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Star Wars vending machine returns to Pittsburgh fire station • Nov. 10, 2026, 1:59 PM ET (CBS)
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'Star Wars' Headed To Super Bowl LXI For Animated Altcast On Disney+, Disney Channel and Disney XD • Oct. 19, 2026, 11:10 PM ET (Deadline)

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Colorful movie poster showing the main Star Wars characters and logo.
Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca and Harrison Ford as Han Solo in Star Wars (1977), both aiming weapons inside the Millennium Falcon.
Alec Guinness in costume as Obi-Wan Kenobi sits beside director George Lucas on the set of Star Wars, with rocky desert scenery in the background.
The Star Wars droids R2-D2 and C-3PO stand by each other in a white hallway.
Mark Hamill in Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back
Prop for Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi
Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia, and Harrison Ford as Han Solo in the Millennium Falcon cockpit in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
Duel of the Fates
Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones (2002)
Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi stands in a spaceship corridor holding a blue lightsaber, wearing Jedi robes in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.
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