Official Star Wars Marathons
To commemorate the release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith on 19 May 2005 the Empire Cinema in London's Leicester Square hosted a day-long Star Wars marathon showing of all six movies. An army of Imperial stormtroopers "guarded" the area, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gave a free concert of Star Wars music.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the original Star Wars film on 23 May 2007 a Star Wars marathon began at the Los Angeles Convention Center with a free showing of the six films.
On 1 January 2007, Sky Movies broadcast a Star Wars marathon starting at 6:00am with Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and ending at 8:30pm with the end of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. All six films were broadcast in high definition.
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