Star Wars Day (04/05)

May 4 fans of the world famous film saga «Star Wars» (English. Star Wars) celebrate the informal, but no less interesting, holiday – Star Wars Day or Luke Skywalker Day, as fans of this epic created by American director George Lucas sometimes call it. George Lucas).

This holiday arose due to a curious play on words. There are many words in the English language that are written differently and have different meanings, but the peculiarities of their pronunciation are such that they sound almost the same. This is the curiosity.

The famous Jedi parting phrase «Yes will be with you Power» is written in English: «May the force be with you». One of the fans of the film, clearly not deprived of a sense of humor, one day played on this phrase as «May the fourth of May» will be with you, emphasizing that the English word «May» can be translated as the name of the month, and the word «force» (power) replaced with the word «fourth» (fourth).

It should, however, be noted that on May 4, 1979, when the first film in the film saga was almost two years old, in the English news, Margaret Thatcher, elected Prime Minister of Great Britain, was greeted by party supporters with this very phrase: «Yes, will be with you on May 4, Maggie. Congratulations».

The first film in the film saga was released on May 25, 1977. By the way, in the USSR it was first officially shown in two cinemas in 1988 as part of the «Day of US Cinema in the USSR». In 2007, on the 20th anniversary of the release of the first film, Star Wars. New Hope» in Los Angeles was declared Star Wars Day on May 25th. But the date May 4 is more popular among fans.

The first mass Star Wars Day celebration was held in 2011 in Toronto, Canada, accompanied by a costume procession, video and show program. Since then, the holiday has been organized annually, and its dissemination is helped, among other things, by activity on social networks.

On May 4, fans of «Star Wars» watch their favorite epic, organize costume shows and flash mobs, read magazines and comics dedicated to the heroes of the saga, and play computer games. After all, today «Star Wars» – is not only the film itself, consisting of several «-episode», but also a – cartoon, comics, computer games, toys, things with images of heroes, etc.

I would like to congratulate all fans of the film saga on Star Wars Day: May the Force be with you! Especially May 4th!

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