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A collection of “Star Wars” memorabilia is displayed at Rancho Obi-Wan, a nonprofit museum in Petaluma, Calif., on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)A collection of “Star Wars” memorabilia is displayed at Rancho Obi-Wan, a nonprofit museum in Petaluma, Calif., on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

It’s a town-wide celebration in New Hope, Pennsylvania, which shares its name with the subtitle of the first “Star Wars” film. The town of about 2,600 people, located 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Philadelphia, plans to have costumed characters throughout town with restaurants serving themed items like a “YodaRita.”“I would always joke around and wish people ‘May the 4th’ — but taking it to this level, I’ve definitely upped my ‘Star Wars’ nerdiness,” said Michael Sklar, president of the Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce.The White House posted an AI-generated image of a muscular Donald Trump in a jedi robe and wielding a red lightsaber. The image on X was accompanied by a Star Wars-themed broadside.

“Happy May the 4th to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to to bring Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, & well known MS-13 Gang Members, back into our Galaxy. You’re not the Rebellion—you’re the Empire,” the White House posting said.LOS ANGELES (AP) — The complex effects of personal trauma have not traditionally been the stuff of sci-fi and fantasy. They tend to get in the way of the quest.

“Game of Thrones” made a meal of it. “Battlestar Galactica” tried to consider the effect on survivors of losing a planet of people. But it hasn’t fit in the swashbuckling world of

How could the mission to destroy the Death Star have quickly concluded if Princess Leia needed to mourn the loss of nearly all her loved ones on Alderaan?New Volvo vehicles waiting for shipment at the Yangtze port, in Nanjing city in east China’s Jiangsu province, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP)

Associated Press writers Didi Tang and Paul Wiseman in Washington and researcher Yu Bing and video producer Liu Zheng in Beijing contributed to this report.Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 11-17:

May 11: Singer Eric Burdon (The Animals, War) is 84. Actor Pam Ferris (“Call the Midwife”) is 77. Actor Shohreh Aghdashloo (“24″) is 73. Actor Frances Fisher (“Resurrection,” ″Titanic”) is 73. Actor Boyd Gaines is 72. Drummer Mark Herndon (Alabama) is 70. Former MTV VJ Martha Quinn is 66. Country singer Tim Raybon of The Raybon Brothers is 62. Actor Tim Blake Nelson (“Lincoln,” ″O Brother, Where Art Thou?”) is 61. Actor Jeffrey Donovan (TV’s “Fargo”) is 57. Bassist Keith West of Heartland is 57. Actor Nicky Katt (“Boston Public”) is 54. Actor Coby Bell (“Third Watch”) is 50. Cellist Perttu Kivilaakso of Apocalyptica is 47. Actor Austin O’Brien (“Last Action Hero”) is 44. Actor Jonathan Jackson (“Nashville,” ″Tuck Everlasting”) is 43. Rapper Ace Hood is 37. Singer Prince Royce is 36. Actor Annabelle Attanasio (“Bull”) is 32. Musician Howard Lawrence of Disclosure is 31.May 12: Actor Millie Perkins (“Knots Landing”) is 89. Singer Jayotis Washington of The Persuasions is 84. Country singer Billy Swan is 83. Actor Linda Dano (“Another World”) is 82. Singer Steve Winwood is 77. Actor Lindsay Crouse is 77. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 75. Singer Billy Squier is 75. Actor Gabriel Byrne is 75. Blues musician Guy Davis is 73. Country singer Kix Brooks of Brooks and Dunn is 70. Drummer Eric Singer of Kiss is 67. Actor Ving Rhames is 66. Guitarist Billy Duffy of The Cult is 64. Actor Emilio Estevez is 63. Actor April Grace (“Lost,” ″Joan of Arcadia”) is 63. Actor Vanessa Estelle Williams (“Soul Food,” ″Melrose Place”) is 62. TV personality Carla Hall (“The Chew”) is 61. Keyboardist Eddie Kilgallon (Ricochet) is 60. Actor Stephen Baldwin is 59. Actor Scott Schwartz (“A Christmas Story”) is 57. Actor Kim Fields (“Living Single,” ″The Facts of Life”) is 56. Actor Samantha Mathis (TV’s “The Strain”) is 55. Actor Jamie Luner (“Melrose Place,” ″Profiler”) is 54. Actor Rhea Seehorn (“Better Call Saul”) is 53. Actor Mackenzie Astin (“Scandal,” “The Facts of Life”) is 52. Bassist Matt Mangano of Zac Brown Band is 49. Actor Rebecca Herbst (“General Hospital”) is 48. Actor Malin Akerman (“Trophy Wife”) is 47. Actor Jason Biggs (“Orange Is the New Black,” “American Pie”) is 47. Actor Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody,” ″Mr. Robot”) is 44. Actor Clare Bowen (“Nashville”) is 41. Actor Emily VanCamp (“Revenge”) is 39. Actor Malcolm David Kelley (“Lost”) is 33. Actor Sullivan Sweeten (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) is 30.