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The first Star Wars movie - A New Hope - was released in 1977. Since then, the franchise has produced multiple movies, TV series, graphic novels and video games.

Child stars’ wildest transformations – raunchy adult content to unrecognisable mugshots
Hollywood
It’s difficult to imagine the pressure placed on child actors, and things often go wrong for them later in life – from arrests to porn careers, plenty aren’t so innocent any more
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ITV Corrie's original Simon Barlow stars look totally different 20 years after soap
Coronation Street
Simon Barlow has caused a number of dramas during his time on the cobbles of ITV's Coronation Street, but the original stars who played the character have been seen in a new Domino's ad
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Real-life Star Trek tractor beam being developed by boffins to solve space junk problem
Star Trek
The tractor beam technology depicted in Star Trek and Star Wars could soon become a reality as scientists are working on developing a real-life version to move space junk
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Missing Star Wars prop found in garage sells for record-breaking £2.57million
Star Wars
A rare model of an X-wing starfighter lost for decades has become one of the most expensive Star Wars props to ever sell at auction after being found in a garage
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Dalai Lama 'often thinks about sex' – but takes 'cold shower' to calm down
Sexuality
The Dalai Lama is famous for not talking about sex, only it appears that he has done while in conversation with the most unlikely source . . . TV and film actor Brian Blessed
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Ex-PM and two MPs 'most likely to be aliens infiltrating UK,' Google's AI claims
Exclusives
EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Star has often wondered if some Members of Parliament are not of this planet, and now Google's Artificial Intelligence-powered software has alleged this may be the case
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Star Wars fan encouraged to kill late Queen by AI chatbot wanted to 'create new empire'
Crime
A Star Wars-obsessed 'assassin' has been jailed after he attempted to break into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow in a failed plot to kill the late Queen Elizabeth II
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AI R2D2-style robots could be used to 'fend off swarms of killer hornets'
Asian Hornets
The force may be with us in the battle against swarms of killer hornets as Star Wars like droids be be coming to our rescue by capturing the potentially deadly insects
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'I visited a horror movie Wetherspoons where "food disappears" to see if it was haunted'
Wetherspoons
EXCLUSIVE: Part of the beauty of Wetherspoons is that so often they preserve old and architecturally significant buildings in towns and cities across the UK, but Whitstable's seemed a little suspect
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'My dad Bruce Lee would've been unstoppable Star Wars Jedi – he had big dreams'
Hollywood
EXCLUSIVE: Martial arts legend Bruce Lee died at the young age of 32 five decades ago but his daughter Shannon is keeping his memory alive with the Bruce Lee Foundation
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Harrison Ford's health - gruesome injuries, 'aging backwards' and therapy dig
Star Wars
Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford has managed to maintain an ageless appearance for years thanks to a very healthy diet – and continues to perform his own stunts
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One of world's rarest Star Wars figures to sell for £15k after it was found in loft
Star Wars
One of the rarest Star Wars figures in the world is set to sell at auction for £15,000, with a Jawa character set to go under the hammer as the legendary figurine discovered in an attic
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Gavin and Stacey Neil the baby star 'has big plans' for show wage he's 'never spent'
Bbc
Gavin and Stacey star Oscar Hartland, who played one of three babies who played Neil in the third series of Gavin and Stacey, has revealed what he wants to do with his show wage
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Lando Norris 'has no clue' how he got his name - but it's not because of Star Wars
Formula One
While Formula One star Lando Norris has absolutely no idea where his first name came from, he knows for sure he wasn't named after Billy Dee Williams' Star Wars character Lando Calrissian
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Teen 'assassin' sent '5,000 sexually messages' to AI before Queen crossbow mission
Artificial Intelligence
Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, dressed all in black and broke into the ground of Westminister Castle with a crossbow on Christmas Day - he told officers that he was there to 'kill the Queen'
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Boffins discover 'forbidden planet' that 'shouldn't exist' after its star exploded
Science
Halla, which can be found a whopping 520 light years from Earth, was discovered in 2015, but has recently been found to be what the study’s authors called a 'forbidden planet'
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Carrie Fisher's last movie is finally being released - seven years after death
Hollywood
Carrie Fisher's final movie called Wonderwell, which she completed filming just weeks before her tragic death, is due to be released next week with a dedication to the late actress
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Disney World worker sacked for alleged 'upskirting' arrested again for same offence
Disney
Former cast member, Jorge Diaz-Vega Jnr lost his job in the Star Wars store at Disney's Hollywood Studios over claims he recorded hundreds of videos beneath women's skirts over the last six years
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US soccer legend's bizarre Star Wars analogy when asked about Lionel Messi's arrival
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi's imminent arrival to Inter Miami has prompted all sorts of emotions around the football world, but one former US international may have contributed the strangest one
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Horrified fisherman lands 'alien' parasite that 'looks like something from Star Wars'
Fishing
Fisherman Eric Osinskie snared a gross-looking parasitic creature that attaches itself to victims using its suction cup-like mouth before draining them and swimming away
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Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia dress from Star Wars set to make millions at auction
Hollywood
Princess Leia's iconic white dress from A New Hope has been restored after it was lost for 45 years and the previously bloodied outfit is expected to fetch a huge amount at auction
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Star Wars original Boba Fett child star unrecognisable decades on from prequel trilogy
Star Wars
Daniel Logan shot to fame in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, but decades after starring as young Boba Fett he looks totally grown up – and has welcomed a child of his own
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Anakin Skywalker child star's sad demise – tough diagnosis, 'shattering' loss and jail
Star Wars
Jake Lloyd was once one of the biggest child stars in Hollywood but the former actor's life was later plagued by bullying, run-ins with the law, loss and mental health issues
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Adult star who broke back in foam pit declares she's a 'Jedi' as she plays with lightsabre
OnlyFans
Adult star-turned-streamer Adriana Chechik was seen swinging a blueish-white Star Wars lightsabre around her room while streaming to her loyal audience of fans on Instagram
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