Did you know Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia were on Blue Peter?

Watch the heroes of the legendary Star Wars film saga, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher, when they were on Blue Peter way back in 1977 and 1980. Plus, discover if you have what it takes to become a Jedi Master, or even a Sith Lord in our fan quizzes.

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Mark Hamill in 1977 talks about his brand new film, Star Wars.

Mark and Carrie Fisher play with the Blue Peter pets, plus costumed Star Wars characters visit the studio.

Did you know, whilst filming for Star Wars (Now called Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), Mark Hamill, also known as Luke Skywalker, would watch Blue Peter. If you've earned your Blue badge, you're in the company of a certified Jedi Master!

Mark Hamill's first appearance on Children's TV was to promote his brand new and at the time, absolutely mind blowing new film packed full of special effects, space battles and a weird and wonderful new magic. Yes, that's Star Wars!

The first film broke new ground in filmmaking where the state of the art effects paired with a traditional fairytale-type story where the farm boy meets a princess amazed audiences and ignited their imaginations. 

Maybe you only joined the Star Wars saga recently with the Sequel Trilogy featuring heroes like Rey, Finn and Poe? Or perhaps you're even newer to the films and you're looking forward to seeing The Mandalorian and Grogu this May?

Make sure to watch these epic clips that we dug out from the BBC Archives to celebrate this Star Wars day, May the 4th.

Take this quiz all about the Light Side of the Force and see if your Star Wars knowledge is enough to become a Jedi Master.

If you've ever wanted to see Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia talk about filming Star Wars whilst handling the cutest cats, dogs and tortoises you've ever seen... Then this is the clip you are looking for.

Discover some behind the scenes secrets of filming The Empire Strikes Back straight from Mark Hamill and hear how they had planned the prequel trilogy way back in 1980.

This is the moment that iconic characters from Star Wars visited the Blue Peter studio. Mischievous droids R2-D2 and C-3PO, plus the giant walking carpet Chewbacca, and even the fearsome Darth Vader showed off their costumes. Although not everything went to plan, and R2-D2 nearly ran over poor Goldie!

Mark looks especially cosy with one of our Blue Peter pet cats snuggled up warm in his jumper, whilst Carrie plays with one of our old and lovely tortoises.

Plus, Luke and Leia tried one lucky Blue Peter viewer's recipe for Star Wars stew. The Blue Peter fan said that they invented this recipe as they were so hungry after getting back from seeing Empire Strikes Back in the cinema!

Only a Sith deals in absolutes... But we're absolutely sure you'll love flexing your knowledge of the Dark Side of the Force in this quiz!

Discover the secrets of the Magic Faraway Tree as Abby meets the cast.

Joel stuns the Superman cast and director with some incredible magic tricks.

Laila from Gabby's Dollhouse answers some fan questions and talks about the film!

We met the stars of Lilo & Stitch!

And of course, don't miss the moment that Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo earned their Blue Peter badges!

If you liked this, you're sure to love Blue Peter on CBBC and BBC iPlayer!

We've got lots coming up, including Joel's mega final challenge. You don't want to miss it!

If you liked this, you're sure to love rummaging around the BBC Archive too, where you're sure to find lots of interesting bits of history from more movie magic, to fascinating inventions.