for a follow-up, and to this day it ranks as the highest-rated entry in the saga. Return of the Jedi wrapped up the story in 1983 by resolving Empire‘s cliffhanger and destroying both Darth Vader and his Emperor once and for all.

More movies followed, with George Lucas directing a prequel trilogy between 1999 and 2005, which was heavier on visual effects but disappointingly inferior on story and character. More recently, with Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm, a new trilogy was kicked off, with fans proclaiming it a return to the revered sensibilities of the original trilogy. A series of standalone films set in the Star Wars universe are also in various stages of production.

Add in the full empire of tie-in products and media — books, toys, television, games, music,UPDATE: About 2 weeks after writing this article, Camp 30 was declared a National Historic Site of Canada.

Click to view recent aerial footage of the site.

Wikipedia says;

The Bowmanville POW camp also known as Camp 30 was a Canadian-run POW camp for German soldiers during World War II located in the community of Bowmanville, Ontario in Clarington, Ontario, Canada. In September 2013, the camp was designated a National Historic Site of Canada.

Camp 30, a former Nazi POW Camp containing 18 buildings on 40 hectares of land, sits on the outskirts of small town Bowmanville, Ontario.

CAMP 30: A VARIED HISTORY

Not only is this supposed to be the last Nazi POW Camp left standing (though it is indeed ‘crippled’), it was the first of its kind, and was the only one