Star Wars Day May 4, 2024

Star Wars Day

May the Force be with you on May 4, adopted by "Star Wars" fans as the day to celebrate their favorite franchise. Many will recognize Skellig Michael, the island on our homepage, as the location of scenes from the "Star Wars" sequels, "The Force Awakens" and "The Last Jedi." This UNESCO World Heritage Site appears in the movies as the planet Ahch-To, where Jedi master Luke Skywalker seeks refuge. Home to a 6th-century monastery with beehive huts and stone staircases, it also hosts a large seabird population that inspired the penguin-like porgs that roost on Ahch-To. Skellig Michael is about 7 miles off Ireland"s southwestern coast, daily visitors are limited, and boat trips are canceled if it is too stormy. Still, the island attracts "Star Wars" fans and others keen to see this ancient site, not so very far, far away.

© MNStudio/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

May 4, 2018May the Fourth be with you…
May 4, 2019Visiting Ahch-To on Star Wars Day
May 4, 2020It s Star Wars Day
May 4, 2021Happy Star Wars Day!
May 4, 2022Star Wars Day
May 4, 2023Star Wars Day
May 4, 2025Star Wars Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Mar 11, 2025Broken Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
Feb 7, 2025Blue hour in Trondheim, Norway
Feb 18, 2019Presidents Day in America’s front yard
Jan 2, 2020Winter in the Finnish wilds
Nov 22, 2022Red fox in the Netherlands
Dec 30, 2023Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
Apr 14, 2021Nothing plain about it
Aug 8, 2019Spot on for International Cat Day
Oct 17, 2020Fog above the forest
Oct 2, 2020A wild and scenic scene
Jan 25, 2023Burns Night
Nov 18, 2025Male hooded merganser, Oregon
Dec 29, 2025St. Gregory Church in Ani Ruins, Kars, Türkiye
May 24, 2024European Day of Parks
Jun 24, 2024Kelimutu, Flores, Indonesia
Mar 16, 2022Panda Day
Feb 16, 2021Mardi Gras flower power
May 5, 2020A courtyard scene from Spain
Feb 20, 2019An unlikely friendship in the wild
Oct 6, 2021A valley view at 9,000 feet
Mar 12, 2023Lucian Blaga National Theater, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Aug 23, 2020Reflections of the night sky
Feb 12, 2020Wake up, it s Darwin Day
May 28, 2021Freeloaders of the avian world
Mar 21, 2022World Poetry Day
Jul 31, 2018Honoring the rangers on World Ranger Day
Nov 8, 2021Polar bears
Nov 28, 2019Wild turkeys in repose
Aug 4, 2019Pups of the prairie
Jan 31, 2020Dance of the egret