Posted on 05/04/2017 9:12:38 AM PDT by nickcarraway
May 4 marks "May the Fourth be with you," the official "holiday" dedicated to George Lucas' galaxy far, far away.
The pun was first used back in 1979, with Britain's Conservative Party congratulating Margaret Thatcher in print for taking the prime minister post that day.
According to Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper, the first organized "Star Wars" event on May 4 took place in 2011 at the Toronto Underground Cinema.
ABC News' parent company, The Walt Disney Company, purchased Lucasfilm in 2012 and has officially observed the holiday since 2013, with events at Disney parks and other celebrations.
To commemorate the special day, TBS will roll out every original "Star Wars" movie in chronological order starting at 6:40 a.m. (ET/PT) with "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace," all the way through an 8:15 p.m. telecast of "Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi." The marathon will be presented with limited commercial interruption.
To help celebrate, why not check out recipes for that ubiquitous Star Wars beverage, blue milk, or K-2SO brownies? StarWars.com has those and more, as well as crafty "Star Wars" party favor ideas.
The next film in the "Star Wars" universe -- "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" -- opens nationwide Dec. 15.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Blue Milk (Bantha Milk) recipe:
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups whole milk
1 tablespoon sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla
blue food gel dye
Stir together the milk, sugar, and vanilla.
When the sugar is dissolved, stir in a drop of blue food gel dye until combined.
Keep in the refrigerator until ready to drink.
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www.rifftrax.com release their commentary of Rogue One today. 6 more hours of work to go before it’s playing at home.
LOL
And tomorrow is the Revenge of the Fifth.
for Mel Brooks lovers: May the Farce be with you.
And for whiskey lovers tomorrow: May the Fifth be in you.
And, it’s my Birthday, today!
Doesn’t gAyBCDisney OWN Star Wars now? Was that in their list of things you may not know?
Who is this a picture of??? To me it looks like Karl Urban; and, that would put it into the Star TREK universe, not Star Wars.
I haven't seen an actual "fifth" on the shelf for decades ... it's all metric, now.
The official dinner of Star Wars Day is hot dogs and macaroni and cheese.
Mine too. The 4th is strong with us.
It is Karl Urban, it was from Star Trek and the point of that is, Star Trek fans roll their eyes at the May the 4th nonsense.
Star Trek will always be better than Star Wars.
Didn’t they all threaten to leave this galaxy if Trump was elected?
Mark
Those are great!
:-D
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