On Star Wars Day, May 4, the final rating of gaming incarnations of the space fantasy franchise, about which no one on the Internet has a clear opinion, will be compiled.
May the Fourth has always seemed like a particularly fake corporate holiday because Star Wars Day is like the conspicuously absent Children's Day: isn't it every day? Do we really need a day to pay tribute to a space fantasy franchise that accounts for 12% of the top 50 grossing films in North America, including its current number one spot, which looks set to remain unchallenged for several years to come?
The Star Wars franchise was viewed on streaming platforms for 33 billion minutes in 2025.
The largest share of views was made up of Star Wars films - 44.2%. Game shows accounted for 38.9%, and animated Star Wars projects accounted for 16.8%. Documentaries about the franchise accounted for only 0.2% of all viewings. The most viewed title was A New Hope, followed by The Phantom Menace and then Rogue One.
Andor became the most-watched live-action series with 7.4 billion minutes, helped by the fact that the series released its highly anticipated second season between April and May 2025. During this time, it entered the Nielsen Top 10 Streaming Originals chart for six consecutive weeks. After Andor, the most watched series were The Skeleton Crew and The Mandalorian.
This is what Star Wars means to us. Happy Star Wars Day!
Happy “Star Wars Day” to everyone - today Star Wars fans around the world greet each other with the phrase: “May the 4th be with you.” And our Wookieepedia reports that this day is usually celebrated by watching all six Episodes together!
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, presented its first exhibitions, including Cinema, a selection of set designs, props and costumes from the Lucas archives, including pieces from Star Wars.
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord (Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord) continues to fill in important gaps in the story of Darth Maul, one of the franchise's most iconic characters.
Shadowlord is set at the beginning of the Imperial Era, as Maul secretly tried to rebuild a criminal empire in the shadow of Imperial rule. Unfortunately for Maul, the Empire learns of his machinations on the planet Janix before his grand plan can be realized.
In episodes 7 and 8 of the animated series, Maul finds himself in a critical situation when he and his gang are ambushed by the Empire. Maul has to fight two Inquisitors (Marrok and Raven) and almost dies in the duel. Once in the caves, Maul finds himself disoriented, and all his old traumas and fears resurface in the form of visions of his past.
Information has emerged about the release date for the second season of Ahsoka (Ahsoka) on Disney+.
Ahsoka had been absent from screens for three years, and many fans were eagerly awaiting the next chapter in the former Jedi's story. Given the extremely mixed reviews of other recent Lucasfilm projects, anticipation is high.
According to a post on Reddit, Star Wars Insider has confirmed that the second season will be released "later this year." Since this is an official publication of the franchise, the information can be considered reliable.
At the time of writing, there are no Star Wars series announced for 2027 or later. Apparently, the future of the Disney+ franchise depends on Ahsoka.
New promotional material may have inadvertently revealed two characters will appear in the filmThe Mandalorian & Grogu. However, the actors playing their roles have not yet been confirmed for the project.
The new Star Wars will feature characters who have already crossed paths with Din Djarin and Grogu. Zeb Orrelios fromRebelswill apparently play a significant role. Also confirmed to appear is Trapper Wolf, voiced by Dave Filoni.
The mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes will host an official crossover event with the upcoming film. To promote it, Lucasfilm and EA unveiled new art featuring the main characters, Rotta the Hutt and others.
Interestingly, in the lower left corner of the image, two familiar characters are fighting a giant creature. These are Carson Teva and Cobb Vance, who are familiar to fans of the MandoVerse show.
Animated series “Star Wars. Mol: Lord of Shadows" was so successful that on May 2, Disney+ uploaded the first of ten episodes to its YouTube channel.
Animated series “Star Wars. Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is currently the highest-rated Star Wars TV series. It even surpassed Andor. The series currently has 98% positive reviews from critics and 90% positive reviews from viewers. By comparison, Andor has 96% and 89%, respectively, according to Rotten Tomatoes. Perhaps because of such high ratings, Disney decided to make the first episode of the series completely free to watch.
On May 2, the Disney+ streaming service uploaded the first episode of the series to its YouTube channel. The episode entitled “The Dark Revenge” is an introduction to the plot, introducing new characters.
Ordinary viewers and critics note the outstanding artistic style and beautifully rendered frames (especially the backgrounds). Unfortunately, the episode was released only in English, without Russian subtitles.
It is noteworthy that the company only uploaded one episode. The fact is that Disney streams two episodes of “Lord of Shadows” every week. Each of them lasts about 25 minutes, so viewers get something like a full episode of a drama series.
Each episode is an independent story. At the same time, viewers note that there is no sense of transience, often inherent in short animated series. "Lord of Shadows" will consist of only 10 episodes. The final two episodes will premiere on streaming on May 4.
In honor of the release of the film "Star Wars" - "The Mandalorian and Grogu"- Amazon.com is releasing two brand new limited edition stands for the Echo Dot (for 4th Edition devices and 5th generations) in the form of the Mandalorian and Grogu helmet, each of which is available separately.
