'Star Wars Day' Celebrations Hit Fortnite, Disney+, X.com - and Retailers Everywhere (ign.com) 28
As May the 4th transforms into Star Wars Day, dozens of sites and games have found ways to celebrate. The official Star Wars channel on YouTube released a celebratory video. Disney+ released Tales of the Underworld , a six-part animated series about bounty hunters during the reign of the Empire. And Friday the first two episodes began streaming in Fortnite in a special early premiere on "Star Wars Watch Party island," according to IGN. (Disney acquired a $1.5 billion stake in Epic in March 2024, they note, "positioning itself to collaborate with the game developer for many years to come." One example from StarWars.com:
Introducing the GALACTIC BATTLE Season: the largest crossover yet between Fortnite Battle Royale and Star Wars. Strap into a TIE fighter or X-wing and take to the skies over new locations like the First Order Base where you can take on Captain Phasma and her legion of stormtroopers. Players can expect new gameplay updates to drop every week throughout the season, including new weapons, Force Abilities and quests to complete.
- There's additional Star Wars celebrations today in several other games, including LEGO Fortnite Brick Life, Rocket League, and Monopoly GO!
- CNN is publishing its own list of Star Wars day products and deals. (Including Panasonic's Stormtrooper electric shaver and the Darth Vader toaster.)
- There's special Star Wars pages at Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Lego.
- On X.com the UK's national library posted what looks a picture of a medieval manuscript with Yoda painted into the text. Someone posted a clip from the 1977 Bob Hope Christmas Special which ends with Mark Hamill rescuing Princess Leia (played by Olivia Newton-John). Even the White House has posted an AI-generated image of president Trump wielding a lightsaber.
- Starbucks even has its own line of Star Wars-themed mugs.
And if today isn't enough, the Austin American-Statesman reminds readers that there's more Star Wars celebrations are coming up: Sometimes also known as Geek Pride Day, May 25 is known as "Star Wars Day" because it marks the release of the anniversary of the series' debut. "A New Hope" premiered in United States theaters on May 25, 1997...
May 21 is Talk Like Yoda Day, an annual celebration marking the release of "Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back" on May 21, 1980 — the film that introduced Yoda to the galaxy...
- There's additional Star Wars celebrations today in several other games, including LEGO Fortnite Brick Life, Rocket League, and Monopoly GO!
- CNN is publishing its own list of Star Wars day products and deals. (Including Panasonic's Stormtrooper electric shaver and the Darth Vader toaster.)
- There's special Star Wars pages at Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Lego.
- On X.com the UK's national library posted what looks a picture of a medieval manuscript with Yoda painted into the text. Someone posted a clip from the 1977 Bob Hope Christmas Special which ends with Mark Hamill rescuing Princess Leia (played by Olivia Newton-John). Even the White House has posted an AI-generated image of president Trump wielding a lightsaber.
- Starbucks even has its own line of Star Wars-themed mugs.
And if today isn't enough, the Austin American-Statesman reminds readers that there's more Star Wars celebrations are coming up: Sometimes also known as Geek Pride Day, May 25 is known as "Star Wars Day" because it marks the release of the anniversary of the series' debut. "A New Hope" premiered in United States theaters on May 25, 1997...
May 21 is Talk Like Yoda Day, an annual celebration marking the release of "Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back" on May 21, 1980 — the film that introduced Yoda to the galaxy...
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And the 6th. Siths get two days after the 4th. ;)
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This is becoming my new favorite: https://foxtrot.com/2025/05/04... [foxtrot.com]
Star Wars day + merchandising (Score:2)
It's been merchandising from the original 1970s Star Wars movie.
Stopped buying anything Star Wars a long long time ago.
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in a galaxy far, far away.
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When Disney switched from entertainment to (political agenda + maybe entertainment) is when I got of the bandwagon.
Re: Star Wars day + merchandising (Score:2)
Aren't you taking about a movie that was a political statement about the Vietnam war? At no time was star wars not political.
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A quote from Spaceballs (1987)
Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made. Spaceballs-the T-shirt, Spaceballs-the Coloring Book, Spaceballs-the Lunch box, Spaceballs-the Breakfast Cereal, Spaceballs-the Flame Thrower.
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Star Wars was one of the original franchises to do it. It was highly unusual at the time that merchandising rights were retained as generally speaking, they didn't traditionally do well.
So not-well that a little toy company called Kenner was the only one to express interest in it and demand after the movie opened was so immense they were backordered on anything and everything.
I think there was a time they had to sell coupons to get a certain toy because they couldn't meet demand by Christmas, so instead the
Still hoping for good Star Wars news... (Score:2)
...that Kathleen Kennedy has been replaced.
Dark Lord (Score:2, Interesting)
Donald Trump had the White House post a picture of him dressed up (presumably by an AI) as a Sith Lord, ridiculously muscle-bound, wielding a red-bladed lightsabre.
Because either/and his staff are idiots and don't know Star Wars, and a blue lightsabre would be bad. Red is the color of the Republicans and blue is for Democrats. And they didn't know enough to pick green.
Trump did make a statement with the photo.
It went something like, "And I'm doing it for you, to protect you. Don't you see? We don't have to
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And all he had to do was strip off the orange paint.
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And all he had to do was strip off the orange paint.
No, needed to SELECTIVELY apply some blackface.
Then he could have been a Zabrak.
Still the question of the lightsabre, of course.
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Donald Trump had the White House post a picture of him dressed up (presumably by an AI) as a Sith Lord, ridiculously muscle-bound, wielding a red-bladed lightsabre.
Because either/and his staff are idiots and don't know Star Wars, and a blue lightsabre would be bad. Red is the color of the Republicans and blue is for Democrats. And they didn't know enough to pick green.
Trump did make a statement with the photo.
It went something like, "And I'm doing it for you, to protect you. Don't you see? We don't have to run away anymore. I have brought peace to the country. I am more powerful than the Congress. I can rule the planet. Make things the way we want them to be."
Down-modded because someone didn't like the totally factual point that Trump (out of ignorance) decided to dress as a Sith Lord.
And then I guess the butt-hurt was maximized by my joke.
Except they maybe didn't think it was funny.
Too close to the truth?
By the way, I voted for him.
Re: Dark Lord (Score:2)
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Trump also had a picture made of him as the pope. Congrats on voting for a five year old mentality. Enjoy your empty shelves and paying for tax cuts for billionaires.
Turns out, facts are, Trump had nothing to do with the "Pope" picture. He did say he thought it was funny, though.
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Donald Trump had the White House post a picture of him dressed up (presumably by an AI) as a Sith Lord, ridiculously muscle-bound, wielding a red-bladed lightsabre.
Because either/and his staff are idiots and don't know Star Wars, and a blue lightsabre would be bad. Red is the color of the Republicans and blue is for Democrats. And they didn't know enough to pick green.
Trump did make a statement with the photo.
It went something like, "And I'm doing it for you, to protect you. Don't you see? We don't have to run away anymore. I have brought peace to the country. I am more powerful than the Congress. I can rule the planet. Make things the way we want them to be."
Downmodded again.
The butt-hurt is strong with this one!
You do realize that (a)I can hit Reply more times than you have mod points and (b) nobody is reading this right? ROFL
Down-modded because someone didn't like the totally factual point that Trump (out of ignorance) decided to dress as a Sith Lord.
And then I guess the butt-hurt was maximized by my joke.
Except they maybe didn't think it was funny.
Too close to the truth?
By the way, I voted for him.
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That's the fake AI image I want to see. Trump + Jabba with some papal robes cosplay glitter for decoration.
Any takers? Post the links here.
LEGO® Star Warsâ: The Skywalker Sa (Score:2)
Also free for it: https://store.epicgames.com/en... [epicgames.com]
Imagine having to astroturf for a dead brand (Score:1)
And that dead brand is a star war.
astounding.
big yikes!
Re: Meh (Score:2)
Over here, may 4th is remembrance day, for the victims of war and genocide. But yeah, feel free to try and sell more merchandise because its important to show you're a true nerd.
I saw SW:TESB in the movie theatre when it came out. And then SW. Those were some of the best experiences I ever had in my life. Anything after that has been disappointing to see Star Wars absolutely fail at anything but merchandise sales.
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Yeah, well. Fuck Star Wars. (Score:2)
Convoluted BS enabled by magic whenever science fiction can't make an idea play well on-screen.
I went the other way (Score:2)
FWIW I watched Start Trek TOS yesterday :)
Mainly because I do not subscribe to Disney and I like the future Star Trek presents rather than Star Wars.