Star Wars

White House calls Mark Hamill 'sick' after actor posts Trump gravesite image

The Star Wars actor wrote in a now-deleted social media post that US President Donald Trump should live long enough to "realize he'll be disgraced in the history books, forevermore."

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Mark Hamill attends the Film Independent Spirit Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California, US, February 15, 2026.
Israeli security forces at the scene where fragments of a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis damaged a home in Jerusalem, January 14, 2025

Why ballistic missiles are nearly impossible to intercept

Evolving air threats and advancing defense technologies are fueling a relentless cycle of adaptation, driving adversaries to engineer increasingly sophisticated and formidable challenges

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EHANG’S AUTONOMOUS aerial passenger drone.

'Inconceivable': Pennsylvania senator mistakes Star Wars prop for drone

This was not the drone he was looking for.

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The Star Wars game

STAR WARS OUTLAWS: Being Han Solo

Embark on an interstellar adventure as Kay, an outlaw surviving in a galaxy of crime and excitement in the new Star Wars game: Outlaws.

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As pressures mount, will Trump be able to deal with Luke Skywalker?

Actor Mark Hamill took to social media on Friday to claim Trump's alleged appeals to China and Ukraine are not only wrong and appalling, but also criminal.

OCTOBER 5, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. President Donald Trump

The Dark Side has come to Israel for Star Wars fans

“Making people happy, and spreading the joy of Star Wars, that’s what it’s all about.”

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019ByAARON REICH
Adam Nahoum, dressed as a Stormtrooper, in Jerusalem

Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew dead at 74

The 7 ft 3 British-American died on April 30, his family said in a statement to the media.

MAY 3, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca, arrives at the European Premiere of Star Wars, The Force Awakens in Leicester Square, London

Darth Vader original costume could be sold for $2 mil. at auction

The seller is Bryce "Kermit" Eller, whose deep voice helped him land a job making public appearances as Vader at premieres, book signings, conventions and the 1978 Academy Awards.

APRIL 27, 2019ByREUTERS
A Star Wars fan dressed in costume as Darth Vader

'Star Wars' Episode IX 'Rise of Skywalker' sees evil emperor return

Disney showed fans at the Star Wars Celebration in Chicago the first footage from the movie, which will be released in theaters in December.

APRIL 12, 2019ByREUTERS
Star Wars enthusiasts huddle with their lightsabers after participating in Earth Hour at Taguig City, Philippines, March 30, 2019

Disney bets on a new planet to wow 'Star Wars' fans at U.S. parks

Expectations run high from generations of fans, many of whom have waited 40 years since the original 1977 film to visit a real-world version of the galaxy far, far away.

FEBRUARY 28, 2019ByREUTERS
‘Star Wars, episode VII, The Force Awakens’

Jerusalem gets the 'Star Wars' treatment

The similarities of Star Wars to the holiday that celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over a larger and more powerful empire was noted by many.

JANUARY 4, 2018ByBEN BRESKY
'The Last Jedi’ on opening night in Jerusalem

The Israeli producer behind 'The Last Jedi'

Ram Bergman also produced Amos Oz's 'A Tale of Love and Darkness'

DECEMBER 14, 2017ByAMY SPIRO
Ram Bergman arrives at the world premiere of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” in Los Angeles, California.

Official sacked after Yoda image appears in Saudi textbook

Fired him, they did.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017ByREUTERS
An edited picture of Yoda in Mecca.

What a difference 50 years can make

The world in the spring of 1967 was very different than the world as it is today.

JUNE 7, 2017ByELLIOT COSGROVE
Israeli troops near Rafah during the Six Day War