Star Wars Day, May 4, celebrates Star Wars created by George Lucas. “May the 4th be with you“. What started as pun warmly shared by fans has become a full-fledged Star Wars Day, a once a year celebration of the galaxy far, far away.
One of the earliest known records of “May the 4th” used in popular culture is in 1979, as described here by the author Alan Arnold while he was chronicling the making of The Empire Strikes Back film:
FRIDAY, MAY 4
“Margaret Thatcher has won the election and become Britain’s first woman prime minister. To celebrate their victory her party took a half page of advertising space in the London Evening News. The message, referring to the day of victory, was ‘May the Fourth Be With You, Maggie. Congratulations, ‘ further proof of the extent of which Star Wars has influenced us all.”
Just check out some of the Star Wars goodies we have in our collection! Why don’t you put a request in for one today?
- Catch up on the original Star Wars Trilogy with this Special 4-disc Widescreen DVD from 2004.
- Enjoy the costumes (and get inspired for your next dress-up party) with Dressing a galaxy: the costumes of Star Wars.
- These luxurious illustrated books will delight big and little kids. You can borrow Star Wars: Incredible cross-sections, Star Wars: The visual dictionary or The Art of Star Wars: Episode II attack of the clones.
- You know how Star Wars is like a religion for many fans? Well, there are books on Star Wars’ spiritual side, such as The Gospel according to Star wars: faith, hope, and the force, and The power of the force: The spirituality of the Star Wars films.
- Do you have an opinion on where Star Wars fits in with George Lucas’ earlier experimental work? Will Brooker does and you can read about it in his 2009 book Star Wars.
You can borrow all these and more from CSU Library!