Star Wars through the years

Today is Star Wars Day and we searched our photo archive and unearthed images spanning the years 1977 - 2017.  From fans across the world, to awards shows and premieres, here is a gallery of Star Wars through the years. 

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Harrison Ford, as Han Solo of “Star Wars” with Carrie Fisher in the filming of the CBS-TV special “The Star Wars Holiday” Nov. 13, 1978. Ford says he leaves the singing in the special to Carrie, who is the daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. The film will also feature many special effects not seen on the original movie. (AP Photo/George Brich)

Harrison Ford, as Han Solo of “Star Wars” fame chats with Carrie Fisher Nov. 13, 1978 during a break in the filming of the CBS-TV special “The Star Wars Holiday.” Ford says he leaves the singing in the special to Carrie, who is the daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. The film will also feature many special effects not seen on the original movie. (AP Photo/George Brich )

An "extra" Wookie has his hair sprayed by a makeup artist during the taping of the television special for the holidays made by the cast of the movie "Star Wars" Wednesday Oct. 5, 1978 in Los Angeles. The Wookie planet is visited in the episode.(AP Photo/Brich)

"Star Wars" fan Danny Fitzgerald of Staten Island, in Darth Vader costume, poses in front of Loews Astor Plaza movie theater in Times Square in New York, May 25, 1983, where fans are lined up for the premiere of "The Return of the Jedi," the third in a series of the "Star Wars" saga. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)

American actress Carrie Fisher, star of the movie "The Empire Strikes Back," sequel to the record-breaking "Star Wars" epic, cuddles up to a Stormtrooper in a London park, May 23, 1980. They were in London to promote the movie. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)

Haik Gazarian, 11, from Caracas, Venezuela, who now lives in New York, tries to cut a toy "Force Wand," an illuminated toy sword inspired by the film "Stars Wars," during the visit to the toy department store, on Wednesday Dec. 22, 1977. In the background are a number of other toys inspired by the current popularity of "Space Opera" type films. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

C-3PO, the robot character from the fictional Star Wars universe, is shown in front of a giant Oscar at the 50th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, April 3, 1978. (AP Photo)

Michael Eisner, center, Disney chairman, and "Star Wars" creator George Lucas (with beard) prepare to use a light saber to cut the ribbon to open the new "Star Tours" attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., Jan. 9, 1987. The ride careens people on a spaceship through a star-dodging trip into cinematic outer spac. Characters, from left, are Minnie Mouse, C-3PO, Mickey Mouse and R2-D2. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)

Movie fans line up on Philadelphia's Chestnut Street for the premiere of the Movie "Return of the Jedi" Wednesday May 23, 1983. Fans began lining up Tuesday night to see the Star Wars trilogy. (AP Photo/ George Widman)

A young boy dressed as the Star Wars character 'Yoda' sits on the shoulders of a man as he watches events in Leicester Square in London and joins in with the premier launch of the film Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith, Monday May 16, 2005. The film by American Director George Lucas is the last in the Star Wars series. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Characters from the 'Star Wars' movies, including Darth Vader and stormtroopers, parade at the premiere of "Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of The Sith", at Leicester Square in London, England, Monday, May. 16, 2005. The film, by U.S. director George Lucas, is the last in the 'Star Wars' series. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

A model sports a Queen Amidala costume from the Star Wars trilogy presented in New York Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005. A series of costumes from the George Lucas movie designed by Trisha Biggars was shown Thursday evening. (AP Photo/Bernadette Tuazon)

Characters from the film "Star Wars" join writer and director George Lucas, left, Carrie Fisher, center, and Mark Hamill at the world premiere of "Star Wars Special Edition" Saturday, Jan. 18, 1997, in the Westwood section of Los Angeles. The movie was first released 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Rene Macura)

Aurora Olayos, left, 6, dressed as Queen Amidala, shares a laugh with sister Ariel Olayos, 9, right, dressed as Princess Leia, as they sit outside the Lloyd Cinemas waiting for the opening of "Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith" in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, May 18, 2005. Both girls won tickets to the grand opening of the movie with their costumes. The movie opens nationwide, Thursday. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

An actor playing Chewbacca throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game between the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday Sept. 28, 2005. Chewbacca and an actress playing Princess Leia were promoting the Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Members of the 501st Legion, a group of International Star Wars fans dressed as storm troopers march in the 118th Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

A hot air balloon shaped as the Darth Vader character of the Star Wars movie inflates during the annual Quik Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning at Solberg Airport in Readington, N.J., Friday, July 25, 2008. The hot air ballooning festival continues through Sunday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

BB-8, from left, R2-D2, and C-3PO speak at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

In this July 10, 2015 photo, fans dressed as "Chewie's Angels" attend day 2 of Comic-Con International, in San Diego, Calif. Star Wars” inspires curiously personal reactions. It drives some people to don Wookie costumes and others to curse an entire industry as infantile. Since the 1977 debut of “A New Hope,” it’s become a generational rite of passage not just to experience the saga, but to form one’s relationship with movies around it, whether in happy lockstep or rebel opposition. (Photo by Chelsea Vicari/Invision/AP)

Jim Collum, foreground, and other students work on light saber skills during a Golden Gate Knights class in San Francisco, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. A group of San Francisco Star Wars fans who want to travel to a galaxy not that far away have created a combat choreography class for Jedis-in-training with their weapon of choice: the light saber. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

In this Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 photo, fans cheer in the stands at world premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Early screenings of the film begin Thursday night, Dec. 17, 2015. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Lupita Nyong'o, from left, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, J.J. Abrams, Carrie Fischer, Adam Driver and Harrison Ford pose for photographers upon arrival at the European premiere of the film 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens ' in London, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

In this Feb. 14, 2016 photo, a youth sporting a Star Wars costume parades at the annual Alien Festival in Capilla del Monte, Cordoba, Argentina, the site of an alleged UFO sighting 30 years ago. Thousands of earthlings gathered for the festival in this central Argentine town which has become a global hot spot for UFO sightings. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Chinese Star Wars fans hold light sabers at they pose for a group photo during a promotional event for the movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall of China near Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. The film, the newest installment in the long-running Star Wars saga, opens in the U.S. in December. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

White House Press secretary Josh Earnest is joined by Star Wars Storm Troopers and R2D2 in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. The movie characters will greet children of Gold Star families who are attending a special screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens later today at the White House Family Theater. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A man takes a photo of an air ventilation turned by an unknown street artist into Star Wars' R2-D2 in a park in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. According to Prague 2 district mayor, Jana Cernochova, the robot is there to stay. "We do not support illegal graffiti, of course, but we like the decor on this unsightly shaft," she said to local media. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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