Star Wars Day

Star Wars Day Quick Facts - AU

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2022 Date	4 May 2022
2023 Date	4 May 2023

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Star Wars Day in 2022

Wednesday, 4 May

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Star Wars Day History

Star Wars Day seeks to celebrate all things Star Wars. Star Wars is a sci-fi space media franchise created by George Lucas. The original film, Star Wars (retitled Episode IV: A New Hope), was shown in 1977. The original book, Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, was first published in 1976. Since then, the Star Wars franchise has become the 5th highest-grossing media franchise of all time according to titlemax.com. This day offers fans a chance to embrace the films, the books, and everything else related to Star Wars. Fans typically dress up as their favorite characters and there are special deals on movies, games, and books.

Star Wars Day has been celebrated since the creation of Facebook groups back in 2008. It was officially recognized by Lucasfilm and Disney in 2013. It is observed annually on May 4th, a date chosen for the pun, May the 4th (force) be with you.

Top Tweets for Star Wars Day -

Updated 05:12

All Star Wars outfits will return on the Star Wars day! #Fortnite #FortniteLeaks https://t.co/klFy8pqf0H
— PrimeLeaks (@Prime_Leaks) May 3, 2022

Is it Star Wars Day. Or #obiwankenobi day? This is a piece I did after the announcement of the series, i took inspiration for Kenobi’s look from the Mythos series figure. #MayThe4thBeWithYou https://t.co/mFu2EGWrNe
— Jake Bartok 🔜 SWCA (@JR_Bartok) May 4, 2022

Morning Twitterverse. You never know what someone may be dealing with so showing some kindness today just might be that little push that gets them through. Happy Star Wars day Tweeps. Take care & stay safe my friends 🌺 ❤ https://t.co/XKIcuorsDy
— Narty501 (@Narty0071) May 3, 2022

In the News and Trending for Star Wars Day

Updated 05:12 Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi New Trailer Released for Star Wars Day

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You're not a clone on Star Wars Day

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Disneyland celebrates Star Wars Day with out of this world experiences

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Top 4 events to celebrate May the 4th AKA Star Wars Day in Adelaide • Glam Adelaide

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Star Wars Day Facts

In 2018, a couple who had twins on this day named them Luke and Leia, after two of the main characters of the Star Wars movies.
Star Wars has generated more merchandise sales than any other movie.
Many fans of the first three Star Wars movies swear by their original editions, which are apparently no longer commercially available. This led to the fan project called the "despecialized" editions, created by Petr " Harmy" Harmáček and his team. The despecialized editions remove all the changes introduced in later releases, such as special effects, that caused displeasure, outrage even, among the fandom. The project is available for free download online. The creators hope people who download it have purchased an available official release. The legal copyright holders of Star Wars have never acted against the project.
$11 million were spent on the production of the first Star Wars movie, which generated $775.4 million in revenue.
On this day in 2018, Heathrow Airport in London showed a cancelled flight to planet Alderaan. In the movies, planet Alderaan was destroyed by the "Death Star".
Fans in Edinburgh, Scotland have celebrated the day by having a massive lightsaber fight at the Meadows Park.

Star Wars Day Top Events and Things to Do

Binge watch the Star War movies.
Dress up as a Star Wars character. Challenge your friends to do it too.
Mark the day for the Star Wars Day event at the Joliet Area Museum and the Joliet Public Library in Ottawa, Illinois on June 2nd. The admission is free.