On Star Wars Day 2015, astronauts in the International Space Station watched Star Wars. Minor League Baseball teams such as the Toledo Mud Hens and the Durham Bulls have worn special uniforms as part of Star Wars Day promotions. Major League Baseball, association football, and college sports teams have paid tribute to Star Wars in different ways. įans (even government officials, such as Boris Johnson ) have celebrated Star Wars in a variety of ways in social media and on television. The second annual edition took place on Friday, May 4, 2012. Produced by Sean Ward and Alice Quinn, festivities included an original trilogy trivia game show a costume contest with celebrity judges and the web's best tribute films, mash-ups, parodies, and remixes on the big screen. In 2011, the first organized celebration of Star Wars Day took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Toronto Underground Cinema. In 2008, the first Facebook groups appeared, celebrating Luke Skywalker Day, with the same catchphrase. Īstrophysicist and author Jeanne Cavelos used the saying on page 94 of her 1999 book The Science of Star Wars. The phrase was used in a UK Parliament defence debate on May 4, 1994. As Terrance departs, he tells all below, "May the Fourth be with you." In the 1988 episode of Count Duckula, "The Vampire Strikes Back", a space-faring superhero, Tremendous Terrance, asks Duckula the date and is told, "May the Fourth".
Her political party, the Conservatives, placed a congratulatory advertisement in the London Evening News saying "May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. The first recorded reference of the phrase being used was on May 4, 1979, the day after Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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It has since been embraced by Lucasfilm and parent company Disney as an annual celebration of Star Wars.Īdditionally, the release date of the original Star Wars movie on is also celebrated as Geek Pride Day. Even though the holiday was not created or declared by Lucasfilm, many Star Wars fans around the world have chosen to celebrate the holiday.
The date originated from the pun " May the Fourth be with you", a variant of the popular Star Wars catchphrase " May the Force be with you". Observance of the day spread quickly through media and grassroots celebrations since the franchise began in 1977. Star Wars Day is an informal commemorative day observed annually on May 4 to celebrate the Star Wars media franchise created by founder and former chairman and CEO of Lucasfilm, George Lucas.
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