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Welcome to our series, "Ready to Go!" Book Display. Once a month, we"ll highlight the latest or greatest for every age group (Adults,TeensandChildren) that you can promote within your library or order for your collection.

Star Wars Reads Day is coming up on October 10th! Below is a list to get your displays ready! (Tip: Go to Starwars.com to download free flyers for your display, too!)

A retelling of Star Wars in the style of Shakespeare, in which a wise Jedi knight, an evil Sith lord, a beautiful captive princess, and a young hero coming of age reflect the valor and villainy of the Bard"s greatest plays.

Presents the costumes of the original "Star Wars" film trilogy, providing original sketches and artwork by the costume designers as well as interviews and production stills from the cast and crew.

A humorous retelling of the first six films recreates 100 iconic scenes using LEGO Star Wars sets and minifigures and is complemented by engaging facts about the LEGO Star Wars sets.

Highlights the life and accomplishments of the creator of the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" movies, whose technological innovations have had a major impact on the film industry.

An intimate look at the friendships between best pals in the Star Wars universe, from Darth Vader and the Emperor to Leia and her Ewok pals and other favorite characters.

Star Wars fonts hit the screen before anything else in the Star Wars universe. Yup, before the glow of the lightsabers or the excitement of the spaceships comes the epic typography accompanied by the invigorating intro score. This, of course, means that Star Wars fans have long been searching the galaxy to emulate the look with the font found onscreen.

Luckily for them (and you), we"ve tracked down the best free Star Wars fonts and listed them here. After something else? Try our list of the best free fonts. And if you need to catch up on all the Star Wars action, you can find out how to sign up to Disney Plus with a 15 per cent discount on a yearly subscription.

Every Star Wars film opens with the familiar line "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." written in a cool blue typeface. (Or purple or turquoise – your nostalgia mileage may vary.)

The lettering for this outer space "once upon a time" was originally created by hand, so short of tracing a screenshot, you"re not going to get a 100 per cent match. However, the latest Star Wars films – from The Force Awakens onwards – have used a digitised version of the font, with Franklin Demi singled out as the closest match.

Once this line fades away, we"re deafened by John WIlliams" epic opening fanfare and left in awe as the Star Wars logo dominates the screen before gradually drifting off into the distance. Shortly afterwards, the opening crawl appears and fills us in on the story so far.

The opening crawl is a hive of font intrigue. The new Star Wars films use a version of News Gothic for the title of each film and for the crawl text itself. This flies in the face of previous films which used Univers for the title to establish a sense of importance and gravity, while using News Gothic for the crawl text.

This is only scratching the surface of Star Wars fonts. The logo for the film has been adjusted plenty of times as the creators try to settle on a style. One experiment saw the Star Wars: The Last Jedi logo turn red and send the internet into meltdown as fans tried to figure out what it could mean. Thankfully, the logo remained yellow in the film itself.

You know you"re in safe hands when a designer called Boba Fonts is taking care of your free Star Wars fonts. With Star Jedi, Boba Fonts has recreated the logo perfectly, with solid and hollow variants ready to meet all your needs. This tilting, capitals-only font has a lot of variations and connections.

According to the author, this Mandalorian font is a movie-accurate version of the Mandalorian font, as seen in the Episode II Visual Dictionary and the 2004 Star Wars DVD release. It"s especially timely given the release of the new TV series, and would be particularly handy for video makers looking to make their YouTube reviews looks extra on-brand with the series.

Inspired by an adventure in a distant galaxy, this Star Wars font comes in 10 different styles and is totally free. It has a symbol pack too, with logos from the film included.

"In a distant galaxy far, far away, fans of this epic series had limited options when looking for the right font to use for their projects. Patience you must have young Jedi and thank me later you will. Enter Death Star : A grotesque display font featuring all caps that resembles the classic "80s style."

With tight kerning, this font is best displayed at large sizes. The regular version is available for free, with an outlined alternative available for a $25 donation.

Good old Boba Fonts has done it again with this Star Jedi Outline font. As before, this is a tilting all-capitals font, only this time, as the name suggests, the lettering is framed with a thin outline. Font fans and Star Wars nuts can download it for free for both personal and professional use.

Following on from the Star Jedi line of fonts again, Boba Fonts has created this variation that allows for single or double lines of text that perfectly capture that Star Wars style. These decorative frames call to mind some of the aesthetic choices used in promotional material for the original Star Wars trilogy, which sometimes saw the title of a film wrapped in a thin outline.

With it"s chunky letter shapes, this final design from Boba Fonts is based on the official Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition logo typeface. Remember when there was just one Star Wars trilogy? Aah... simpler times.

"Star Jedi Special Edition is a bold font derived from the original Star Jedi," says Boba Fonts. "The lowercase are all capitals, while the capitals are serif variants of the lowercase. A few simple link-lines allow you to create complex letter groups."

A datascreen were devices that produced graphical displays of computer information. Various technologies were used to produce the images on datascreens. Likewise, the materials datascreens were made of varied greatly. Unlike three dimensional Hologram displays, datascreens displayed flat text or graphics. They were usually of a higher resolution than Hologram displays as well. Datascreens displays were preferred over holograms for various reasons. Portable devices like Datapads and Jedi testing screens usually had datascreens as opposed to holograms (although some had both options). Advertiscreens were often placed on city walls and near Hover car lanes to display information about commercial products. To save space, datascreens were preferred on bridges of most ships. Most often, several datascreens could be placed in the same space as a single hologram display.

A Data screen unit was a common unit of measurement based on how much information a datascreen could display. This depended on the size or resolution of the datascreen. Most datascreens were viewable from only one angle, however, some could be seen through like windows. These could display the information on both the front and back of the screen.

Datacards with specific information stored on them (for example, star charts, encyclopedias, tour guides, law books, works of fiction) were widely available. These datacards could then be loaded into the datapad for easy access. Many planetary governments were legally obligated to provide such materials (especially regarding local laws) to all offworlders.

Graphical computer displays are present nearly every piece of visual Star Wars media (including comics, movies, and television shows). Most of the time they go unnamed. When they are referred to, they are most often called "datascreens" or "monitors"

Luke finds Ben Kenobi, who reveals that he is actually the great Jedi Knight Obi-Wan and has been in hiding since the Clone Wars. Obi-Wan asks for Luke’s help in rescuing Leia. Luke doesn’t want to abandon his Aunt and Uncle, so he’s hesitant to agree to this proposal.

Obi-Wan and Luke hire smuggler Han-Solo to fly them to the planet Alderaan so that they can free Leia. Meanwhile, on the weaponized ship known as the Death Star, Darth Vader orders the destruction of Alderaan.

Han’s ship, the Millennium Falcon, is caught in a tractor beam and trapped within the Death Star. Luke and Han rescue Leia, while Obi-Wan confronts Darth Vader, who kills him in mortal combat.

The Rebel Alliance attacks the Empire in a galactic dog-fight. While piloting an X-Wing, Luke uses the Force to fire a laser shot into the Death Star exhaust port, which causes the entire station to go up in flames.

Luke, Han and Chewbacca are honored at a large ceremony and given medallions by Leia for aiding the Rebel Alliance in the destruction of the Death Star.

Decades after the original Star Wars hit theaters, the force is still strong with the enormously successful sci-fi franchise. Since its inception, it"s become a true cultural phenomenon. Don"t let anyone tell you the Disney touch has ruined Star Wars.

One great way fans can enjoy Star Wars is through a huge offering of different apps for iPhone and Android. Everything from games to comic books and much more are available on the App Store and Play Store. Here are the best Star Wars apps to celebrate the franchise any day of the year.

When starting your app trip through a galaxy far, far away, make sure to begin with the official Star Wars app. The comprehensive app has almost everything you can think of when it comes to the franchise.

After starting the app, you can select from one of three different interfaces: light side, dark side, or droid. Each option offers its own unique designs, sounds, and animations. It"s also a futuristic augmented reality app, featuring 3D characters, ships, and special quizzes in AR. Google Cardboard users can also battle in Jakku Spy, a serialized feature that ties into Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Selfie fans can snap a photo in fun costumes and settings like Han Solo"s carbon freeze, learning with Yoda, and more. And that"s far from all. You can also wield a lightsaber and improve your skills with a training remote, relive classic quotes and sound effects on the Star Wars soundboard, and much more.

If you can"t get enough of everything Star Wars, Disney+ is the place to go. The streaming video service offers all the movies, TV series, and more from the Star Wars universe. It"s also the exclusive home for the live-action Star Wars show The Mandalorian.

There"s a dedicated section in the app featuring everything Star Wars. Along with being able to view a video on your iOS or Android device, you can also access Disney+ on many other streaming video devices like Amazon"s Fire TV, Roku, and the Apple TV.

You"ll definitely get your money"s worth, as Disney+ offers much more than Star Wars. This includes content from Marvel, Pixar, National Geographic, and you guessed it---Disney. Even better, the service is significantly less costly than competitors like Netflix. Check out the best classic films on Disney+ to get the most from your subscription.

For some personalization, make sure to download a Star Wars wallpaper app. As you"d imagine, this iOS app is all about offering a huge number of different Star Wars wallpapers for your iPhone or iPad. A new wallpaper is added to the app daily, so any fan should definitely find something they like.

In a crowded universe of Star Wars games, Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes stands out. In this full-featured RPG, you can create a team from the light side or dark side and go to war against others. There are more than 140 different characters to collect from different eras of the franchise.

And the characters aren"t the only fun. You can grab iconic ships like the Millennium Falcon and Admiral Ackbar"s Home One to battle in space combat. This Star Wars game app lets you fight other players in many different options like Squad Cantina Battles, PvP Squad Arena, Squad Tournaments, and more.

How well do you really know Luke Skywalker"s universe? This Star Wars quiz app will tell you. The game covers the first seven episodes of the saga, so it doesn"t have material for the latest releases.

The questions are themed and grouped by each film, and offer a range of challenge. To start, you"ll see questions from A New Hope, and will have to show off your trivia skills to keep progressing. There"s even a bonus level of trivia to find after passing the others.

And with Hasbro"s Star Wars Studio FX app, you can bring that idea a bit closer to reality. To start, create a scene with any Star Wars action figure, vehicles, or playsets. Then launch the app. Select a special effect and then hit record to capture the clip.

For example, with one FX, you"ll see a stormtrooper invade the screen and start blasting. All clips can be saved to your device. While the app is compatible with any toys, you can add other in-game items by scanning codes from specially marked Hasbro Star Wars toys. They also unlock over time by earning rewards through play.

Even the timeless hobby of collectible card trading has gone digital. Developed by Topps, a well-known name in the physical card trading world, Star Wars: Card Trader features thousands of different cards.

Along with all the movies, the app also features cards from TV series Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and more. You can collect popular characters, droids, vehicles, and locations as the cards feature a number of different unique art styles. New cards land every day.

Star Wars Insider is the place to go for the most up-to-date Star Wars news, along with features and more about the timeless franchise. And with the app, you can read the magazine digitally on your device. While the app is free, you"ll need to purchase back issues or a subscription to get use out of it

Just like the franchise itself, the world of Star Wars apps has something for everyone and continues to grow as a new generation falls in love with the space drama.

Anyone who watched the original film in 1977 would probably have found it hard to imagine that fans today could listen to a Star Wars-themed podcast while 3D printing their own Star Wars props. It"s a great time to be a Star Wars enthusiast!

As such, it"s time to put the best screensavers back under the microscope. These are our picks for the best screensavers for Windows and they will have your screen looking incredible in no time.

Most screensavers for Windows 10—both in this article and elsewhere on the web—are delivered as a ZIP file. You"ll need to extract the contents before you can use them on your system.

Sometimes, your extracted screensaver will be an EXE file; at other times, it will be in the SCR format. If it"s an EXE file, you can install the screensaver on your system by double-clicking on it in the usual way. If it"s an SCR file, you will need to right-click on the file and select Install.

To choose the screensaver you want to use and to edit any of its available settings, open the Windows Settings app and go to Personalization > Lock Screen > Screensaver Settings.

After all, how long do you actually spend staring at your computer screen when the screensaver is running? For most people, it"s probably not very long at all.

How do you fancy being able to make buildings out of virtual LEGO when you"re not using your screen? This free Windows 10 screensaver lets you do exactly that.

The screensaver even comes with controls that won"t activate your screen while you"re building. The arrow keys let you move blocks; the space bar rotates them.

Let"s take a moment to explain. When you"re running the screensaver and your computer is asleep, it communicates with other computers in the Electric Sheep network to create custom abstract animations (called "Sheep").

Pong Clock takes the game to your screensaver. Sadly, you can"t play yourself—it will terminate the screensaver—but you can watch the two computer players battle. There"s also a clock in the center of the screen.

Vehicle Screen Savers isn"t quite as fancy as some of the free screensavers we have looked at so far, but for anyone interested in vehicles (in the broadest sense), it"s a must-have.

This awesome screensaver is also surprisingly customizable. You can choose the number of fish on-screen and also select from three different reef views on offer.

Here"s one of the best screensavers for geeks. System 47 is a replica of the Library Computer Access and Retrieval System (LCARS) computer interface seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

If you"ve not yet been lucky enough to witness one of the most magnificent technological sights known to man play out in front of your eyes, you can give yourself a fighting chance by downloading this awesome screensaver.

A screensaver that displays the weather forecast is cool enough, but YoWindow goes one step further. It has a "live landscape" that reflects the real-time weather, sunlight, and season.

You can customize the screensaver by changing the code density, speed, and font. Unfortunately, anyone hoping to change the color of the code will be out of luck.

That"s no longer an issue on modern monitors, so the choice of whether to use a screensaver solely boils down to usefulness and aesthetics. They may even be better "eyesavers" than screensavers, as the darker tones give your eyeballs a rest from all the bright white colors on your screen.

Research into volumetric displays is even older than that film. And the approach has a crucial advantage over holograms, because it requires much less computational power. But despite decades of effort, free-space displays are still limited to small, crude drawings, and they have struggled to get off the ground commercially, says Smalley. Still, he is hopeful that work bringing together different and more-practical technologies, including acoustic levitation, will help volumetric display to find its killer app. It might be used in detailed interactive mock ups for medical trainees, perhaps, or to give people the ability to chat with distant relatives rendered in 3D. And the Sussex team’s acoustic method wouldn’t necessarily require a long phase of development to make its way out of the laboratory, says Smalley. “I would make a bet on this technology becoming commercial before many of the other technologies we work on.”

A globe in a volumetric display.This was shot using exposure times of 0.025–20 seconds. (Only images drawn within 0.1 seconds appear as continuous images to the human eye.)Credit: Eimontas Jankauskis/Univ. Sussex

The Sussex technique does have a drawback: it needs speakers on two sides of the display, which restricts a viewer’s ability to interact with the display and limits its size. But with hardware upgrades, Subramanian says it could be possible to use a different kind of acoustic wave to create images with speakers on just one side. The researchers are also working to improve their understanding of how the bead responds to the forces acting on it, which would allow them to move it faster, to draw more-complex images by levitating multiple beads at once and to integrate sight and touch more closely. In the current set-up, the tactile sensation and image don’t occur in exactly the same place, because the fields needed to create them can interfere with each other. Ochiai’s group has already found a way to bring together touch and sight by using fields that do not interfere: an acoustic field for tactile feedback and a laser to draw tiny images in plasma. The group has used the approach to draw braille dots in the air

Inevitably, any 3D display gets compared to Star Warsholograms. Sussex’s technique makes bigger images than previous similar methods and incorporates sound, so it brings us closer to recreating that, says Qiong-Hua Wang at Beihang University in Beijing, who works on 3D display devices. But the images are still tiny and far from photorealistic. Creating the kind of 3D effect in Star Wars by any means could take ten years, or even longer, she says.

But Barry Blundell, a physicist specializing in 3D technologies at the University of Derby, UK, cautions against trying to use volumetric technology to make rich, photorealistic displays. “No one would look at a sculpture and compare it to a painting,” he says. He adds that efforts to compete with holograms have often led to commercial dead-ends, and that the displays are best suited to applications that would be impossible in other media but don’t require high detail, such as interactive displays capable of showing complex 3D movements.

Interactivity could be powerful, Smalley says. Surgeons in training might use such displays to practise threading a catheter through the vessels of the heart, for instance. With one million moving particles, he adds, “you can have a disembodied face — do face-to-face telepresence”. Creating avatars of people in a space could give a stronger sense of presence than a photorealistic image seen through virtual reality, he says.

At the Sussex lab, a million-particle display seems a long way off. Only time will tell if the group’s approach will pave the way to such numbers. After showing off his sphere’s limited repertoire of tricks, Hirayama shuts off power to the speakers. The flapping butterfly vanishes, and the bead that created it drops and bounces gently on the display’s base. Hirayama picks it up and sets it in a box with hundreds of others, ready at any time to create magic in thin air.

Once every year, the inner sci-fi geek in all of us gets a chance to reclaim a sliver of that wide-eyed wonder of youth, and unite with like-minded souls in a nostalgic embrace of the pop-culture phenomenon that imbued an entire generation with the solemn precept, “may the force be with you.” Thirty-seven years after the original Star Wars movie hit the big screen,May the 4th has become a force all its own—a day fans across the world come together to pay their respects to the galaxy’s most culturally significant space drama (apologies to Star Trek fans) and to celebrate its enduring legacy. The amplifying effect of social media has only intensified the day’s popularity, raising awareness among casual fans, while inspiring new generations of Star Wars disciples.

But May the 4th has become more than just a commemoration for the young at heart. It’s also a time when marketing managers begin thinking up innovative ways to honor the Star Wars legacy. Increasingly the day has become an opportunity for Fortune 500 companies—eager to connect with the movies’ legions of adoring fans—to link their brands to the Star Wars mystique; a fact that’s becoming more apparent with each passing year. Here’s just a small sampling of what some companies have done to mark the day on social media.

Paying homage to the Star Wars universe is nothing new. The franchise is famous for inspiring fan-created content from all corners of the universe; everything from street art to homemade short films. And the vast majority of it is unauthorized. The practice is so widespread that George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, was forced to embrace it officially rather than risk alienating the loyal fan base that helped turn his obscure space opera into a cultural movement.

However, as Jedi Master Yoda was keen on saying, “always in motion the future is.” Changing the times are, and circumstances are very different now than when the original Star Wars trilogy was in its heyday. For starters, the Star Wars properties are no longer owned by Lucasfilm, Lucas’ eponymous production company, but by The Walt Disney Company, who purchased Lucasfilm in late 2012 and has since assumed the ambitious task of evolving the franchise for a new audience by investing heavily in its future success. For another, the power of the Internet and social media have taken the production and distribution of fan content to levels that not even the most force-sensitive Jedi could have foreseen in the early 1980s. Long gone are the days when only the kid down the block with the Boba Fett jet pack could share in your Star Wars obsession. Nowadays fan sites can generate huge cult followings, and fan films, fan art and remixes and mash-ups can rival the quality of the genuine articles. While this has unleashed a new wave of amateur creativity that in many ways has been good for the movie business—generating buzz and expanding interest among the general public—it’s also precipitated the need for rights holders to increase their vigilance.

So this year, as May the 4th approaches, it’s worth taking a few minutes to consider the legal implications of paying corporate homage to Star Wars. Contrary to the mantra of the brash, no-nonsense space smuggler Han Solo—whose catch phrase “never tell me the odds” endeared him to audiences—some risks are worth measuring before making the jump to light-speed. So here are a few things to consider before your company channels the force this May the 4th:

The first thing to understand is that Star Wars fandom is a diverse place, and not all tributes are created equal. Who is making the tribute matters, and it’s the first question to ask when considering the likelihood of encountering a legal issue. A common rejoinder I hear from corporate clients when urging caution on this issue is, “Everyone else is doing it, so why can’t we?” While it’s true that Star Wars references are everywhere on May the 4th, there’s a big difference between a diehard fanboy celebrating the day by tweeting a picture of him and his friends dressed as Jedi; and a retail chain sponsoring a contest urging its employees to do the same. There’s a good chance the latter would be considered commercial speech, while the former almost certainly wouldn’t be. And that’s significant, because commercial speech (the legal term for advertising) is subject to a higher level of scrutiny than non-commercial speech. And for that reason, it involves more inherent legal risk.

Legal classifications aside, because fan engagement can enhance the brand value of movies, studios tend to look the other way when it comes to the individual creative expression of fans; even when that expression may establish clear grounds for an infringement claim. Lucasfilm understood this, and make no mistake about it, Disney does too. Disney won’t waste its time, money and reputation filing lawsuits against Star Wars fans absent a very compelling reason. What they most assuredly will do, though, is tirelessly defend any unauthorized commercial uses of their property—and justifiably so. Disney is a company whose worth is measured by the value of its portfolio of intangible assets; a portfolio amassed in large part through third party acquisitions (ABC, ESPN, Pixar, Marvel and now Lucasfilm). The assets in that portfolio are worth billions (Disney reportedly paid more than $4 billion for the Lucasfilm properties alone), so the idea that Disney won’t rigorously protect its newly acquired assets from uses it deems harmful is wishful thinking. That isn’t to say Disney intends to crack down on every corporate May the 4th tribute incorporating an unlicensed Star Wars trademark or copyright-protected element. But it does mean the company has every incentive to closely monitor how some of its most valuable properties are being used by commercial third parties.

Just like Mike, Disney makes a lot of money licensing its name and properties. But even His Airness can’t hold a candle to Disney’s prowess in the licensing department. According to License! Global, The Walt Disney Company was the number one global licensing company in 2013, racking up nearly $41 billion in licensing revenue. And with the first of five planned Star Wars sequels set to hit theaters this December, Star Wars promises to contribute a much larger percentage to that total in 2015 and beyond. Already we’re seeing corporate partners signing up to share in the Star Wars revival. And not just long-time franchise licensing partners like Hasbro, Lego and Mattel; but newcomers like ANA Airlines, Electronic Arts and SMS Audio. All this leaves little wonder why Disney might not be ready to openly embrace companies linking their brands to their newly-acquired cash cow without permission.

So for trademark purposes, a permissible tribute does not attempt to reproduce or recreate any Star Wars logos, or even directly mention the names of trademarked characters. Any references to that galaxy far, far away tends to be indirect and implicit. A tribute can evoke the spirit of Star Wars by hinting at its themes, but it shouldn’t make overt use of any trademarks, which might lead to an implied association. That’s the path to dark side of infringement.

Thankfully, there’s plenty of iconic Star Wars-related imagery out there to tap into, so companies don’t have to be too on-the-nose to make an effective tribute. Many brands have incorporated implicit visual elements into their May the 4th offerings to great effect. Here are a few examples of the better ones:

That brings us to the other body of law that can trip up the unwary marketer: copyright law. It’s no secret that copyright protection is something Disney takes very seriously. It was Disney, after all, who in 1998 lobbied hard to have Congress extend the term for copyrights in the United States to 120 years after a work’s creation, or 95 years after its publication (it had previously been 75 years), leading many to refer to the Copyright Term Extension Act as the “Micky Mouse Protection Act.” The effort was primarily a tactic to forestall the entrance of Disney’s earliest animated films into the public domain. But it still branded the company as an evil empire bent on suppressing individual expression. It’s a reputation that lingers today, and has caused many Star Wars fans to express vocal concern about losing the artistic freedom they enjoyed under the Lucasfilm regime. In other words, Lucasfilm didn’t pull people’s arms out of their sockets when they copied. Disney is known to do that.

Luckily for businesses, though, copyright issues are usually relatively easy to avoid, so long as a few basic ground rules are known. The Star Wars movies, as original works of authorship, are copyrighted works. And copyrighted works may not be reproduced, distributed, or performed or displayed publicly without permission from the copyright holder. Likewise, derivative works based on the copyrighted works cannot be made without consent. (It’s that last part in particular that has the amateur filmmakers sweating.)

The tech company’s tribute takes a quintessentially Star Wars theme—father versus son—and puts an entirely new spin on it; transforming it into social commentary on the evolution of computing, and it does so in an original and humorous way. This is exactly the type of expression (parody) that fair use was deigned to protect. In fact, the line “I am your father” is probably the second most parodied movie line of all time. Right behind “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse” and right ahead of “We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” Yes, it does make verbatim use of a line of dialogue directly from the Empire Strike’s Back; but four words taken from a two-hour movie are not likely substantial enough on their own to disqualify fair use—even if they are four of its most memorable ones.

As for the negative effects on the market for Star Wars products, it strains the imagination to come up with any in this case. In fact, the additional exposure a brand like Microsoft gives Star Wars is likely to enhance its appeal from the box office to the toy aisles. The only market this tweet potentially harms is the one for zip discs—one I doubt Disney has designs on entering any time soon. This is a fact that many brands making similar tributes this May the 4th will point to for legal justification. With few exceptions, corporate tributes do not, from a copyright fair use standpoint at least, damage the market for Star Wars movies, toys, video games and apparel. If anything, they add to the aura of the brand and the universality of its appeal.

Star Wars is of course a fictional work, so it’s got that working in its favor, but the other three factors weigh so heavily in favor of a finding of fair use that this would likely be inconsequential in any hypothetical analysis. Conclusion: You don’t need to seek their permission. This isn’t the infringement your looking for. Move along.

Returning to the question, “Everyone else is doing it, so why can’t we?” the answer is: you can. Just understand that most who do it are doing it within the confines of the law. For those who aren’t (and there are some) there are three possibilities: They don’t know that what they’re doing is problematic, they don’t care, or they have permission to do it. That last point shouldn’t be lost. Many of the Star Wars tributes out there are from licensed Disney partners who have agreements in place permitting them to do things with Star Wars properties that others cannot. For the rest of us, we have to color inside the lines drawn for us by copyright, trademark and unfair competition law. But if you have a great idea for a May the 4th tribute that you suspect might be edging dangerously close to a line, then you might consider seeking permission. Disney has an entire legion of its best men awaiting your permissions requests, and you can reach them on their comlinks here. In the world of intellectual property, unlike in some others, it’s usually easier to ask for permission than it is to seek forgiveness.

Are you a Star Wars fan? Well, who isn"t. No matter whether you"re born in the 70s, 80s, or you"re a millennial, you"d have surely come across the legends of Han Solo and Princess Leia.

And, what better way to be a loyal fan other than pasting a Star Wars poster in your living room, or in your school locker? Or, perhaps have it in a secret place nobody knows. ;)

Now, obviously, since you want your favorite hero on your Star Wars poster, you need an awesome picture. There are two ways of going about it - one you could choose one from Picmaker"s library of 100 million pictures, images, and icons.

For the purposes of this post, we"ll use the pictures in Picmaker because it gives us what we need. To get our favorite Star Wars picture in Picmaker, we need to search for "Star Wars" on Picmaker"s left-hand menubar.

Now, we will edit the picture to make sure it fits our needs for a realistic Star Wars poster. In the picture below we have enlarged the picture and we"ve used the Arrangements option in the image menu to push it back. This ensures that we have the frame, text boxes, and other elements in the front.

For this purpose, we will use the Star Jedi font to make it look realistic. Any other font will not give it the desired effect. This font has its origins from the movie franchise and the logo"s typeface. It is a capitals only font, with a number of variants. Even its small letters are in capitals while the capital letters are combinations of serif.

Since we did not have it in Picmaker"s font family, we had to import it. We used DAfont.com to download the .ttf file and then upload it onto Picmaker. The reason why we downloaded the Star Jedi font is because it is not commonly used, and that is why we don"t have it in our font library. Learn how to upload a font in Picmaker here.

The next thing that we will do is add some cool effect to the title of the poster to make it even more awesome. In the picture below, we"ve used an "Echo" effect for the title with an offset of 83 - perhaps a little too much for this poster - but we always wanted the title in our star wars poster to scream. :) If you notice, part of our title sits on the image, while part of it bleeds onto the frame, and that is why we see the broad offsets in the poster.

When you"re done with your Star Wars poster, it is time to download it. Go to the top-right corner of your screen, and click on "Download" to get a copy of your poster in PNG, JPEG, or PDF forms.

Here"s how the final Star Wars poster looks in all its glory! The sparks from the fire flames around the stormtrooper, who"s holding deadly weapon could send a chill down anybody"s spine.

Like all Star Wars fans, we"re never happy with a solo effort. We want more from our posters. So, we ventured out to create a few more that could bring down the rafters.

Here"s a horizontal Star Wars poster with dimensions of 75 centimeters wide and 42 centimeters long. How did we get this dimension? We used the custom design option in Picmaker to create a customized workspace for ourselves. (We"ll see how to create a custom size poster at the bottom of this blog).

Okay, enough of Stormtroopers. Now, let us create a cracking poster with all Star Wars characters in it. Take a look at the poster below that we found on the internet. It is a poster created with the names of all movies.

Well, what is a Star Wars poster without its famed font that mentions the movie? And, what if your geeky friend, who"s got no idea what Star Wars is, pops in to your study room and asks you "What is that?" You don"t want to get exasperated describing about your favorite movie franchise.

We will use the custom design option in Picmaker to create a specific workspace for 60 cm x 42 cms. When we added our picture into workspace, and then added the Star Jedi font at the bottom, it transformed the poster. If you noticed we changed the color of the font to black and added a bit of outline to the text.

And, then we proceeded to create one more poster with the Star Wars characters. This time, we used a different picture and added an "Echo effect" to the Star Wars font at the bottom. The black echo effect combined with the yellow color of the font makes the words "Star Wars" a little more prominent than before.

We"ll use Picmaker for this exercise as well. When you log into Picmaker, you"ll land on the dashboard, similar to the screenshot below. For the purposes of this poster, we are using a Starter plan, but you could even use a Free plan for this. With Picmaker"s Starter plan, you get tons of free stuff such as the ability to add an outline, 100 million pictures, resizing a design, etc.

Now, you are ready to start designing your 24x36 Star Wars poster exactly the way you want it. We will now add a few pictures that can remain in the background of our poster.

In the screenshot below, notice how we searched for Star Wars pictures, and we got a Darth Vader picture in his full fury. While we generally do not prefer villains on our poster, we made a concession for Darth Vader because of his role as a tragic hero in the Star Wars saga. (Remember how he redeems himself by saving his son, Luke Skywalker, and kills Palpatine, and sacrifices himself during the process).

Now, we"ll add a few extra elements to make it like a real movie poster. That includes names of actors, production houses, media houses, distributor names, etc. In the screenshot below, notice how we"ve added accompanying text both at the top and at the bottom of the poster.

Getting a Star Wars poster or any movie poster ready with Picmaker will take you only 5 minutes. The best thing about it is that you don"t need any design skills to do it. All that you need to is choose a template and choose a picture. Our design template will have all the fonts, text boxes, shapes, etc. in the right balance for your movie poster.

Sci-Fi movies and TV soaps of the 70s, 90s carried its own charm with elegance. Emerging of Star Wars series was on peaks. The movie, characters and title were enough to slay people.

And if you wish to dedicate it to Star Wars, powerful scenes in art, movie and music is needlessly useful. Fans are gaga about looking Star Wars font to make editions for sci-fi video. Good fonts and edits are required and free facilities are too hard to resist.

Chances are you would not be able to recognize Star Wars logo which is actually known as ITC Serif. Back in the 70s and 80s time, TV shows and sci-fi fictions employed it and of course it was the Star Trek film and He-Man.

Over the lapse of time, the styles have been twisted and turned, polished and remade. Gone are those days when the starter lines used to be handwritten. Now the opening crawls with News Gothic touch for the title and crawls text itself.

Galaxies and stars have long signified the epic series, right font to use for projects. The death star is a much-refined addition to the caps you have been using.

To spice up your video with the rushing element of the 80s, Death Star is one of the fonts you would reckon to have. Being completely free for commercial use, this geometrically curvy font is the best you could get.

With an ounce of limited stroke for a retro look, Star Wars font serves to fit aptly in the video or can be used as the prime logo to your tee, mug or frame!

Without Young Jedi, Star war collections look incomplete. It comes with a series of logos you could possibly make good use of. Like in the Star Jedi Logo Mono Line & DoubleLine ½ capital font’s wand the strings of connections and variations.

They’re capable to blow life into single or double text lines with the right Star Wars reflection. Whichever logo suits you right, invest on it! Opt for special frames, decorative lines or logo fragments.

To give it that Star war font, you can make use of this gallery of icons, texts, abstract mini symbols that will give the perfect essence of Sci-Fi look. This is absolutely free Star Wars font from Boba Fonts.

Here is the gallery of the grotesque elements of Star Wars. These logos are key in making perfect logos for your video. You can also use these free Star Wars fonts which are available in 4 fonts:

For duly giving respect to the spirit of Star Wars, its Trilogy Special Edition logo typeface is something you cannot overlook. Laid completely bold and classic it is; it can undeniably rock your content to a great extent.

For putting that hollow Star Jedi charm, make use of this free Star Wars font. One can certainly create groups, connections. There is also a variety of small lettered hollow versions in Star Jedi which are all in caps, sans serif with a much-rounded counter. Star Jedi rounded is a bit different variant.

Assorted kin of Star Wars fonts are a win-win for users who are wishing to fire up their project with the classic signature of Jengi. These fonts can easily be used with their personal or commercial projects.

That too for free of cost! So you have Mandalorian seen in the Episode II Visual Victories or the Star Wars imperial lettering in the return of the Jedi Droid cartoons. Also, Star Wars Special edition to ponder over!

One of the favorite Star Wars fonts is SF Distant Galaxy image. Flare-up your imaginations with its great enthusiastic design that can preferably suit up in your home project or the video you wish to showcase to the world!

To give the essence of Star Jedi in your video, the best way is to get a good capital font. It has some unique kind of variations and connections. It also shares compatibility with the logo series which can be framed in the logo lines and injected in the logo pieces too.

All in all, if you intend to make your video turn into an amazing shot, we’ve got you the best Star Wars fonts you could look up to. Whether you wish to make your beginning interesting, encapsulate interesting logos, punctuate the Star Wars effect, use the desired fonts to make your video much interesting.

The opening to Star Wars is iconic. The effect of text scrolling both up and away from the screen was both a crazy cool special effect for a movie back in 1977 and a cool typographical style that was brand new at the time.

We can achieve a similar effect with HTML and CSS! This post is more about how to get that sliding text effect rather than trying to re-create the full Star Wars opening sequence or matching the exact styles used in the movie, so let’s get to a place where this is the final result:

During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.

Pursued by the Empire’s sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy…

A container called star-wars that we will use to position the content. This is also necessary because we will be using the perspective CSS property, where having a parent element is a helpful way to add depth or skew a child element’s transform property.

This is what you really care about, right? First, we’re going to define the @keyframes for the animation. The animation is doing a little more than animating for us, because we’re going to be adding our transform properties here, particularly for the movement along the Z-axis. We’ll start the animation at 0% where the text is closest to the viewer and is located below the screen, out of view, then end the animation at 100% where it is far away from the viewer and flowing up and over the top of the screen.

During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.

Pursued by the Empire’s sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy…