Disney Parks Blog announced today that last years D-Tech Carbon Freeze Me Experience will return for this years Star Wars Weekends. In addition to the Carbonite block, you'll now have a new and completely different option as well. Check out the details inside!

"We're progressing on a schedule to hopefully begin next year, or the beginning of next year," said Bad Robot Productions' Bryan Burk, "and the location is still kind of floating around in the air all depending on script and a whole bunch of other issues."

GameInformer points us to the Twitch.tv livestream channel of "PtoPOnline," which recently streamed over an hour of gameplay from Star Wars: Battlefront III.

There was no announcement at Disney World on the evening of May the Fourth, but attendees at a special screening of Return of the Jedi at Entertainment Weekly’s CapeTown Film Festival did get the chance to see a surprise guest last night: Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill!

StudiosCentral.com is reporting that the full guest list for this years Star Wars Weekends is complete. New additions include Jim Cummings who voiced Hondo Ohnaka in The Clone Wars, Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar), Sam Witwer who voiced Darth Maul in The Clone Wars, Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) and Tom Kane who voiced Yoda in The Clone Wars. Full schedule inside!

The Los Angeles Times' Hero Complex blog spoke to Simon Kinberg, who is writing a Star Wars spinoff film, about the franchise in general and the task ahead of him.

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It appears that George Lucas and Disney CEO Bob Iger are at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida for a major announcement.

Tomorrow's edition of The New York Times will feature a lengthy profile of director J.J. Abrams by Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff.

Christian Blauvelt of Hollywood.com is celebrating Star Wars Day with a gallery of twenty oddities from the galaxy far, far away.

It’s the age-old question that has divided different generations of fans: Who shot first? Now, PAW WARZ from The Pet Collective answers that question definitively, just in time for “May the Fourth” celebrations!

Fan of TheForce.net Chris W. from Cleveland, OH sent along this link to a RSS reader that displays your feeds as the opening crawl from Star Wars. Perfect for following all your feeds on today, May The 4th!

A Jedi walks into Jabba's Palace to audition for a place in the band. Will he impress the mighty Jabba or end up as Batha Fodder?

This poster pays tribute to Star Wars and the iconic Kenner card back from the 80's.

Good Morning Texas recently paid Peter Mayhew a visit to chat and visit his amazing Chewie room, full of Chewbacca items he's collected over the years.

KICKTV have launched a cool article and video surrounding the concept of there actually being football (soccer) in our favorite galaxy far, far away...

Here's a freebie for all you Expanded Universe fans on Star Wars Day. Suvudu has posted the complete first chapter of Troy Denning's Star Wars: Crucible. Click through for the link.

The limited edition May the 4th Be With You, Always and the Revenge of the 5th pins made exclusively for the "Limited Time Magic" event have already sold out at Disney's Hollywood Studios today. As of this post, the Pin Traders shop located in Downtown Disney does have some in stock. There are 1,500 total pins between the Florida and California parks, so with only 750 available in either state, these are sure to go quick!

In honor of May the 4th, MyCoolCarStuff.com is having a 50% off sale on all Star Wars car accessories. Just enter the code "PCMAY4" at checkout. Click here to browse the store!

Saturday and Sunday 30% off all Star Wars Fatheads. Just use this link beginning 3AM est.

Be sure to get out to your local comic book shop today only, and pick up the newest FREE Star Wars comic called "The Assassination of Darth Vader" written by Brian Wood. There are also a lot of other comics for free, plus events, creator appearances and goodies. You can find all the details here!

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WeLoveFine announces the winners in their official Star Wars: Dark Side Design Contest!

Workman Publishing has posted a fun freebie from the Star Wars: Origami book by Chris Alexander in celebration of Star Wars Day!

Lucasfilm's Pablo Hidalgo celebrated "May The Fourth Eve" by chatting with Star Wars fans on Del Rey's Star Wars Books Facebook page. Here is a transcript of fans' questions and his responses.

If you're reading this, you're looking at the latest, and overdue update, to TheForce.net. It's pretty close to finished, but we didn't want to wait past tonight to get it launched.

You'll find that we have greatly simplified the site so it's not quite so overwhelming.

We haven't lost any of the content that was here before. If you look at the bottom of the page, you'll see there's a link to the last version of the site, which we'll keep around for reference since some of the content there, isn't directly linked to this update.

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Start Gallery is celebrating May the 4th with an art show titled Start Wars.

We teased it yesterday and it looks like the secret is out a bit ahead of schedule. The fine folks at Mimoco are celebrating May the 4th a little early with a special release. The brand new R2-A6 Mimobot is now available to purchase! Check out the full press release inside.

Now's the time to start a subscription, and great deals are afoot for May the 4th...

The official site has posted our first look at some of the exclusive merchandise artwork that will be offered in Germany this summer. They list t-shirts, coffee mugs, barware, beer steins, backpacks, drinking glasses, scarves, patches, posters, and pins. Check it out right here!

MTV is getting in the May The Fourth spirit with a new video in which everyone's favorite Wookiee seeks (and gains) employment at their company.

J.J. Abrams did an interview with the BBC as part of the promotional tour for Star Trek Into Darkness, and he naturally had something to say about Star Wars along the way.

The official site has updated their guest list with a good handful of actors from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

Attention all Florida Star Wars fans! The Star Wars Grand Florida Alliance, along with Lucasfilm Ltd. and the 501st Legion will be participating in Star Wars Night with the Tampa Bay Storm on Saturday, May the 4th at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. After spending the morning and afternoon hitting local comic shops for Free Comic Book Day as well as hitting Hollywood Studios for your exclusive May The 4th Be With You, Always merchandise, join your fellow fans for more Star Wars fun. Full details inside!

Official Star Wars artist Stephen Hayford will be attending Disney's Star Wars Weekends at Hollywood Studios during the 2nd and 3rd weekends (May 23-26 & May 31-June 2) and he will have four exclusive art prints available along with an interactive Death Star Diorama. You can find him in Darth's Mall with all the other exclusive event merchandise for 2 hours each day. The prints will be offered all four weekends. Be sure to stop by and say hello to Stephen during your trip to the park!

Do you want to know secrets about Episode VII? Do you really want to know? At what point do secrets become spoilers, and at what point does your excitement for new Star Wars content cause you to give in to the Dark Side? Join us as we discuss the world of spoilers and how the environment of the new films will differ from the days of prequel spoilers. But don't worry -- this episode is spoiler-free! All this, plus the latest news and events!

Timothy Zahn, considered to be one of the most popular and ground-breaking Star Wars authors in the history of the franchise, will have three of his previously released hardcover books available in unabridged audio book format. This includes Star Wars: Allegiance, Star Wars: Specter of the Past and Star Wars: Vision of the Future. Check out all the details inside!

USA Today revealed this morning that Hasbro will be offering an exclusive Black Series Boba Fett with Han in Carbonite figure for the popular summer event that is San Diego Comic-Con. This will be part of the upcoming Black Series that was first announced in January. Check out the full article right here.

-STORY UPDATED INSIDE- ReedPop has the next several scheduled events listed on their website, which is completely normal and nothing out of the ordinary. What might interest Star Wars fans is that they have a Star Wars Celebration listed after the 2014 C2E2 event at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. This would mean a third trip back to Orlando and welcomed news for many of the 35,000+ attendees from Celebration V & VI. Could we get a formal announcement on May 4th? Perhaps during Celebration Europe II? The page hasn't been updated since November of 2012, so we are waiting on confirmation from LFL. Keep it locked right here for all the latest developments!

Order The Force Within Us at Amazon.com now until May 6th and get (2) sets of trading cards FREE!!!

The organization Behind The Voice Actors has announced the winners of the 20th annual BTVA Voice Acting Awards and the results are great for Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Just two more days to enter The Dented Helmet / MIMOBOT "May the FETT Be With You" giveaway! Enter for a chance to win one of two Boba Fett MIMOBOT flash drives when you 'like' them on Facebook or 'follow' them on Twitter! Enter here: http://bit.ly/ZUQXm5

WeLoveFine will announce the winners in their official Star Wars: Dark Side Design Contest this weekend, and have an exclusive "May The Fourth Be with You" t-shirt!

Getting an early start, Paizo Publishing is celebrating Star Wars Day by dropping a massive discount on an amazing book. If you don't yet own Gus and Duncan's Comprehensive Guide to Star Wars Collectibles now is the time to rectify the situation. For a limited time, this essential guide is only $40! Follow the thumbnail link to get the deal of the year!

Toys "R" Us jumps on the May the 4th celebration bandwagon by offering up a new Star Wars themed level in their popular kids game Geoffrey’s Jungle.

The Edelweiss catalog has posted a synopsis for Daniel Wallace's Star Wars: The Essential Characters, the third character-focused title in the Essential Guide series.

Random House has posted a synopsis for Star Wars: Kenobi by John Jackson Miller.