Star Warslovers across the country are observing May the 4th — orStar Wars Day — this Thursday , but how they choose to celebrate varies . Some fans of the enfranchisement may want to revisit the original movie , while others opt the subsequence trilogy . To see which first appearance in the Star Wars canon your State Department favors , hold in out the map below .
This computer graphic was put together byFandom.com , which hosts fan - made page on everything fromGeorge LucastoDroopy McCool on itsWookiepediahub . After analyse data from its page , the site break in down the popularity of the nine movies in the Skywalker Saga by country .
concord to most states in the U.S. , the Star Wars series peaked with its first film . Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope(1977 ) is the favorite claim of 13 United States Department of State , include Texas , Illinois , and Nevada . The other motion-picture show in the original trilogy are less popular . Star Wars Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back(1980 ) is only preferred by two states , andStar Wars Episode VI : The Return of the Jedi(1983 ) dominate six .
ManyStar Warsfans agree that the first three film are the ripe in the series . sentiment on the later installments are more varied . According to this map , the prequel serial is more popular than the sequel series . Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menace(1999 ) is beloved by eight states . All three films in the sequel trilogy — Episode VII : The Force Awakens(2015),Episode VIII : The Last Jedi(2017 ) , andEpisode IX : The Rise of Skywalker(2019)—account for just six states between them .
Even if you ’ve realise all nine films hundreds of times , there ’s probably a mickle about the Star Wars universe you do n’t know . Here are somefacts about the sci - fi franchiseto read this May the quaternary .
A version of this story in the beginning ran in 2022 ; it has been updated for 2023 .
