Even astronauts on the International Space Station have joined in the fun, watching Star Wars on the ISS a few years back. Fans don Star Wars gear, attend special events, throw parties and watch Star Wars movies every May 4. The popularity of the phrase exploded, to the point where May 4 became a celebration of all things Star Wars and unofficially become known as Star Wars Day. If you want to read this entire story, it’s republished at the bottom of this post.īy the following year (2011), the phrase was appearing in newspapers around the globe. A headline writer at the Vancouver Sun used the phrase on a Dan Barnes sports story about fourth place finishes at the 2010 Olympics. Other newspaper editors often found the phrase useful, too. It was uttered by then assistant city editor Dave Obee, now editor and publisher of the Victoria Times Colonist, and recorded by journalist Allan Connery.
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However, a search on - the largest online newspaper archive - shows one of the earliest dates on which a newspaper actually published the phrase “May the fourth be with you” was actually right here at the Calgary Herald.
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An animated character in the British series Count Duckula uttered the phrase in 1988 and a British politician used it on during a House of Commons defence debate. A Lucasfilm employee also thought of the pun and began sharing it with others on a film set on May 4, 1982. So, when did the phrase start being used? There’s a story about an American newspaper using the phrase in reference to July 4 celebrations in the United States in the late 1970s. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Questions about the credibility of the ad led CNN to say in 2021, “Finding direct evidence requires a search as diligent as Darth Vader’s quest for the Rebel Alliance base, but whatever the case, the pun was out in the wings, just waiting to be put to use.” Skeptics also note that the purported screenshots of the ad - which can be found all over the Internet - feature a photo of Thatcher that appears to be a 1982 shot. It seems impossible to track down the ad in archived versions of the 1979 newspaper (the London Evening News) that supposedly published the ad, leading some to doubt the veracity of the report. Screenshots of this ad are easy to find on the Internet, but did this ad ever actually appear in a newspaper in 1979? Some say no, alleging the photo is a 1982 shot of Margaret Thatcher. Congratulations.” But is the story of the ad simply a sci-fi fable? Reportedly, her Conservative party took out a newspaper ad (referencing the next day, May 4) that said: “May The Fourth Be With You, Maggie. On May 3, 1979, Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first female prime minister. But the first time “May the force be with you” became “May the fourth be with you” may have had nothing to do with Star Wars at all. It’s been repeated many times throughout Star Wars movies by other characters such as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Han Solo.įans love repeating it, too. In the original 1977 Star Wars movie, the phrase was first said by a general who was sending Rebel troops off to battle an evil empire and that dastardly Darth Vader. The next issue of Calgary Herald Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.
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