Phrases like May the Force be with you entered everyday conversation across English-speaking countries. The word clanker became slang for droids or machines in casual talk. These references assumed that others would understand them without explanation.
Grossing $100 million in three months caused Fox stock to soar from $6 to $25 per share. Revenue reached $1.2 million daily for the studio during that initial run. The company used increased cash flow to purchase Aspen skiing and Pebble Beach golf corporations.
Hardware Wars appeared in 1978 as a thirteen-minute spoof that George Lucas called his favorite parody. Mel Brooks released Spaceballs featuring special effects created by Industrial Light & Magic. Family Guy aired three parody episodes collectively known as Laugh It Up Fuzzball starting with Blue Harvest in September 2007.
NASA launched a Space Shuttle carrying an original lightsaber into orbit in October 2007. After two weeks in orbit it returned to Earth on the 7th of November 2007. The prop handle had been used as Luke Skywalker's lightsaber in Return of the Jedi.
In England and Wales 390,127 people stated their religion as Jedi on their 2001 Census forms. This made Jediism the fourth largest reported religion in that country surpassing Sikhism Judaism and Buddhism. Ronald Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative which critics labeled Star Wars implying science fiction.
Disney opened Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland in May 2019 and Disney World in August 2019. Notable attractions included the Millennium Falcon and Oga's Cantina within these themed areas. An Akron Municipal Court Judge announced he would officiate Star Wars-themed weddings on the 4th of May 2023.