Every year on May 4, Star Wars fans everywhere celebrate the franchise by wishing each other a galaxy far, far away-themed greeting: “May the fourth be with you“.
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Numerous sins counted during the 16-minute video (above) stemmed from The Force Awakens’ similarity to the first Star Wars film, A New Hope. Aside from the movies, there are a ton of other things for Star Wars fans to enjoy, perhaps most notably the video games.
Star Wars Day is upon us, and with three films in various stages of production, there’s no shortage of rumours, gossip and even the odd fact to keep us busy.
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Fans of the movie who might be hanging out in Jedi costumes by chance on a Wednesday morning (you know who you are) can show up in the museum’s courtyard for a chance to win “out-of-this-world prizes”.
Claudia Gray’s “Bloodline” provides vital links between the Original Trilogy and “The Force Awakens”, with an excellent mix of political intrigue and action.
Star Wars: Episode VIII is scheduled for release December 15, 2017.
Barnes & Noble is getting in on the Star Wars Day fun in a pretty unique and family friendly way.
For decades, Han Solo and Princess Leia were the ultimate science fiction sweethearts.
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“It is a period of madness, Rebels have been striking with Latin beats, maracas and sombreros, they have won several battles against the Evil Empire”, the club says. It may not be something specifically said in Episode VIII, but I feel more clues into Rey’s past will be discovered, linking her to Luke and another female Jedi. Bloodline, which is set about ten years before The Force Awakens, follows Leia Organa’s investigation of a criminal cartel that turns out to be much more than she imagined. That may very well have left him vulnerable to seduction from the Dark Side. She also has an aura of hushed respect around her, as the galaxy has not forgotten her or her brother’s heroics during the Galactic Civil War.
That all comes to a crashing halt when Leia’s true parentage is revealed, conjuring up vile memories of the Empire’s reign over the Galaxy. Well, anything really. It’s hard to totally avoid everything Star Wars has ever done before, but there are surely twists to be made. And seeing how much my nephew Jackson loves his Speeder and Rey action figure it’s probably time for us to recognize that kids like heroes, regardless of gender.
