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A countdown to May 4th 2011 has started on maythe4th.starwars.com |
A countdown to May 4th 2011 has started on maythe4th.starwars.com [http://maythe4th.starwars.com/countdown.php] with a message stating that 'all will be revealed when the countdown reaches zero. This an official announcement since it is directly on starwars.com |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 01:53, 1 May 2011
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Star Wars Day may refer to one of several dates or events honoring or involving Star Wars.[1][2][3][4]
May 4
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[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 are 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. The German story is not the genesis of the saying.
May 25, 2007
The Los Angeles City Council declared[10] May 25, 2007 as Star Wars Day, in honor of the May 25, 1977 release date of the first Star Wars movie. May 25th is also known as Geek Pride Day and Towel Day.
May 4th, 2011
A countdown to May 4th 2011 has started on maythe4th.starwars.com [2] with a message stating that 'all will be revealed when the countdown reaches zero. This an official announcement since it is directly on starwars.com
References
- ^ "Star Wars Day: How old is old enough for this movie?", Kate Shatzkin, The Baltimore Sun, May 4, 2009
- ^ "Forced" or Not, There's a "Star Wars" Day, by ALYSIA GRAY PAINTER, NBC, May 4, 2009
- ^ "The Force Is Strong In This One", Quentin Hardy, Forbes, 04.30.09 - "There's even an annual "Star Wars Day" in May ("May the fourth be with you")."
- ^ "Yes, it's 'Star Wars' Day", by Whitney Matheson, USA Today
- ^ Force strong for new Jedi church, Jan 21, 2008, BBC News - Force strong for new Jedi church.
- ^ Church of Jediism
- ^ Hansard, Column 786, May 4, 1994, UK Parliament Hansard, Column 784.
- ^ Musings from an overworked translator: Bonus TGIF: Spielberg interview (TV Total) – oops! Lucas
- ^ Stefan Raab on TV Total pointing out the N24 translation
- ^ Council File Number:07-1368, May 1, 2007, City of Los Angeles - Council File Number:07-1368.
