If you don't find yourself kept up at night by Lucasian imponderables, such as how and where the Sarlacc Pit poops out its millennium-old digested prey, today is merely the half-day hurdle to your Memorial Day weekend. (At least we have a half-day, and a day off on Monday, after which we'll return, fully incoherent after being gifted an extra day of binge drinking from the national holiday gods.) But for the rest of us, today is Star Wars Day, a day for our humble Stripmall Planet of Los Angeles to honor the 30th anniversary of the release of the first installment of the legendary space saga. Today, your car doesn't just get stolen—it gets stolen by a pack of Jawas! After the jump, a round-up:

· Celebration IV at the L.A. Convention Center has officially kicked off. Their blog already has some sneak preview video up, including the above, utterly adorable session of the Jedi Academy, in which a group of half-pint Yodas-in-training (so much for the widely held misconception that Star Wars fans don't have sex) face off against Darth Vader. Those kids are to be commended for their bravery—we would have soiled our cloaks at that age. [Celebration IV Blog]
· Oh no! Jabba the Neck Wattle has enslaved Queen Amidala! [theweeklydonut.org]
· 75 "underground artists" were approached to decorate their own Darth Vader helmet, in something called The Vader Project. [LAT] [CIV Blog]
· While George Lucas won't be in attendance, Carrie Fisher is scheduled to make an appearance. This is a great opportunity for you to demonstrate just how much thunder you're packing by whipping off your belt during your pitch for Episode VII: A New Bulge. [THR]