Star Wars Day "" and celebrate the Sith Lords and other villainous characters from the "Star Wars" series rather than the Jedi. Others celebrate this one day later, on May 6, citing "Revenge of the Sixth" as a better play on "Sith". The Los Angeles City Council declared May 25, 2007, as "Star Wars" Day, in honor of the 30th anniversary release date of "Star Wars". A separate initiative for observing Geek Pride Day on May 25 is based on the "Star Wars" connection along with ties to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (Towel Day) and "Discworld". Star Wars Day "Star Wars"
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series) edited as feature-length films. Since release, the series has received critical acclaim and won multiple awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program twice for both of its volumes. The success of "Star Wars: Clone Wars", which "Star Wars" creator George Lucas referred to as the "pilot series", led to a second "Clone Wars" series — the CGI-animated "" — which was produced by Lucasfilm Animation and ran from 2008 to 2014 before being resurrected for the 2019 launch of Disney's streaming service. That series' canonicity eventually superseded that of the "Clone Wars" micro-series after The Walt Disney