Yep. Star Wars Day is a thing. It’s unofficial, but it’s still a thing. May 4th was chosen as Star Wars Day simply because of the easy pun, riffing on the classic Star Wars greeting “May the Force be with you.” The holiday came about due to a bunch of things, like the internet and social media, but mostly because – let’s face it – there are a lot of Star Wars nerds out there (and I’m one of them) and sooner or later, there was going to be a holiday for the franchise George Lucas started rolling all those years ago. People most often choose to dress up as the characters from the films or books or video games, but people also have…
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