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May the 4th is a day to commemorate and appreciate all things Star Wars. This Star Wars Day, you can celebrate one of the saga’s most beloved characters — and his beard — with this recipe for Obi-Wan Kenobi cupcakes.

A fragrant and fluffy cinnamon-vanilla cupcake provides the base for a light, sweet frosting, used to recreate Obi-Wan’s signature stubble. Adorned with a robe made of chocolate fondant, these edible cloaked Jedi are ready to take on any menacing threat that comes their way.

Are these the best cupcakes we’ve ever seen? Only a Sith deals in absolutes. Happy Star Wars Day and May the 4th Be With You!

Obi-Wan Kenobi Cupcakes

Ingredients for the cupcakes

1-1/4 cups cake flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon

Concept artist Iain McCaig’s fertile imagination was once deemed too scary for George Lucas. McCaig, whose career includes accolades as a storyteller and filmmaker, was hired on by Lucasfilm in the late 1990s. Part of the esteemed art department shaping the design of the prequel trilogy, McCaig mined his deepest fears and scariest nightmares to come up with ideas for the beastly Darth Maul.

In an exclusive excerpt from Star Wars Insider #210, writer Brandon Wainerdi sits down with McCaig to learn about what inspired the artist on the road to creating “Space Nouveau” and why he went back to the drawing board after his first attempt at designing Maul.

Star Wars Insider: What were your earliest childhood inspirations?

Iain McCaig: My family were all storytellers, full of tales and never-ending

As Palpatine once said, this is “a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.” We’re excited to announce that Star Wars has been honored with three Webby Awards, including a win for the StarWars.com team!

The Star Wars App won the Webby Award for Apps and Software, Entertainment LEGO Star Wars: Castaways took home a People’s Voice Award for Games, Family & Kids Lucasfilm’s The Designer Alliance – How Porsche and Lucasfilm Teamed Up to Create a New Star Wars Starship nabbed the Webby Award for Video, Unscripted

The Webby Awards have become the leading international award honoring excellence online, with prizes chosen by a group of over 2,000 judges through the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and a second winner designated by popular vote.

Thank you to all who voted and continue to support

Stay on target…to plan your Star Wars Celebration Anaheim strategy.

Today, StarWars.com proudly presents the Celebration Anaheim schedule for the Celebration, Galaxy, and Twin Suns stages, featuring panels, discussions, and more. It has all the intel you need to ensure that your Celebration experience will be long remembered. (To see what’s happening on the Fan, Podcast, and other stages, head over to StarWarsCelebration.com.)

Stage Schedule for the Anaheim Convention Center Arena

The Celebration Stage will shine with bright stars and original entertainment all weekend long, presenting panels on upcoming productions, intimate conversations with creators, and other live events that you will be sure to want to add to your Celebration weekend plans.

Galaxy Stage, Level 3

The Galaxy Stage is one of two premiere stages for the weekend, along with the Celebration Stage.

Heading to Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022? Here’s the intel you need on how to access the biggest panels, show store, exhibitor exclusives, and more.

Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm, and ReedPop will once again offer two different digital systems that will make it easier than ever to experience Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022.

Virtual panel selection will allow fans to enter a random drawing for admission to the first panel of each day on the Celebration Stage, Galaxy Stage, and Twin Suns Stage all weekend long at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022. Fans will be eligible to enter the drawing for themselves and any additional tickets they purchased on their original order.

Virtual panel selection provides peace of mind and eliminates the need for fans to camp out overnight! Fans who are randomly selected

Commander Zahra is ready to strike back.

In StarWars.com’s exclusive first look at Marvel’s Star Wars #23, part of the Crimson Reign crossover event, the rebel fleet surrounds the Imperial Star Destroyer, Tarkin’s Will. At the helm of the vessel is Commander Zahra, protégé of the late Grand Moff Tarkin himself, and she doesn’t plan on surrender… 

Star Wars #23, written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Ramon Rosanas, with a cover by Carlo Pagulayan, arrives on Star Wars Day, May the 4th, and is available for pre-order now on ComiXology and at your local comic shop.

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Every saga has a beginning. And an end.

Obi-Wan Kenobi, among the most legendary of all Jedi, has been waiting on Tatooine. Waiting for a last hope to rise and save the galaxy from the Empire — and to face his fate. In StarWars.com’s exclusive first look at Marvel’s eagerly-anticipated Star Wars: Obi-Wan #1, the kickoff of a five-issue miniseries, Kenobi awaits that moment. But as a sandstorm draws near, he takes time to recount an early memory, and it’s one that would echo later on in his life…

Obi-Wan #1, written by Christopher Cantwell and illustrated by Ario Anindito, with a cover by Phil Noto, arrives on Star Wars Day, May the 4th, and is available for pre-order now on ComiXology and at your local comic shop.