Today In Star Wars History… On November 22, 1987 — The Empire Strikes Back made its U.S. network television premiere on NBC. After dominating theaters and home video, the darkest chapter of the original trilogy finally hit living rooms across America — edited and reformatted for broadcast TV, complete with commercial breaks. 🎬 Some facts: • This was one of the first times many kids saw Cloud City and Vader’s reveal without owning the VHS. • The broadcast version included several trimmed or shor

Today In Star Wars History… On December 03, 1983: From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga premiered on PBS! 🎥✨ This documentary gave fans their first deep dive into the entire trilogy’s behind-the-scenes magic. Narrated by Mark Hamill, it revealed early concept art, rare creature-shop footage, and even showed how ILM used miniatures, matte paintings, and motion-control cameras to bring the galaxy far, far away to life. This was the first documentary to explore the full Original Trilogy aft