Show Your Force! Mark Hamill and Kathleen Kennedy Announce New Star Wars: Force for Change Charitable Campaign

Hamill Staring IntentlyStar Wars: Force for Change is launching a new campaign wherein they will match up to $1,000,000 in donations made by fans to four charities between April 5th and May 4th.  Read on to find out how you can contribute and check out Kathleen Kennedy and the ever hilarious Mark Hamill in the announcement video.

 

 

 

Today, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and Star Wars veteran Mark Hamill announce a new campaign sponsored by CrowdRise in support of Star WarsForce for Change, an initiative that inspires people to make a positive impact on the world. Starting April 5thStar Wars: Force for Change will match the donations of Star Wars fans to four select charities up to $1,000,000!

 

To date, Star Wars: Force for Change has raised over $10,000,000 with the help of the amazing Star Wars community. This month-long campaign will lead up to “Star Wars Day” on May the 4th. The four select charities include the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in support of UNICEF Kid Power, American Red Cross, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and Make-A-Wish®.

 

Star Wars fans are some of the most generous, thoughtful, and sympathetic people I have ever met,” says Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. “I am so proud of the charitable work they have done over the years and hope this month-long donation-matching campaign will go some way to express our sincere thanks for their tireless efforts.”

 

Over the course of the four-week period, which culminates at 11:59pm (PST) on May 4th, fans will be able to donate through CrowdRise.com/ForceForChange to these four charities and have their donations matched dollar for dollar up to $1,000,000. During the first week, the first 20 fans to raise or donate at least $500 will win a Blu-ray of The Force Awakens signed by the cast, with more incentives to come. All participants who enter will also have a chance to win an all-expense paid trip to Ireland, including Skellig Michael along the Wild Atlantic Way, the location of the dramatic final scene from The Force Awakens.

 

Show your Force and visit CrowdRise.com/ForceForChange now for more details.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is available now on Digital HD and Blu-ray Combo Pack.

 

 

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Jordan Pate is Co-Lead Editor and Senior Writer for Star Wars News Net, of which he is also a member of the book and comic review team. He loves all things Star Wars, but when he's not spending time in the galaxy far far away, he might be found in our own galaxy hanging out in Gotham City or at 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center, NY.

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Jordan Pate is Co-Lead Editor and Senior Writer for Star Wars News Net, of which he is also a member of the book and comic review team. He loves all things Star Wars, but when he's not spending time in the galaxy far far away, he might be found in our own galaxy hanging out in Gotham City or at 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center, NY.

41 thoughts on “Show Your Force! Mark Hamill and Kathleen Kennedy Announce New Star Wars: Force for Change Charitable Campaign

  • April 5, 2016 at 4:00 pm
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    Mark Hamill is my spirit animal. Such an awesome guy.

  • April 5, 2016 at 4:05 pm
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    Mark Hamill is my number one celebrity that I would like to sit down and have coffee and chat with. He seems so down to earth.

  • April 5, 2016 at 5:27 pm
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    $1 million matching!? Seriously!? *cough* TFA made over $2 billion worldwide *cough*

    Greedy corporation (Disney)

    • April 5, 2016 at 5:31 pm
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      But that’s all they had left after they paid Harrison. 😉

      • April 6, 2016 at 7:11 am
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        Seriously, $200 million was a very nice payday for Harrison granted he had to pay much of that to the government in taxes it was still a nice year for him. I’m sure he made even more with all of the deals in percentages based on how much the film made.

        Poor Daisy and John Boyega made like $50 to $100k respectively hahaa it pays to be a star.

        • April 6, 2016 at 6:30 pm
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          Considering that Ford just made out with about $10K on his first Star Wars movie, I’d say they are off to a good start. 🙂

          • April 7, 2016 at 4:53 am
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            Yeah that was 30 years ago where 10k was equivalent from anywhere between 31k to 86k.

            Daisy received at least 100k for her role so she was definitely better off as a newcomer than Boyega or Ford back in 1977.

            https://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/

            this site is pretty cool, I just discovered it. You can use it to compare relative worth in different years.

    • April 5, 2016 at 5:53 pm
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      They don’t have to donate a dime. And this most certainly is not the only charity Disney donates to. One of many.

    • April 5, 2016 at 6:34 pm
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      yeah what are you whining about? look at all the other films that make 100s of millions of dollars.. do you see them doing ANYTHING? sheesh i don’t understand why they have to be criticized for doing good things

      • April 5, 2016 at 7:24 pm
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        All I see is people trying to make excuses and defend a MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION

        pfff, good things. This is chump change for them -_-

        • April 5, 2016 at 8:02 pm
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          How much have you donated lately? Regardless, the fact is, Disney or any corporation doesn’t have to donate money at all if they wish. A donation is something you do because it shows you care for other people. Whether or not you donate a little bit or a lot is irrelevant.

          I mean if you wanted to determine how “good” of a person is or a business is basing off of donations you would set up a flat rate for everybody and see how much you donate versus the multi-million dollar corporations. If you aren’t matching that rate then you must not be a good person.

          Just because successful businesses make a lot of money, and they definitely make much more than you or I, doesn’t mean you get to tell them what to do with their money. It’s not “your” money. They made all of that money through lot’s of work and to ridicule a business because they make more money than you or I, is just ridiculous.

          What if you became successful, and made over 100k every year, is it fair that I who is making less than 20k demand that you give 10% of your earnings to charities because that’s chump change for you?

          • April 5, 2016 at 8:13 pm
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            Thank you for proving my point.

            And yes, for the record, I do donate to charity,

            Sounds like you’re a conservative and hate tax hikes for those that make more money than others. You must be a Republican. Sounds like you’re voting for Donald Trump.

          • April 5, 2016 at 8:50 pm
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            Its not terribly fair to call someone greedy because you don’t deem their donations to be generous enough. They are helping people for literally no reason other than because they can. Sure they COULD easily give more but couldn’t everyone? If you are just going on how much money you NEED to live then most people could give a LOT more than they do. I’m sure you don’t give every cent you could POSSIBLY afford to charity. You most likely give your SPARE money away in order to help people. Which is exactly what Force For Change is doing. You are free not to donate if this is unsatisfactory. There are plenty of not-for-profits out there.

          • April 5, 2016 at 9:55 pm
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            I agree completely, but Marsha would say that Disney executives can afford to give more so therefore they are bad people.

            It’s nobody’s place but theirs to decide what to do with their money. Just like the money we all have in the bank account is entirely up to us to decide with what we want to do with it.

            I don’t think Marsha understands the business world very well. Maybe now, I’m jumping to conclusions. 😉

          • April 5, 2016 at 10:48 pm
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            But they’re Disney,

            And if Lucas, him as a sole individual, can donate about $2 billion of the money he made from the Lucasfilm sale to worthy causes and education foundations, then there is no excuse for a mega corporation – whose net worth is probably triple than the net worth of all 3rd world countries combined – not to do so.

          • April 6, 2016 at 5:55 am
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            Stop your whining. It’s annoying.

          • April 6, 2016 at 7:09 am
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            It seems like you have a bias against Disney for some reason. I mean do you dislike all big corporations out there? I mean there are plenty who are worth more than Disney. Disney isn’t even top 200 when it comes to largest corporations.

            Also, to compare one man’s net worth to an entire corporation is lunacy. George Lucas is one guy who’s net worth is currently $5 billion after he donated $2 billion to charity. Disney is an entire corporation with many managers, engineers, theme park workers, animators, and your every day operating crew.
            Just because Disney is dealing with a lot more liabilities than George Lucas has to, sure it might seem like Disney has a lot more money than majority of people will ever see in their life but the revenue they make has to go to thousands of employees and managers. All of that adds up quickly.

            Also, Lucas didn’t even need the money from Disney. That’s why he sold Lucasfilm for around $4 billion. If Lucas was greedy he could have gotten at least $8 billion for it.

            I don’t understand your obvious bias against Disney?

          • April 5, 2016 at 9:52 pm
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            You’re jumping to conclusions my friend.

            I didn’t prove any point except that other people’s money is not yours and it never will be.

          • April 6, 2016 at 9:22 am
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            This reminds me of a Jesus story my father told me. How rich men were lining up in church, trying to outdo each other donating piles of gold. A little old lady comes along and donates a single coin, and they all laugh. The priest then says the old lady has actually given more than all the rich men. They fail to understand, and he says because the gold they gave was very small in comparison to their wealth, yet the old woman’s coin was all she had in the world

          • April 6, 2016 at 1:12 pm
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            Yeah, that’s a very well known moral story.

          • April 7, 2016 at 6:12 am
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            That’s nice and all, but I’m sure the priest still appreciated all that money. Be grateful.

          • April 6, 2016 at 5:36 pm
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            #berniesanderslogic

        • April 5, 2016 at 9:03 pm
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          “Walt Disney must be rolling in this grave…” Probably not. I believe he was cryogenicaly frozen. Maybe he just defrosted a bit instead 😉

        • April 6, 2016 at 2:59 am
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          i see your point.. but we’ve gotta start somewhere!

    • April 5, 2016 at 8:32 pm
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      They’re matching up to $1 million for THIS event. A simple Google search shows they donated over $333 million last year.

      • April 5, 2016 at 9:02 pm
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        This ^

  • April 5, 2016 at 7:22 pm
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    “Oh, I’m sorry. I have dialogue?”
    “If you want any more, you’ll cut the sass.”

  • April 5, 2016 at 7:43 pm
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    In his defense, Mark Hamill does stare intently quite well.

  • April 5, 2016 at 8:55 pm
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    Really like Disney, they have layers.

    • April 6, 2016 at 1:27 am
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      So does Dreamworks. 😉

  • April 5, 2016 at 9:22 pm
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    John Williams’ music needed with Hamill’s dramatic stare.

  • April 5, 2016 at 10:29 pm
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    Funny but I was hoping we’d see something from the film like Babbajoe or the new X-Wing with the TFA one.

    I also think that Rey was intentionally introduced the way that she was in VII so that she could carry this film. Unlike Ford, Hamill really hasn’t lead a live-action film in awhile and they are likely very nervous about that but it’s not like they can recast at this point. I don’t think we’ll get another Fisher type performance though from him since even if he never gets lead roles anymore onscreen, His VA is top notch and that’s a much more pure form of acting. I just hope his body is up to the task with all the training they put him through.

    • April 5, 2016 at 10:36 pm
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      Also, Unlike Harrison’s giant payday I really think Hamill came back because this is his last chance to really dive into a lead role again. He kind of got overshadowed by Ford in the OT and while he’s never been an award winning caliber actor, I thought he was great in Jedi. Hopefully he’ll give a performance along those lines for this one

      I always like to see actors go out on a high note rather than just fade away to the ether like Connery after the shit that was LXG.

      • April 6, 2016 at 6:15 am
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        You’re…replying to your own threads again. Even if it’s on the internet man, this is still talking to yourself.

        Not healthy.

        • April 6, 2016 at 9:14 am
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          I do it way more offline! Reason I do it though is because a) I’m too lazy to edit b) I don’t like huge congested replies if I can help it and usually my replies to my replies are different trains of thought c) it pads the threads out that no one else cares about.

          • April 7, 2016 at 6:11 am
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            d) The voices told you to.

          • April 7, 2016 at 10:30 am
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            E) We don’t talk about that…ever!

    • April 6, 2016 at 3:14 pm
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      He’ll be fine..last movie I remember seeing him in was Kingsman and though it was a minor role..he was pretty good there, I’m sure he can handle it.

      • April 7, 2016 at 10:27 am
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        Last thing I saw him in too. The bar is far lower than him for Ford anyway never having really been an A-Lister. I just want him to be as good as he was in Jedi.

  • April 6, 2016 at 6:01 am
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    Hamill is great – and he’s back at the Joker in the new Killing Joke animated movie!

    • April 6, 2016 at 2:27 pm
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      Keen as a bean!

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