Carrie Fisher gets her Walk of Fame star, on May the Fourth

Mark Hamill, from right, and Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, pose with Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside “Star Wars” characters C-3PO and R2-D2 during a posthumous ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, a May the Fourth tribute to a beloved “Star Wars” actor that had a touch of stardust. The star’s daughter, Billie Lourd, wearing her mother’s portrait printed on her metallic dress, accepted the star on behalf of Fisher. She threw glitter, her mother’s favorite, on the newly unveiled star. Several in the crowd were dressed as characters from the franchise and C-3P0 and R2-D2 were present for the unveiling. Lourd shouted “Never forget the droids!” on a wet day that gave way to sun.