photos and scroll down to upload your own or take a Star Wars quiz! Getty Images … It’s National Star Wars Day — a day for fans to celebrate everything about the countless films, shows and much more! How are you celebrating National Star …
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Star Wars app deals: Get these Android and iOS games for May the 4th on the cheap
Disney is offering some major discounts across its Star Wars apps and games on the iOS App Store and Google Play for Android, all as part of the May the 4th celebrations. If you are an iPhone, iPad or Android device owner you are in for a treat. Many in-app purchases are heavily discounted and some …
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‘Fem-splaining’ ‘Star Wars’: New docu-series dives into female sci-fi fandom
“Star Wars” is a guy thing. As Luke Skywalker might say, everything in that last sentence was wrong, as the past few years have proven that “Star Wars” fandom has become decidedly more female. According to data from Box Office Mojo women comprised 43 percent of the audience for opening night of …
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Happy ‘Star Wars’ Day! May the 4th be with you
Show off your sick Jedi skillz in a lightsaber duel with a fellow “Star Wars” nerd. One of you could be Darth Vader with a glowing red saber, while the other could be Luke with a cool green blade. A true saber duel is not complete without background sound effects. Take the time to dress up, too.
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LEGO’s latest Star Wars set is an epic 2000 brick Y-Wing
To celebrate Star Wars Day (yes, we capitalise this important life event), LEGO has come up with a handsome addition to its Ultimate Collector Series – a 1,967-piece Y-Wing worthy of a place next to your £649.99 Millennium Falcon. Set 75181 retails for £169.99, and continues LEGO’s recent run of …
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Solo: A Star Wars Story Ticket Offers and Giveaways
Check out all the special giveaways and offers, then get your tickets to see Solo: A Star Wars Story arriving the theaters May 25, 2018.
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See Han Solo and Lando Face Off in Solo: A Star Wars Story: Exclusive 360° Video
Han Solo and Lando Calrissian are getting ready to make the bet of their lives — and you’re invited to the table. Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB takes fans deeper inside the Star Wars universe with a new virtual reality experience, Solo: A Star Wars Story 360. In one of Solo: A Star Wars Story’s most anticipated …
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Star Wars Han Solo Movie Is Expected To Break A Box Office Record
The new Star Wars movie, Solo: A Star Wars Story, is not expected to make as much money during its opening weekend as entries in the mainline series, but it’s still predicted to break a record. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the standalone film is on track to make more than $160 million …
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Tickets Going On Sale Tonight
Tickets for Disney/Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story are going on sale tonight at 9PM PST, midnight EST which is technically May 4, “Star Wars Day”.
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Some Actual Reasons Why The Star Wars Theme Is So Good
Star Wars‘ opening theme is about as memorable as it gets, but have you ever wondered why, exactly, that is? There are a few reasons, which Dan Golding (who has written about Star Wars and music before) explains in this short video for the ABC. Turns out you might be missing the old 20th Century …
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This ‘Arrested Development’-Inspired ‘Star Wars’ Video Is A Real Treat For Fans Of Both Series
Fictional dysfunctional families make for better dramas, and they’re often the driving force behind spectacular comedies as well. So, why not combine them? This video of Star Wars narrated like Arrested Development will totally make you see both series in a new way. With Arrested Development Season …
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Happy Star Wars Day! Here are 6 ways to celebrate #MayThe4th and get ready for ‘Solo’
Holy Sith, you guys, Star Wars Day is upon us again. “May the 4th” is a day for all lovers of Jedi, the Resistance, the Skywalkers, the Hutts, Boba Fett, Gamorrean guards, Maz Kanata, General Grievous, Rancor Keeper and Snap Wexley to unite and celebrate all there is in the galaxy far, far away.
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Report: Most popular Star Wars films in each state
(KUTV) — In a recent report, Reviews.org determined the most popular Star Wars film in each state. While some of the results are surprising, it can definitely be said that compared to last year’s results, the Empire definitely did strike back. Over the course of a year, Reviews.org collected data from Google …
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27 ‘Star Wars’-Themed Recipes for May the Fourth Parties (Including Blue Milk)
After 2016’s reboot of the franchise (in the form the generally well-reviewed sequel trilogy), and a slated slew of standalone films like the upcoming Solo, it does seem as if every day is a celebration of all things Star Wars and Star Wars-related. But any true SW’s fan worth their weight in bantha poodoo …
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The Reason The MPAA Gives Solo And Other Star Wars Movies A PG-13 Rating
The Star Wars franchise has long been touted as a blockbuster series for all ages. That said, while the earlier films in the series received PG ratings, the more recent installments in the franchise have received slightly more restrictive PG-13 ratings from the MPAA. Now, it seems that will once again be the …
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Arrested Development: Star Wars with Ron Howard
My family came late to the Arrested Development series, and so we’ve been binge watching it on Netflix. The series is narrated by Ron Howard, and also narrates this very good Arrested Development: Star Wars sketch from The Star Wars Show. Spoilers, of course.
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Ron Howard crossed “Star Wars” with “Arrested Development” and it works surprisingly well
To a small but passionate group of people, the American filmmaker Ron Howard is best-known not as the director of Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, and the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story—but rather for providing the famously sarcastic narration for the cult comedy series Arrested Development. Now …
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Awesome Stuff We Want: The original Star Wars toy vouchers are insanely valuable now
But back when the first movie premiered in 1977, Lucasfilm and Fox had no idea how big of a hit it would be and what kind of demand it would create for Star Wars toys. They had to scramble to catch up, and so they issued vouchers that fans could redeem for toys when they were ready. Up for grabs on …
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Star Wars Quiz: Bible or Star Wars?
There are a TON of spiritual themes in the Star Wars franchise. Many are based in Christianity. Do you know enough about Star Wars and Christianity to tell the difference?
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Snapchat, Despite Redesign Woes, Keeps Adding Media Partners — Including Disney’s ‘Star Wars’
In addition, Star Wars is taking over the Snap Map: All Snapchat users who share their location in the app will see their avatar wielding a lightsaber. For real Star Wars nerds, there’s a new 3D Bitmoji lens that will let your avatar learn how to speak Wookiee from none other than Chewbacca himself …
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Star Wars wants you to roar like Chewbacca for charity
Admit it. At some point you’ve busted out a Chewbacca impression. Now, channeling your inner Wookie can benefit nonprofit Unicef. Star Wars: Force for Change, a charitable effort from Disney and Lucasfilm that raises money to benefit children’s causes, is rolling out the #RoarforChange campaign as …
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ On Track For Record $160M-$170M Debut
So sayeth Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, the first bit of official prerelease tracking is out for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Let me throw in the all-important caveats that A) tracking guestimates are not an exact science and B) the opening weekend can trend up or down based on one variable or …
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Harrison Ford is most popular original Star Wars cast member
As Star Wars Day approaches, YouGov Ratings finds that of six of the main cast members of the original Star Wars trilogy, Harrison Ford has the highest rating, with 78% of the American public having a positive opinion of the actor. Next on the list is James Earl Jones, the voice of the evil Darth Vader, …
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Star Wars Launches #RoarForChange Charity Campaign
In preparation of the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Disney and Lucasfilm have launched the #RoarForChange charity campaign, where fans can raise money for UNICEF simply by doing a Chewbacca impression. Han Solo’s beloved Wookiee co-pilot has been a staple of the franchise since A New …
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Soars On Tracking To Potential $170M+ Four-Day Weekend
Sources tell Deadline that Solo’s tracking is “pretty strong” with an unaided score of 28 that’s higher than Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($155M, 23 score) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($146.5M, 23). Unaided awareness indicates how strong the buzz is on a title among those who are unprompted …
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