On this day in 2001 The Phantom Menace hit DVD— the first Star Wars film ever released in the format! Fans got 6+ hrs of extras, deleted scenes, & the epic doc The Beginning. Bonus: it featured an early digital Yoda years before the Blu-ray updates.
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How did Slave I get its name?  Lets dig into some Star Wars Legends and Canon to find out.
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How Slave 1 got it's name.
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The First Star Wars Parody!
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🇵🇷 On Oct 6, 1977, Star Wars opened for the first time in Puerto Rico, part of the film’s 2nd wave rollout. Early screenings used folded-down Dolby mixes, and local Spanish posters were printed in tiny runs—making them ultra rare collector gems today.
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Enter the Rebels…

On October 3, 2014, the galaxy was introduced to Star Wars Rebels with the TV movie Spark of Rebellion on Disney Channel — kicking off a new era of storytelling between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.
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When was the first Luke Skywalker action figure available?
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Star Wars Used to be in Your Newspaper!

In 1979, Star Wars fans didn't have to wait for The Empire Strikes Back for another adventure. Tatooine Sojourn, written by Steve Gerber and illustrated by Russ Manning, began newspaper syndication on September 10, 1979 #StarWarsHistory