Followers of the Star Wars franchise are seemingly celebrating right this moment, Might 4, unofficially often known as “Star Wars Day.” The Walt Disney Firm DIS sometimes marks the event with new client merchandise and content material for followers of the franchise it acquired in 2012.
Historical past of Star Wars Day: Since its launch in 1977, the Star Wars franchise has been one of many highest-grossing and hottest movie and tv manufacturers. The Lucasfilm franchise, which was based by George Lucas, was later acquired by Disney.
One of the crucial well-known phrases within the Star Wars franchise is “might the power be with you,” which has led to the transformation of Might 4 into “Might the fourth be with you.”
Now an unofficial vacation, Might 4 is utilized by Disney and Lucasfilm to advertise upcoming content material and merchandise.
Might is a busy month for Lucasfilm because it additionally commemorates the anniversaries of a number of Star Wars film and sequence releases. Might 25, the date that “A New Hope,” “Return of the Jedi” and “Solo” have been all launched in theaters, is widely known by some as “Geek Delight Day.” Might 14 can also be Lucas’ birthday.
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Star Wars Films and Reveals: Disney is releasing six new episodes of “Tales of the Empire” on Disney+ Saturday, persevering with a practice of latest content material on Might 4.
Star Wars followers may also head to film theaters for a re-release of the 1999 movie “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The movie is displaying in choose theaters.
Some theaters are additionally displaying all 9 Star Wars films within the Skywalker saga in theaters right this moment.
“The Acolyte,” a brand new Star Wars present, will come to Disney+ on June 4. Different upcoming tv content material for Star Wars consists of “Skeleton Crew,” anticipated in 2024, a second season of “Andor” in 2025 and an undated second season of “Ahsoka.”
Disney, nevertheless, has not launched a brand new Star Wars film on the massive display because the 2019 movie “Star Wars Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.” It grossed $515.2 million domestically and $1.07 billion worldwide, rating fourth in franchise historical past domestically and third among the many sequel movies.
In reality, after releasing Star Wars movies each two years on common, Disney has not launched a theatrical movie in over 4 years.
The subsequent Star Wars movie on the calendar is “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” set for a Might 22, 2026 launch date.
A number of untitled films, together with one that includes Daisy Ridley as Rey, are poised to increase the Star Wars universe with extra content material sooner or later.
Extra Star Wars Day Information and Offers: Star Wars returned to the favored sport “Fortnite” with a crossover occasion on Might 3 that features new skins, content material for “LEGO Fortnite” and extra.
Toy firm LEGO is likely one of the largest promoters of Star Wars merchandise throughout Star Wars Day. The corporate has offers from Might 1 by Might 5 and launched its TIE Interceptor for the primary time.
Retailers together with Goal, Walmart and Amazon even have devoted pages for Star Wars Day offers.
The Disney Retailer may also have offers all through the unofficial vacation.
Moreover, the official Star Wars deal web page has new gadgets from Funko, Hallmark and others to rejoice the vacation.
The Meta Quest digital actuality headset from Meta Platforms META additionally has a number of Star Wars video games and is providing a 66% low cost on “Star Wars Pinball VR” to rejoice the vacation, taking the value all the way down to $8.49.
For this unofficial vacation, might the fourth be with you as you store for offers and luxuriate in Star Wars content material.
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