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This May the 4th Gets Unusual Celebrations For 'Star Wars Day' (usatoday.com) 64

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Star Wars Day "is getting a virtual convention," reports Movieweb. Reedpop, the organization behind New York Comic-Con and Star Wars Celebration have put the convention together... The two-day event is called An Online Revelry: May the 4th Be With You and Revenge of the 5th celebration. Star Wars fans can expect all kinds of activities to take part in, right from the comfort of their own homes. This is in addition to Disney+ launching their behind-the-scenes docuseries on The Mandalorian, along with The Rise of Skywalker streaming premiere.

An Online Revelry: May the 4th Be With You and Revenge of the 5th celebration will feature live-tweeting "movies and episodes of both Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels, as well as Q&A sessions and discussions with writers and voice actors associated with the franchise... The event will take place across the many social media accounts of Reedpop, including "New York Comic Con, C2E2, BookCon, Emerald City Comic Con, and Florida SuperCon, on both Twitter and Facebook."
And USA Today reports on some other homegrown celebrations: On Monday starting at 12:01 a.m. PT/3:01 ET, LA's "Star Wars" bar Scum and Villainy Cantina is presenting a 24-hour livestream on Twitch featuring director Kevin Smith, movie historian Leonard Maltin, "Rise of Skywalker" actor Greg Grunberg and more. And that same day, Hollywood trainer Eric Fleishman is hosting a live online themed, costumed workout (4 ET/1 PT, registration required) featuring guest Matt Lanter (who voices Anakin Skywalker in "Clone Wars") and a live performance by Echosmith.
Meanwhile, one Ohio news site even resurrected their image of a homegrown Star Wars board game they'd created in 2005 to celebrate the release of Star Wars III: Return of the Sith.

And CNET just published an article complaining about how much they hated The Rise of Skywalker.
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  • I hate these (Score:5, Interesting)

    by SumDog ( 466607 ) on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:15AM (#60019688) Homepage Journal

    Does anyone find these online fun times just fucking stupid, silly and pandering? A friend of mine had a Zoom happy hour Saturday and I was like, "eh ... I'll pass" and I rode my bicycle for 50km instead and do not regret it.

    Video conferences are exhausting enough for work. I don't really want to do a group call for fun. I've seen a few friends here or there; no more than two at a time like once a week. We'll have some beers and play some board games. Hopefully no one calls the social distancing police on us. I have a feeling a lot of people are doing the same; seeing at least their best friends once a week or something.

    It's a Brave New World.

    • It's more opertunity for isolation, echo chambers and depression.

      People are social, and part of that is touch. This is like some SiliconValley safe space hell.

    • I'll wait until it's time to celebrate Life Day.

    • Re: (Score:3)

      by pjt33 ( 739471 )

      I've found the opposite: the normalisation of video conferencing with friends has allowed me to get back in touch with people I haven't seen in the flesh for years because we live in different countries.

    • "Hopefully no one calls the social distancing police on us."

      No need. Your uid tells us that you are a risk patient and will be dead soon anyway.

    • Does anyone find these online fun times just fucking stupid, silly and pandering? A friend of mine had a Zoom happy hour Saturday and I was like, "eh ... I'll pass" and I rode my bicycle for 50km instead and do not regret it.

      I'm sure you'll find plenty of other introverts who prefer to do nothing or entertain themselves instead of playing with online videos or talking to people others. I'm in the latter category. I actually enjoy social interactions with a beer in my hand and it's nothing like the shit I put up with in Skype meetings.

      But I'm sure you and I can both agree the real weirdos are those who play boardgames. Surely no one who enjoys *that* activity is normal.

      To the modders: This is a sarcastic and satirical reflection

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by tlhIngan ( 30335 )

        I'm sure you'll find plenty of other introverts who prefer to do nothing or entertain themselves instead of playing with online videos or talking to people others. I'm in the latter category. I actually enjoy social interactions with a beer in my hand and it's nothing like the shit I put up with in Skype meetings.

        But I'm sure you and I can both agree the real weirdos are those who play boardgames. Surely no one who enjoys *that* activity is normal.

        To the modders: This is a sarcastic and satirical reflection

    • Does anyone find these online fun times just fucking stupid, silly and pandering? A friend of mine had a Zoom happy hour Saturday and I was like, "eh ... I'll pass" and I rode my bicycle for 50km instead and do not regret it.

      Video conferences are exhausting enough for work. I don't really want to do a group call for fun. I've seen a few friends here or there; no more than two at a time like once a week. We'll have some beers and play some board games. Hopefully no one calls the social distancing police on us. I have a feeling a lot of people are doing the same; seeing at least their best friends once a week or something.

      It's a Brave New World.

      it's no stupid, is another way to having fun, take care friend

  • I wondered what Echosmith has been up to. They were something of a one-hit-wonder with "Cool Kids" and "Bright" a few years ago. I see they finally got around to making another album.

  • Wow! (Score:3, Insightful)

    by frank_adrian314159 ( 469671 ) on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:58AM (#60019742) Homepage

    What a bunch of Disney corporate shills. Glad you liked the whole marketing push.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      Some Star Wars fans actually like Star Wars. It's hard to imagine but they enjoy the franchise, not just two movies they saw 40 years ago.

      • They enjoy buying everything from Band-aids to Bananas with pictures of star wars characters on them?

      • /Oblg. There are only 6 movies; the last 3 are dumb fan remakes of the first 3:

        * TFA is blatant [quora.com] remake of ANH
        * TLJ is a bad [quora.com] remake of TESB
        * TROS is a shit [slashdot.org] remake of ROTJ

        Only dumb fan boys like shitty remakes.

    • What a bunch of Disney corporate shills. Glad you liked the whole marketing push.

      Spotted the Trekkie. Han Solo > John Luke Picard.

  • Celebrate Star Wars? (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Jarwulf ( 530523 ) on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:00AM (#60019748)
    I mean even at its best Star Wars isn't a particularly interesting scifi universe compared to whats out there. Many scifi video games have more interesting settings. And modern Star Wars is even worse with perhaps one of the flattest protagonists of all time. Star Trek and Star Wars are two overall pretty mediocre franchises that have just saturated the airwaves and consciousness with all that merchandising.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by jandoe ( 6400032 )

      I would go even further and said that Star Wars is a terrible sci-fi. Half of it (the force) is not sci-fi at all and the rest is just basic space ships and robots. There's nothing interesting or visionary about the future in Star Wars. How does all this progress affect people? We have all the alien races living together but there's more history regarding race relations in Transformers they the entire SW universe. Does FTL travel or unlimited energy it implies affect people in any way? Apparently not. Does

      • Re:Celebrate Star Wars? (Score:4, Insightful)

        by SqueakyMouse ( 1003426 ) on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:20AM (#60019980)
        Star wars isn't supposed to be sci-fi any more than lord of the rings is supposed to be historically accurate. To judge the films this way is to miss the point entirely.

        • Re: (Score:1)

          by jandoe ( 6400032 )

          I'm not saying that it should be sci-fi or that it's a bad movie because it's not a good sci-fi. We just shouldn't treat it like a sci-fi movie. But of course everyone does and since it's so popular it affects the entire genre and in the end we have lot's of empty space adventure movies a no proper sci-fi.

        • Re: (Score:3)

          by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

          Lucas' original plan was to just remake a Japanese movie set in the past. Like The Magnificent Seven he changed the setting to one more familiar to Western audiences.

          As you say, it was never really a Sci-Fi movie.

          • And Firefly was typically described as a western in space. Have a good set of characters and an interesting story and it’ll make for a good film, though having top notch special effects never hurts. I don’t think I’d put Star Wars into the science fiction category though. It’s just space fantasy. The best Sci-Fi movies are just dramas exploring how and advanced technology affects humanity.
        • i would like to celebrate star wars, its a grate movie, you can watch it here moviepilot.supply [shortskimo1.xsrv.jp] nice film

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by _merlin ( 160982 )

        Star Wars is a space opera - it's The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa) in space. We know that.

    • Many scifi video games have more interesting settings.

      You'd think that; but why if so is Star Wars one of the most explored Sci-Fi universes?

      How many other story universes have the depth of books, film, and other content exploring the universe? I would warrant not even Star Trek has, not to the same extent.

      Maybe at first glance the Star Wars universe is not that interesting, but the thing about it is as a story universe, it has so many possibilities. It just has enough magic and mysticism and humor and s

      • > You'd think that; but why if so is Star Wars one of the most explored Sci-Fi universes?

        1. Quantity != Quality.

        McDonalds has served BILLIONS. No one thinks they serve gourmet food.

        2. Explored in what sense?

        On Film? There have been 12 movies [wikipedia.org]. Those are dumb, pulpy movies, with 3 being shitty fan remakes of the first 3. Extremely shallow thinking compared to classics such as Baraka or even like The Matrix, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Inception, Memento, V for Vendetta, etc. Hell,

        • 1. Quantity != Quality.

          Since 99% of everything is crap, quantity ALSO can mean quality, modulo enough quantity...

          Not every Star Wars thing is great. But some of them are amazing, and hold up or transcend all of other Sci-Fi worlds I love.

          McDonalds has served BILLIONS. No one thinks they serve gourmet food.

          That.... is why you fail.

          Because you think of Star Wars as one thing. But there have been a sea of creators telling stories within the Star Wars universe.

          Sure McDonalds doesn't make great food. But have

          • > But some of them are amazing, and hold up or transcend all of other Sci-Fi worlds I love.

            /Oblg. You serious? [youtube.com]

            Your expectations must be extremely low of both SF and Star Wars then. The Star Wars movies -- which is what most people think of Star Wars -- is extremely shallow Science Fiction compared to GOOD SF writers like Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Dick, etc.

            W.R.T. Movies and TV shows any one of these is far more interesting then Star Wars:

            * Altered Carbon
            * Avatar (2009)
            * Battlestar Galactica (2004) (Sh

    • What? You don't find Senate discussion of the taxation of trade routes compelling??
    • for all people who like star wars, is an amazing date, everybody have to watch that movie, is really good

  • Well it is a special day (Score:5, Informative)

    by ruddk ( 5153113 ) on Monday May 04, 2020 @03:39AM (#60019870)

    Well, I am lighting candles and placing them in the windows.

    4 May 1945 was the day when the Danes got the message on the radio about the liberation of Denmark from Germany during Second World War, after the German occupation since 9 April 1940. This meant that the Danes no longer had to use heavy black curtains to keep the light from getting out of their houses. People flocked into the streets, waving the Danish flag “Dannebro” and burned their black curtains. Many lighted candles on their windows.

    Therefore, if you see candles on the windows in the evening of 4 May, it is because Danes celebrate and commemorate this day.
    The message about the Danish liberation went out on 4 May, but the official liberation day is 5 May. It is celebrated with flags in flagpoles and on top of the busses.

    https://internationalcommunity... [internatio...mmunity.dk]

  • Might have been fun when I was 16. Not so much anymore

  • Star Wassss (Score:3, Interesting)

    by quall ( 1441799 ) on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:51AM (#60020142)

    I used to be a pretty big fan, but I'm not really interested in the series anymore. Outside of video games (sans 90% of EA's), there is more bad than good. If it weren't for the Cone Wars tv series and the the recent Mandalorian, I wouldn't even be posting here. You know the series has taken a dive when the episode 1-3 trilogy is suddenly changed to "well it's not that bad" due to the recent screw-ups.

    The last 3 movies and how they "handled" fans completely killed it. It's just a meh series now, and probably always will be while it's managed under its current executioner.

    "May the Forth" is now just a date on the calendar.

    • Comparing the entire franchise on the response of the last couple of movies is stupid. Post shitty recent movies Star Wars still has a huge fan base that still very much goes mental for all things Star Wars other than these movies. Hell I know multiple fans who got their Disney+ subscription based solely on access to the original movies and ... The Mandalorian. A really REALLY well rated Star Wars story that came out after Disney gave the fans the middle finger.

      The fans are very forgiving and very much stil

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]

    There are more important things to remember today.

  • This has been the best season by far. The story ark between Maul and Ahsoka has been absolutely fantastic.

    • I remember hearing about new episodes a long time ago but completely forgot. Thanks for re-reminding me to watch them.

      • It's good, and will wrap up the series nicely. The overlap between The Clone Wars and RoTS has been done very well.

  • Star Wars Fan! (Score:3)

    by omfglearntoplay ( 1163771 ) on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:29PM (#60021052)

    Slashdot has always been a terrible place to celebrate any movies, TV shows or whatnot, due to all the trolling. Well, I still love me some Star Wars. And somebody mentioned the Mandalorian, hell yes, it is pretty damn great! Also, if you are a Disney fan, the Star Wars areas are awesome... so many physical props to analyze, like life sized Mill. Falcon, how awesome. And the new new Star Wars ride, Rise of the Resistance, was just incredible... worth the trouble of getting a place in line with the app.

    To the trolls:
    May the Fourth not tighten up your troll ass any more than it has to!

    To the fans:
    Wooohoo!!!

    • Ha! Enjoyed your post, may the 4th be with you!

      You are so right about Slashdot being a terrible place to enjoy something, which is a shame.

  • It'sAGundam points out [youtube.com] Disney has reached a new low and potentially claims copyrights on tweets.

    Disney's Tweet [twitter.com]

    By sharing your message with us using #MayThe4th, you agree to our use of the message and your account name in all media and our terms of use here: http://disneytermsofuse.com/ [disneytermsofuse.com]

    #FuckDisney

  • #MayThe4th Fuck Disney.

    Let's see them use that in an ad.

  • The whole "May the Fourth" pun was funny some 15 or 20 years ago. As were the Star Wars movies. Times have moved on, however.

    Or maybe I've just turned into an old fart with a lawn...

  • star war is a great movie, you can watch it here moviepilot.supply [shortskimo1.xsrv.jp] is an amazing movie, specially on may fourth

  • :) Revenge of the 5th on Cinco de Mayo!

  • It's May fourth, not May the fourth. Sheesh.

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