Overview
- Star Wars Day, observed Monday, featured select IMAX theaters screening a 25-minute preview of The Mandalorian and Grogu.
- Disney+ marked the celebration with special programming that included the final two episodes of the animated series Star Wars: Maul – Lord of the Shadows.
- The Mandalorian and Grogu is slated to open May 21 in Spain, with local outlets reporting additional late‑May theatrical rollouts.
- The May 4 tradition traces to a 1979 London Evening News message to Margaret Thatcher and expanded through a 2011 Toronto festival before Disney’s 2012 embrace.
- Fans worldwide held marathons, cosplay events and concerts, highlighting how a grassroots joke became an annual communal ritual.