# It's Star Wars Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2014, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624 "2014-05-04T07:29:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/1 "2014-05-04T07:29:11Z")
May the Fourth be with you! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/2 "2014-05-04T07:44:17Z")
Double, your posting is. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/3 "2014-05-04T07:51:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Double, your posting is. It’s not a repeat post. It’s a special edition. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/4 "2014-05-04T10:34:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Double, your posting is. > [@Alessan](#): > > It’s not a repeat post. It’s a special edition. In which Han shot second. PHOOEY! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/5 "2014-05-04T11:32:14Z")
I like star wars but hate this “star wars day” thing It’s just a movie why do nerds have to overdo everything ---
**Author:** ![SuperAbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@SuperAbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperAbe)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/6 "2014-05-04T11:38:16Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I like star wars but hate this “star wars day” thing > > It’s just a movie why do nerds have to overdo everything That’s…pretty much what nerds do: [“an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit”.](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nerd) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/7 "2014-05-04T12:30:46Z")
It’s also the anniversary of the Kent State Shootings. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/8 "2014-05-04T13:29:31Z")
Was thith invented by Daffy Duck? (It’s early) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/9 "2014-05-04T13:42:16Z")
It’s my birthday. 😃 And **madrabbitwoman** ’s, IIRC ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/10 "2014-05-04T14:11:56Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I like star wars but hate this “star wars day” thing > > It’s just a movie why do nerds have to overdo everything If you don’t want to celebrate Star Wars Day, don’t, but this is threadshitting and insulting – you’re basically calling the participants in the thread assholes. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/11 "2014-05-04T14:18:43Z")
Unfair warning that was a harmless comment I didn’t call anyone an asshole that is a gross exaggeration of what I said ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/12 "2014-05-04T15:03:30Z")
Oops ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/13 "2014-05-04T15:08:12Z")
Star Wars fans are lucky. We Rush fans only get [one day per century](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=640435) to celebrate. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/14 "2014-05-04T15:17:16Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > We Rush fans only get [one day per century](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=640435) to celebrate. But in 98 years, you’ll get an entire YEAR, plus you can use the 2/1/12 date again\*. See you then! \*And we’ll STILL be hearing the “May the 4th” quip. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/15 "2014-05-04T17:01:32Z")
Arrested Development. [It’s Cinco de Cuatro](http://www.fakeblock.com/content/Cinco_de_Cuatro.png) ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/16 "2014-05-04T23:45:47Z")
So other than making that stupid pun over and over, what else is there to this holiday? And why isn’t it on May 25, the day the movie was released? …oh right, cuz then we couldn’t make that pun… ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/17 "2014-05-04T23:59:49Z")
Taking the broad view, while the Star Wars juggernaut is way overblown in the popular mind (IMHO), Star Wars Legos are all kinds of awesome. Happy Star Wars day! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/18 "2014-05-05T00:02:52Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > So other than making that stupid pun over and over, what else is there to this holiday? And why isn’t it on May 25, the day the movie was released? …oh right, cuz then we couldn’t make that pun… It’s to annoy people who detest puns. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-star-wars-day/687624/19 "2014-05-05T15:43:02Z")
Now it is time for Revenge of the Fifth.