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StarWars.com featured two commercials from Spike today. And thankfully, it seems that the Yahoo deal has born some serious fruit – embedding! Finally! (Okay, maybe the embedding thing is only exciting for me.)

Thirty-one years ago today, Star Wars was unleashed upon the masses… And it also happens to be the 25th birthday of Return of the Jedi. (Which is airing on Spike tonight!)

To celebrate the occasion, there’s a huuuuge poll over at the Livejournal Star Wars community.

Another Jackson vs. Lucas contest this weekend, and the results came out pretty much the same. TNT was running Peter Jackson’s King Kong, and Spike’s broadcasting of the original trilogy came out on top by a pretty hefty margin: A New Hope pulled 2.5 million, Empire Strikes Back had 3.5 million and Return of the Jedi got 4.12 million viewers (just short of Revenge of the Sith’s 4.25 million) while King Kong‘s multiple airings only brought in 2 million at best. Poor Kong: It’s not a horrible movie, but it simply doesn’t have the rewatch potential of SW and LOTR.

Spike will continue to air one Star Wars film every Sunday through May 25th.

Sy Snootles and I thought you might appreciate this subtle reminder that Return of the Jedi is airing tonight on Spike.

The Empire Strikes Back tonight on Spike!

It’s Friday, April 11th, and that means one thing: A New Hope is airing on Spike tonight at 8/7C. (Okay, two things: a new episode of Battlestar Galactica at 10/9C.)

Gamers will also want to tune back in to Spike at midnight for GameTrailers TV, which will be showing another The Force Unleashed preview (“the world premiere of the duel mode in the Wii”) and SoulCalibur IV game footage of Yoda and Vader. (You can also catch all that at GameTrailers.com later.)

And don’t forget to vote in our poll on if you’re watching the movies on Spike! It expires Sunday night.

Independent confirmation, though probably still written off the press release. Still, Battlestar Galactica‘s ratings have improved, and the season premiere drew the show’s biggest female audience ever.

Revenge of the Sith pulled record ratings for the cable network, and Attack of the Clones and The Phantom Menace did pretty good, too. In fact, Spike did very well this weekend, beating everyone in key demographics but CBS, which was was showing some arcane college basketball ritual.

TNT made a valiant effort with Lord of the Rings, but it’s been almost two years since they premiered Return of the King.

Tonight on Spike!

Tune into Spike tonight for Episode II!