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Star Wars Day: Twitter unites to celebrate 4 May, honour Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew
Fp Staff •4 May has been a major platform for Star Wars merchandise sales and fan events, with states like California enshrining May 4 as an official Star Wars Day holiday
Star Wars: Episode IX title sparks fan speculation — 'How can it be The Rise of Skywalker when the Skywalkers are all gone?
Fp Staff •The title of Star Wars: Episode IX was recently released as The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker teaser — Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver reprise roles in upcoming JJ Abrams directorial
Fp Staff •Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will feature the late Carrie Fisher as Prince Leia using previously unreleased footage from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Star Wars lightsaber pulled out of sale at auction due to doubts over its origin
Fp Staff •Described as one of the five lightsabers used on sets of Star Wars, the item was expected to sell for up to $200,000 (£157,000).
Star Wars: Episode IX cast, release date announced; late Carrie Fisher will appear as Princess Leia
Fp Staff •Carrie Fisher, who passed away suddenly in 2016, will be once again seen as Princess Leia Organa using using previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Next Star Wars film to use unreleased Carrie Fisher footage from 2015's The Force Awakens
•Carrie Fisher died in December 2016 after she finished work on the middle installment in the trilogy, The Last Jedi.
Mark Hamill to return as Luke Skywalker in new Star Wars short film, Forces of Destiny
•Hamill voices Luke Skywalker in the new installment of the animated series of shorts Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to inaugurate in 2021; Luke Skywalker’s first lightsaber, Darth Vader’s helmet to be put on display
•Star Wars creator George Lucas is visiting a galaxy on the edge of downtown Los Angeles to break ground on his $1.5 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
Star Wars icon Mark Hamill wants Room, Wonder star Jacob Tremblay to play young Luke Skywalker
•Mark Hamill wants actor Jacob Tremblay to play younger version of his iconic Star Wars role if the makers ever revisit the character's past.
Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars franchise, honoured on Hollywood Walk of Fame
•The 66-year-old Star Wars alum Mark Hamill was honoured in a ceremony on 8 March at the Hollywood Boulevard