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This day is considered an unofficial holiday by Star Wars fans to celebrate Star Wars culture and remember the films. [1]
May 4 is called Star Wars Day (also sometimes known as Luke Skywalker Day) because of the popularity of a common pun spoken on this day. Since the phrase "May the Force be with you" is a famous quote often spoken in the Star Wars films, fans commonly say "May the fourth be with you" on this day.
Despite efforts to start[5] a Jediism Church with May 4 as its Star Wars Day, and despite the Catholic origin of the phrase, as of 4 May 2010 (2010 -05-04)[update] there is no religion-supporting organization that promotes May 4 as Star Wars Day apart from the Church of Jediism[6].
The joke has been recorded in the UK parliament's Hansard.[7]
In 2005 German news TV channel N24 interviewed George Lucas and asked him to say his famous sentence, "May the Force be with you." The translator simultaneously translated to German: "Am 4. Mai sind wir bei Ihnen". (We shall be with you on May 4). This was captured by comedy show TV Total and aired on May 18, 2005.[8][9] However, the "May the 4th be with you" joke was already a known yearly joke to many before 2005.
This day is considered an unofficial holiday by Star Wars fans to celebrate Star Wars culture and remember the films. [1]
May 4 is called Star Wars Day (also sometimes known as Luke Skywalker Day) because of the popularity of a common pun spoken on this day. Since the phrase "May the Force be with you" is a famous quote often spoken in the Star Wars films, fans commonly say "May the fourth be with you" on this day.
Despite efforts to start[5] a Jediism Church with May 4 as its Star Wars Day, and despite the Catholic origin of the phrase, as of 4 May 2010 (2010 -05-04)[update] there is no religion-supporting organization that promotes May 4 as Star Wars Day apart from the Church of Jediism[6].
The joke has been recorded in the UK parliament's Hansard.[7]
In 2005 German news TV channel N24 interviewed George Lucas and asked him to say his famous sentence, "May the Force be with you." The translator simultaneously translated to German: "Am 4. Mai sind wir bei Ihnen". (We shall be with you on May 4). This was captured by comedy show TV Total and aired on May 18, 2005.[8][9] However, the "May the 4th be with you" joke was already a known yearly joke to many before 2005.
