Happy Star Wars Day!

Today is the day that Star Wars fans have claimed as their own for a number of years now.  Why today?  Really? You don't see it in the graphic above?  The pun is just to rich to pass up!  What a year it's been already for Star Wars fans, as well!  We've been given a great movie trailer for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which releases at the end of this year, Star Wars: Battlefronts is set to be released later this year, Star Wars: Rebels will be returning for a second season, Marvel Comics has been releasing some amazing Star Wars comic books, and more graphic novels and books are getting ready to be released that will bridge the gap between the end of Return of the Jedi and the beginning of The Force Awakens.  What isn't there to get excited about?  And that's just everything that's happening this year!

Next year will bring us the first Star Wars movie from the new Anthology series with Star Wars: Rogue One.  This one is especially exciting because it will be the first "Jedi free" movie that's ever been done that takes place in the Star Wars universe.  If you were one of the few lucky ones that were able to watch the teaser trailer before Disney had it yanked off of the web, then you know how impressive it already looks to be, and it's still filming!  Rogue One takes place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, and it follows the Rogue Squadron from the newly formed Rebel Alliance in their attempt to steal the plans for the Empire's Death Star.  Some people are complaining that this was a poor choice for the first spin-off film, since we already know that they succeed in stealing the plans, so why make a movie that we already know the ending to?  Maybe they're right, I mean nobody went to go see Titanic!  Why go see a movie where you know how it ends?  I hope the sarcasm was bleeding through pretty heavy right here.

So what are you going to do to celebrate Star Wars Day?  Dsincey XD is running Star Wars: Rebels all day until 4:30 this afternoon, followed by a Phineas and Ferb Star Wars special, as well as other Star Wars related programming.  Maybe you'll throw in the original trilogy and watch them all from beginning to end?
Whatever you decide to do to celebrate, May the Fourth be with you!