“May the 4th be with you” is a pun on the Star Wars phrase “May the Force be with you.” The first official use of "May the 4th be with you" was in 1979, celebrating Margaret Thatcher's election.
It didn’t begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every May 4 it feels like images, memes and promotional deals involving “Star Wars” have an inescapable gravity. May 4 — or May the 4th ...