May the 4th Celebration: Across the Galaxy

May the 4th Celebration: Across the Galaxy  
Saturday, May 4, 2024
10:30am–9:45pm PDT

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
6067 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles

$

 

This event includes art-making activities, tours, photo opportunities, and two movie screenings.

Schedule:

    10:30am–Noon | 2–4pm | BB8 and R2-D2 Meet and Greet | Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby
    11am-2pm | Community Mural | The Walt Disney Company Piazza
    11am | Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) | David Geffen Theater
    Noon | 2pm | 4pm | Jump to Lightspeed – Encounters Tours | Level 3, Rolex Gallery
    12:30-1:30pm | 2:30-3:30pm | 4:30-5:30pm | Dykstraflex Live Demonstration | Spielberg Family Gallery
    1pm | Force Training Demonstration | Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby
    12:30-4:30pm | May the 4th Art-Making Activities | Shirley Temple Education Studio
    7:30pm | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) | David Geffen Theater

Press release: The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will present a Star Wars-inspired May the 4th Celebration: Across the Galaxy. This exciting event will include photo opportunities with favorite fan-built droids R2-D2 and BB8, a Star Wars-inspired collaborative mural and other art-making activities, a sneak peek guided tour of our second iteration of the Inventing Worlds and Characters: Encounters gallery, and a special presentation of the Dykstraflex computerized camera control system used to film the original Star Wars trilogy. Visitors can enjoy a one-day-only 15% discount* on select Star Wars merchandise at the Academy Museum Store, and screenings of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).