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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.

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And Rian Johnson (The Last Jedi, Knives Out) has been linked to a new Star Wars trilogy – but we’ll have to wait and see. It’s the perfect excuse for Star Wars fans to watch Star Wars movie marathons, blast the Jon Williams soundtrack, crack out the Star Wars LEGO, and share funny memes and GIFs. Star Wars Day is here and fans all over the world are greeting each other with the phrase ‘May the Fourth be with you’.

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.

There are even some brand-new Star Wars products launching for May 4th, including stylish accessories from Stoney Clover Lane and sophisticated, slick rugs from ...

Best of all, the company’s Star Wars Home products are 25% off through the end of the month. If you’re gearing up for your next Star Wars binge, Best Buy has every single film in the series on sale in a number of formats. With a variety of options that include Dark Side and Tatooine bed collections, towels sporting ancient Jedi text and a Galaxy Chunky Knit Throw perfect for the couch, Sobel Westex’ Star Wars gear blend the signature colors of the series’ iconic characters and worlds with high-end designs that even your non-nerdy friends will appreciate. If you’re looking for a more universe-appropriate way to take on the competition in games like Star Wars Battlefront II and Star Wars Squadrons, Razer’s Mandalorian-inspired controller is for you. If you’re looking for a blend of Dark Souls’ skillful combat and Metroid Prime’s rich exploration — or simply want a great Star Wars game — add this one to your collection now. Chewy has a ton of great Star Wars toys and supplies for your furry friend, and through May 5th, you’ll get $10 off any purchase of $25 or more. Ideal for builders age 10 and up, this 519-piece kit comes with its own display stand and a tiny D-O minifigure to join the rest of your Lego “Star Wars” crew. Otterbox makes some of our favorite phone cases out there, and you can get 15% off the company’s entire Star Wars collection for May the 4th. May the 4th is a great time to geek out on all things “Star Wars” — and save some cash on a bunch of cool intergalactic gear while you’re at it. From toys and games to home goods for your personal outpost, here are the best “Star Wars” Day deals we’ve spotted around the web. Darth Maul’s lightsaber is still the coolest one in all of “Star Wars,” and this special Lightsaber Forge model lets the Padawan in your life truly make it their own. It doesn’t get much more adorable than Build-a-Bear’s “Star Wars” plush collection, which is currently up to 30% off for May the 4th.

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!

This Los Angeles watering hole is a “wretched hive of scum and villainy,” in the best possible way.

Outside of Star Wars Day, in general the bar has become a destination to spot a who’s who of famous nerds. While Oga’s ode to singing Ewoks, the Yub Nub, is a fruity rum punch, Scum & Villainy’s Endor-rific Forest Moon includes gin and a lot of green in the form of mint and cucumber. Additionally, while Galaxy’s Edge is firmly set at a point in the Star Wars timeline — between “Episode VIII — The Last Jedi” and “Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker” — Scum & Villainy exists without continuity concerns. And there will be a special cocktail menu, featuring the That’s No Moonshine, and Qui-Gon Jinn and Juice. For a May the Fourth celebration, Oga’s is the most officially authentic Star Wars experience, thanks to the Imagineers and high production value. The homages to “Star Wars” extend to the bar's signature cocktails. For instance, the blue and green milks at Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland are frozen, non-alcoholic drinks with fruity flavors. The Galaxy’s Edge areas of Disneyland, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida, brought the “Star Wars” watering hole experience to life when the company opened Oga’s Cantinas on both coasts in 2019. “Lord of the Rings” fans will notice Gollum standing watch over the liquor bottles, near a license plate that reads “2MORDOR.” Speaking of which, my right hand rests on my blaster while my left lifts a glass full of sweet blue booze to my lips — and it is the drink I’ve been looking for. At the horseshoe bar ahead, shafts of blue light bathe the quite large Ithorian talking to a Mandalorian and a Rodian who is dressed like Audrey Hepburn from "Breakfast At Tiffany's." At a high-top table, a bearded bloke in a brown hooded cloak has Jedi written all over him. Above the hiss-whirr of igniting lightsabers and the occasional Wookiee roar, someone nearby makes a crass thermal exhaust port joke.

May the 4th Be With You: A look back at an abandoned series that still impacts the Lucasfilm universe today.

“I think part of the reason there was a reluctance to even ever think of Star Wars on television is we have to create everything,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy tells Vanity Fair in a new interview. And then we have to write a year’s worth of scripts, so we can do it the way we did Young Indiana Jones.” We have to create the world. Today the only details we know about Underworld come from old interviews by Lucas and members of the writing and producing team, many of which are no longer even online. “We’re also working on a live-action series, a spin-off,” Lucas told the crowd at Star Wars Celebration III in Indianapolis. “Not with the main characters but with other characters from the Star Wars universe. First Lucas mentioned that he was developing a half-hour-long, digitally animated series called The Clone Wars. Only then did he mention the plan to bring the epic scale of Star Wars moviemaking from the big screen to people’s living rooms.

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.

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.

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.

Wednesday is Star Wars Day. A number of sports clubs and players paid homage to the classic sci-fi movie.

— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers)— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) #MayTheFourthBeWithYouon this #WallpaperWednesday. pic.twitter.com/nwbESkMSNI May 4, 2022 📲: https://t.co/mI4p73DSp0 pic.twitter.com/ZPC7NcD2kn May 4, 2022 — Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes)— Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) #MayThe4thBeWithYou✨ pic.twitter.com/rH5LNDMYAq May 4, 2022 It was a direct response to Gators coach Dan Mullen in 2020 when he wore a Darth Vader costume to the news conference after his team beat Mizzou 41-17. Happy— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) #StarWarsDay! #MayThe4thBeWithYou, Pistons fam 🙌 pic.twitter.com/l6hhosz29U May 4, 2022 In May 1977, filmmaker George Lucas released the iconic "Star Wars." Since the sci-fi franchise's inception, it has become a classic in both film and television. Download our #StarWarsDaywallpapers: https://t.co/WWyz88eZOL pic.twitter.com/vrsYAT2rtT May 4, 2022 @Wawa pic.twitter.com/G0wXmNQnx4 May 4, 2022 Missouri Tigers football head coach Eli Drinkwitz brandished a lightsaber this past college football season after his team defeated the Florida Gators 24-23 in overtime. This is the way: https://t.co/W677Z1LXZX pic.twitter.com/rI4P2Ipaak May 4, 2022 #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/dmUWe8vwA7 May 4, 2022 Follow us on TikTok 👉 https://t.co/elmAnh4n2t pic.twitter.com/gyPm09rd9e May 4, 2022

Disney+ has released a video promoting the collection of Star Wars projects on the streaming platform to celebrate May the Fourth.

The Star Wars library seems big as is, but Disney+ is set to turn the franchise into a much larger world. Coupled with the new films, Star Wars has come to have a dozen times the amount of content it once did. Diehard fans of Star Wars are well aware of the stories inhabiting the world, but the Disney+ promo puts into perspective how much the franchise has grown.

À l'occasion de la journée Star Wars mercredi, la Société de transport de Montréal (STM) a célébré la journée en offrant une thématique intergalactique à ...

Celle-ci a été changée par «May the fourth be with you» («Que le 4 mai soit avec vous»). «Qui dit 4 mai dit “May the Fourth” pour beaucoup de gens. Célébrée publiquement pour la première fois en 2011, la journée Star Wars est une fête officielle mettant en avant la célèbre saga de la guerre des étoiles. La date a été choisie à la suite d’un calembour fait avec une phrase célèbre du film «Que la Force soit avec vous», qui se prononce «May the Force be with you» en anglais.

Social media videos get in the spirit for 'May the Fourth be with you'. RD. By Ritika DubeyThe Hamilton Spectator.

It’s so important to have a sense of humour.” In one clip, a TIE fighter pilot from the first Star Wars film is seen getting into a Hamilton police vehicle and attending a call. I could not believe this was in Hamilton … yay! “ ... This is awesome. The videos — which feature Star Wars characters interacting with Hamilton police officers — were posted May 4. A comment by sylviarichards.blum2017 read, “I love it!

Star Wars: Obi-Wan #1 artist Ario Anindito reveals never-before-seen art, including concept sketches, page layouts, and more with his own insights.

His ‘lost years’ are always fascinating for many of us Star Wars fans, and I think his adventure in this book is one important piece of the puzzle that shaped him to become what he is.” And at the same time he’s also fragile, but he’s very determined to be brave and overcome his fragility. “In order to make her distinctive, I gave her long black hair and a pair of ‘devil horns,’ so that she looks evil, but in style. “In the second part is the ‘story from the journal,’ so I changed the style. She’s way more brave and mature than kid Obi, and that’s what I put in her expressions, and it set her apart from kid Obi. There is no doubt in her. How she’s sad, and holds onto the pendant dearly because it reminds her of those she longs for. “For the pendant, there was no specific description about it other than it’s made from rare and valuable Eadun silver. “I wanted to give a different treatment to those two parts, so I made the first part in pencil, not inked, and looking more rough. He collects stuff that he sees fit, and he brought all the stuff he needs for his adventure. To mark the Star Wars Day release of Obi-Wan #1, StarWars.com caught up with Anindito, who opened up his sketchbook and shared his early explorations and penciled pages for a look at the making of the issue, while providing commentary for his process. I imagine her as a combination of a female wolf and a serpent, lurking in the shadow and observing. The overall tone in the first pages is also very yellow and dusty, in contrast with the second part.”