Star Wars Day: LEGO launches new sets to help fans celebrate May 4
Check out some of the amazing builds you can create in homage to the films
The 2,314 piece set is sure to spark memories (Image: LEGO)
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LEGO has launched new Star Wars sets to help fans celebrate Star Wars Day.
Global interest in Star Wars Auction By Alison O Reilly
The script is part of an online sale of the late David Prowse s memorabilia.
The Darth Vadar star died last year and his family donated 700 items of his Star Wars collection to charity.
Funds raised will be donated to Alzheimer s research after Prowse suffered with the disease towards the end of his life.
The auction is taking place in his hometown of Bristol today on May 4th, to mark May the force be with you .
Hollywood star Samuel L Jackson tweeted about the auction.
Hey Star Wars fam: Darth Vader actor David Prowse’s Star Wars treasures are going up for auction, including his original The Empire Strikes Back Rehearsal script! Some proceeds will support the vital work of @AlzResearchUK so get bidding!https://t.co/S9MkA0w5rd Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) April 20, 2021
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This TIE Fighter toy from 1978 is one of many Kenner Star Wars toys in a new exhibit at the Oshkosh Public Museum.
It’s May the Fourth, which means fans of Star Wars across the world are celebrating their love for the franchise. When
Star Wars hit the big screen for the first time in 1977, it became an instant classic. But there wouldn’t be any toys of Darth Vader, Luke, Han, Leia or Chewbacca for kids to play with until almost a year later.
Courtesy of Oshkosh Public Museum
Jarrod Roll began collecting Kenner Star Wars toys after a friend showed him his Darth Vader figure a year after the original Star Wars movie was released.
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In an auction house far, far away (well, Bristol actually), the enduring power of the force was clear.
A Darth Vader helmet sold for £2,200, more than five times the top estimate, and a signed picture of Alec Guinness in his Obi-Wan Kenobi robes was snapped up for £3,100, treble what was anticipated.
Someone, somewhere, paid £9,000 for a prototype lightsaber, the weapon of choice of Jedi knights in the Star Wars saga, which the Earthlings at East Bristol Auctions had judged might bring in £80-£120.
Hundreds of items hoarded and collected by David Prowse, the Bristolian who played Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, were sold off in his home city following his death, aged 85, last year. The auction raised a total of £400,000.
NFL fans can celebrate ‘May The Fourth’ with Star Wars-themed t-shirts | How to get Giants, Jets, Eagles Star Wars gear
Updated May 04, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021
The NFL and Walt Disney collaborated on a t-shirt line featuring Mickey Mouse, Star Wars (pictured) and Marvel. (Screenshot via Fanatics).
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While there are no NFL games being played in May, that does not mean football fans who love Star Wars can’t mix their interests on May The Fourth.
NFL fans who love the Star Wars franchise can mix their interests with Star Wars-themed NFL t-shirts from Fanatics.
Introducing Giants Extra:
“The Rebels Team” Tee highlights the characters Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia,