May The Fourth Be With You
By Tye Richmond
Well, we all know what today is May 4th aka May the Fourth be with you each year on National Star Wars Day. Or is it, “May the force be with you?”.
Based on the nationaldaycalender.com “Thousands of Star Wars enthusiasts celebrate this day each year with parties and celebrations around the nation. If your a fan, then National Star Wars Day allows you to dress like your favorite character, say your favorite lines from the series and catch the movie or read the book.”
“Star Wars fans didn’t first introduce the often-quoted phrase on May 4th. It was 1979, and Britain elected the first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. On May 4th, the day she took office, the Conservative Party placed an advertisement in The London Evening News, which read, “May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations.”
The article continued to say “Star Wars creator, George Lucas, was asked during a 2005 interview on a German news TV channel to say the famous sentence “May the Force Be with You.” Upon doing so, the interpreter interpreted the sentence into German as Am4 Mai sind wir bei Ihnen (On May 4 we are with you). TV Total captured this and aired it on May 18, 2005.”
In all honesty, I have never seen a Star Wars movie. I’ve never even seen the new spin-offs they have on Disney Plus. I know some of you are saying, “OMG you haven’t seen Star Wars”. I’m sorry to all you Star Wars fans out there but I never had the urge to watch Stars Wars, and I never understood all the hype about Star Wars.
I can probably say that most Millennials or Gen Zer’s haven’t seen Star Wars. Growing up Star Wars wasn’t the “hottest movie” out. It was a classic movie that our parents and some of our grandparents talked about. The biggest movie franchise when I was growing up was Harry Potter and Fast & Furious. Side note, I have never seen any of the Harry Potter movies and I’ve never read the book either.
But Fast & Furious I’ve seen all the movies even though they have taken a turn for the worst with their newer movies. Yes, people I still watch Fast & Furious. I don’t know why but I just connect with the franchise.
Don’t get me wrong Star Wars and Harry Potter are probably incredible movies. One day, I very well might watch them, but today it is May 4th and I will let the true Star Wars fans have their day.
