Star Wars Day It is a trend every May 4th in the various social networks. The celebration is replicated by millions of fans of the saga around the world who greet each other with the phrase: “May the 4th Be With You”. The reason for the date of the curious celebration is due to the fact that the phrase has a pronunciation that from English phonetics is very similar to the leitmotiv of the Jedi warriors: “May the Force Be With You”.
Of course, many fans of the epic tale created by de George Lucas, considered one of the most lucid in cinematic science fiction, had the opportunity to pay their timely tribute. That was the case with “The Tonight Show”in 2015, the program hosted by the comedian Jimmy Fallon, made a music video with the cast of Star Wars. This memory was revived, celebrating the anniversary, with a viral result on the networks.
At that time, the tribute was based on the emblematic composition of the maestro John Williams and sung by the cast of the saga: Harrison Ford, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Gwendoline Christie, and Carrie Fisher. They all accompanied Fallon on the famous tune. In addition, BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO also appeared along with a whole troop of stormtroopers.
Lucas’s work spawned eleven films, including the three trilogies and the two spin-offs already released. However, it was not the American filmmaker who had the ingenious idea of taking a date that was phonetically so close to the phrase that he himself patented as the greeting of the Jedi warriors, and that ended up becoming the kickoff for Star Wars Day. .
The origin, curiously, is in a publication of a political article in the British newspaper London Evening News, of May 4, 1979. In the note, members of the Conservative Party english congratulate Margaret Thatcher for her brand new position as prime minister. Only in 2011 the organizers of the Toronto Underground Cinema Film Festival they chose May 4 to carry out the event and evoke the film. Since then, powered by social networks, the tradition has expanded.
by RN
