Changes: May 4

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May the 4th be with you redirects here. You may be looking for the saying May the Force be with you.

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May 4 is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years). There are 241 days remaining.

May 4 is often known as "Star Wars Day". It is jokingly said: "May the 4th be with you", in reference to the popular phrase in Star Wars: "May the Force be with you."

The phrase dates back to at least 1979, on the day Margaret Thatcher was elected Britain's first woman prime minister. Her party took out a newspaper ad in the London Evening News that said "May the Fourth be with you, Maggie. Congratulations."^[1]

On May 2nd, 2019, the state of California's legislature voted and officially declared May 4th as "Star Wars Day" in recognition of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge opening later in the month of May.^[2]

1939 – Paul Gleason is born.
1985 – Return of the Jedi Weekly 98 published.
1998 – I, Jedi published.
2002 – "A Jedi's Weapon" published as part of Free Comic Book Day.
2013 – Star Wars: The Assassination of Darth Vader published as part of Free Comic Book Day.
2014 – The first full-length trailer for Star Wars Rebels is released.
2016 – Poe Dameron 2 published.
2016 – "Attack of the Conscience" airs on Disney XD.
2017 – Adventures in Wild Space: The Rescue published.
2017 – Star Wars: A New Hope published.
2017 – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back published.
2017 – Star Wars: Return of the Jedi published.
2017 – Star Wars: The Doodles Strike Back published.
2017 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Graphics published.
2017 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel published in a new format in the U.K.
2018 – "Chopper and Friends" airs on YouTube.
2018 – "Monster Misunderstanding" airs on YouTube.
2018 – "Art History" airs on YouTube.
2018 – "Porgs!" airs on YouTube.
2018 – "Perilous Pursuit" airs on YouTube.
2018 – "Traps and Tribulations" airs on YouTube.
2018 – "A Disarming Lesson" airs on YouTube.
2019 – Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2019 released.
2020 – Star Wars: The Clone Wars series finale "Victory and Death" airs on Disney+.
2020 – Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian premieres on Disney+ with "Directing".
2020 – Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker premieres on Disney+.
2020 – Star Wars Resistance Season One premieres on Disney+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
2020 – Star Wars Resistance Season Two premieres on Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand.
2020 – LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars premieres on Disney+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
2020 – Doctor Aphra 1 published digitally.
2020 – The soundtrack for the last four episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season seven released.
2021 – Star Wars: The Bad Batch premieres on Disney+ with "Aftermath".
2021 – Star Wars Biomes premiers on Disney+.
2021 – Star Wars Vehicle Flythroughs premiers on Disney+.
2021 – Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens From Its Nap" premiers on Disney+.
2021 – The Mandalorian: Magnetic Fun published.
2021 – Star Wars: The Mandalorian: Volume 1 published.
2021 – Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga: The Official Collector's Edition published.
2021 – Star Wars: Galactic Baking published.
2021 – Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1 published.

Notes and references

Bibliography

External links

May 4 on Wikipedia
Star Wars Day on Wikipedia

In other languages

[1] Once Upon a Galaxy: A Journal of the Making of The Empire Strikes Back

[Official-2] California Makes It Official, Votes to Declare May 4 'Star Wars Day' on www.hollywoodreporter.com (archived from the original on May 6, 2020)

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 '''May 4''' is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years). There are 241 days remaining.
-May 4 is often known as "Star Wars Day". It is jokingly said: "May the 4th be with you", in reference to the popular phrase in ''[[Star Wars]]'': "[[May the Force be with you/Legends|May the Force be with you]]."
+May 4 is often known as "'''Star Wars Day'''". It is jokingly said: "May the 4th be with you", in reference to the popular phrase in ''[[Star Wars]]'': "[[May the Force be with you/Legends|May the Force be with you]]."
 The phrase dates back to at least [[1979]], on the day [[Wikipedia:Margaret Thatcher|Margaret Thatcher]] was elected [[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|Britain's]] first woman [[Wikipedia:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister]]. Her party took out a newspaper ad in the [[Wikipedia:London Evening News|''London Evening News'']] that said ''"May the Fourth be with you, Maggie. Congratulations."''<ref>''[[Once Upon a Galaxy: A Journal of the Making of The Empire Strikes Back]]''</ref>
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 *2020 &ndash; [[Doctor Aphra (2020) 1|''Doctor Aphra'' 1]] published digitally.
 *2020 &ndash; The [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Final Season (Episodes 9-12)|soundtrack]] for the last four episodes of ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' [[The Clone Wars: Season Seven|season seven]] released.
-*[[2021]] &ndash; ''[[Star Wars: The Bad Batch]]'' premiers on Disney+ with "[[Aftermath (episode)|Aftermath]]".
+*[[2021]] &ndash; ''[[Star Wars: The Bad Batch]]'' premieres on Disney+ with "[[Aftermath (episode)|Aftermath]]".
 *2021 &ndash; ''[[Star Wars Biomes]]'' premiers on Disney+.
 *2021 &ndash; ''[[Star Wars Vehicle Flythroughs]]'' premiers on Disney+.
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 *{{TORweb|url=info/news/article/20200504|text=Celebrate May the 4th!|archivedate=20200622120252}}
 *{{SW|url=news/happy-star-wars-day|text=Happy ''Star Wars'' Day!|archivedate=20210504180500}}
+*{{SW|url=news/star-wars-day-merchandise|text=UPDATED: The Bad Batch Lead the Charge in New ''Star Wars Day'' Merchandise|archivedate=20210505090510}}
+*{{SW|url=news/disney-plus-star-wars-day-art-commentary|text=Meet the Artists Behind Disney+'s Stunning ''Star Wars'' Day Art|archivedate=20210504175117}}
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