A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

The Academy Museum hosts a May the 4th Celebration! Guests can participate in Star Wars-inspired interactive activities, photo ops, and book signings

Later in the evening there is a 40th anniversary screening of Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Tickets to the film screening and book signings require additional fees and are sold separately.

The fun-filled day includes a chance to meet and take photos with R2-D2 and participate in Star Wars–inspired hands-on activities for all ages. 

The Museum also welcomes Paul Hirsch, film editor of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) and Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Howard Kazanjian, producer of Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), for two book signings.  

Guests are encouraged to dress in their best Star Wars-inspired costumes. (No body paint, functional props or weapons, and/or full-face coverings.)

SCHEDULE 

1:30–3:30pm: Photos with R2-D2 (Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby) 

1:30–5:30pm: May the 4th Art-Making Activities (Shirley Temple Education Studio)
Create buttons, origami paper Star Wars–inspired characters, and glow in the dark galaxy slime! 

4:30–6:30pm: Photos with R2-D2  (Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby) 

5pm –7pm: Book Signings (Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby) 
Tickets to the book signings sold separately

• Paul Hirsch, A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More 

• Howard Kazanjian, Howard Kazanjian: A Producer’s Life 

6pm: Museum Closes 

7:30pm: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi 40th Anniversary screening  (David Geffen Theater)
Tickets to the film screening sold separately