Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Birthday Greeting of the Day:
Watch the cast of Broadway’s Hamilton sing “Happy Birthday” to Star Wars, which turns 40 today, in the below clip from The Star Wars Show:
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Film Score Cover of the Day:
Speaking of musical performances in tribute to Star Wars, here are two guys covering “The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)” on accordion (via Geekologie):
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Cosplay of the Day:
Another musical performance of Star Wars can be found in this video of pianist Sonya Belousova in costumes playing specially customized Star Wars pianos. The Millennium Falcon one is currently up for auction, as reported by Fashionably Geek.
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Alternate Poster of the Day:
The unused Star Wars poster below was painted by my father, Jim Campbell, for the release of the first movie. Read all about the gig in my old interview with him.
Movie Science of the Day:
Kyle Hill celebrates the anniversary with an explanation of what hyperspace should actually look like:
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Reworked Movie of the Day:
Lego wishes Star Wars a happy 40th with this video of Star Wars scenes redone with the toy bricks:
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Vintage Image of the Day:
Also in honor of the Star Wars anniversary, here’s a look at one of the many massive crowds lined up to see the movie in 1977:
Legend has it George Lucas watched in amazement from across the street at Hamburger Hamlet as this line formed. Happy 40th Star Wars! pic.twitter.com/MSDoAqgb1U
— Don Barrett (@donbarrettmusic) May 25, 2017
Supercut of the Day:
IMDb does their part to celebrate the occasion with this supercut of parodies of the Star Wars trench run from movies and TV:
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Movie Trivia of the Day:
Nerdist gets in on the occasion by presenting 10 Star Wars facts only diehard fans know (are you one of them?):
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Classic Trailer of the Day:
In honor of the anniversary, of course we present the original trailer for the original release of the original Star Wars:
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