Today is World Star Wars day in celebration to George Lucas’ most famous creation of space faring heroes and Jedi knights. The first film came out in 1977 and instantly became one of the highest grossing films ever. Fast forward again to 2012 and the fanbase is just as big and far-reaching but tapered by the the ongoing issue of Lucas’ revisionist changes to the original three films and weaker prequel films. But at it’s core, the characters, concepts and scenes still endure and Star Wars is still very much part of the mainstream.

Make sure you check out the new Fantasy Flight games coming out this year

Some more footage added to the rather grim looking third instalment to Chris Nolan’s re-imagining of Batman. After two successful outings, Nolan’s got a job on his hands to outdo Heath Ledger’s Joker and make the best Batman movie yet! The villians of the piece is of course Bane but the trailer makes it unclear as to Catwoman’s alligences although most of the time she’s fighting along side Bats. Subtle hints to the plot show a romance subplot for Bruce and was that Bane invading the Batcave?

Dark Knight Rises goes on release on July 20th in the UK