In 2011, the first Star Wars Day event took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the annual gathering has since continued. #NewProfilePic /ojmJEojyGo- Star Wars Day TO April 23, 2019 While fans share their fave Star Wars memories, cosplay, and quotes across social media every May 4th, some go the extra mile and make the trek to Toronto for the annual celebration. Q5qRilIzFq- Jenifer Scout ApHow will Star Wars fans be celebrating on May 4th? We need to all agree it’s Revenge of the SIxTH.
Others celebrate this one day later, on May 6th, saying that “ Revenge of the Sixth” is a better play on “Sith.”īefore we all celebrate May the Fourth. Though less popular than May the 4th, some Star Wars fans recognize the following day, May 5th, as “ Revenge of the Fifth“, a play on Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. May The Fourth be with you! ✌️ #starwarsday #maythe4thbewithyou #starwars #meme #selfie #stormtrooper #darkside #geek #nerd #bnw /nBXd7YQRgz- Sacha Quester-Séméon Revenge of the Fifth/Sixth Thanks to Margaret Thatcher and her party made a day called star wars day which is on the 4th of may…may the fourth be with you.- Andrew/SauL Sensei May 3, 2014Īpparently, Thatcher’s political party placed a congratulatory advertisement in The London Evening News, saying “May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations." /H0fvfCxHf6- Atibal Sights May 4, 2018 Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister of the UK that day and her party congratulated her with an ad in the newspaper The London Evening News that said, "May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. The first reference to May 4th and Star Wars occurred on May 4th, 1979. While the phrase “May the Force be with you” originated in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope in 1977, the first reference of “May the 4th be with You” dates back to May 4, 1979, the day Margaret Thatcher took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. May 4th has become known as Star Wars Day, an. That explains why you will be seeing 'May the 4th Be With You,' all over the internet today. Several years on, this remains one of my best contributions to the meme community #MayThe4thBeWithYou #HanShotFirst /tia6x3O04j- Daniel May 4, 2018 0:36 It's a special day for fans of Star Wars. Popular Star Wars Day memes often include the caption or hashtag, “May the Fourth be with You.” The date was chosen for the pun on the catchphrase “May the Force be with you”. #MaytheFourth #StarWarsDay /2eftiYCvBq- Vegeta💭 April 30, 2019 MON: Nurses Day.THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO! #pittsburgh /Itcnb6SCjy- Ray Petelin ApWhat is Star Wars Day?įor decades, Star Wars stans have celebrated George Lucas’ franchise on May 4th, proclaiming the day to be a “ special once-a-year celebration of the galaxy far, far away.“ĭarth Vader, can I use some of your dark power to pump my bagsĮnough with the testpumps, together we can rule the galaxy. THU: Facebook friend Michele Vidnjvich Zitz WED: Justin Timberlake because It's gonna be MAY What started as a silly pun shared by the Star Wars fandom has become a full-fledged holiday celebrated by many around the globe. May the 4th be with you (and also with you) this Wednesday as May 4th marks Star Wars Day. Just days after It’s Gonna be May memes kicked off the month and we’re already on to the next. That said, the summer before in 1978 - as a pun for Fourth of July sales - the saying “had been appearing on licensed (and unlicensed) buttons, posters and various items for months, enough to convince” newspaper writers and editors “that the joke would be well-received by their readers.May is THE meme month. The ad read: “Congratulations Maggie, May the 4th be with you!”
On May 4, 1979, Thatcher had just been elected as the first female prime minister in the U.K., and the London evening newspaper ran a half-page ad that wished her well. It was a celebration of a slight return to the days of empire under Margaret Thatcher. Interestingly, the first major public usage of “May the Fourth be with you” wasn’t some geeky pronouncement, but rather a political joke made by British conservatives. But when did Star Wars Day begin? Certainly, it had to be a long time ago, if not a galaxy far away? Every year, fans of the space opera can be heard greeting each other and complete strangers with six simple words: “May the Fourth be with you.”īut what once felt like a secret handshake among Jedi stans has since become something just shy of a national holiday, or perhaps, an intergalactic one.
If you’re a Star Wars fan, you already know that May 4th is a day of online and IRL celebration.
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