# May 4th--Happy Star Wars Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786 "2012-05-03T20:15:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/1 "2012-05-03T20:15:22Z")
And May the Fourth be with you. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/2 "2012-05-03T20:20:46Z")
I have a bad feeling about this… ---
**Author:** ![Woeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/3 "2012-05-03T20:22:13Z")
But I was going to go into Tashi station to pick up some power converters! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/4 "2012-05-03T22:01:11Z")
Stay on target… ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/5 "2012-05-03T22:06:42Z")
I’ll have to dig out my [Boba Fetch](http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=20859) t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/6 "2012-05-03T23:04:35Z")
Well tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, May the Fifth be With You! ---
**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 3, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/7 "2012-05-03T23:17:58Z")
Looks at calendar. May 3, 2012. 😕 Is confused. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/8 "2012-05-04T01:44:39Z")
I wondered why members of the [501st](http://www.501st.com/) were out this morning collecting for charity. **cochrane** It is the 4th of May in some parts of the world ---
**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, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/9 "2012-05-04T02:23:55Z")
Not in New Jersey, where **Annie-Xmas** lives. And since Cinco de Mayo is a peculiarly American holiday, that’s not tomorrow, either. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/10 "2012-05-04T03:42:56Z")
Laugh it up, fuzzball. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/11 "2012-05-04T04:45:25Z")
Jar Jar Binks. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/12 "2012-05-04T04:55:51Z")
Way to drop a turd in the punch bowl, **drastic quench**. ---
**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, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/13 "2012-05-04T05:06:06Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Way to drop a turd in the punch bowl, **drastic quench**. Han shot first. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/14 "2012-05-04T12:31:32Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Jar Jar Binks. You’re braver than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/15 "2012-05-04T13:49:49Z")
Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/16 "2012-05-04T13:59:03Z")
Happy Star Wars Day, everybody! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/17 "2012-05-04T14:33:11Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Looks at calendar. > > May 3, 2012. > > 😕 > > Is confused. > [@cochrane](#): > > And since Cinco de Mayo is a peculiarly American holiday, that’s not tomorrow, either. There aren’t the dates you’re looking for. _waves hand_ . ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/18 "2012-05-04T14:46:46Z")
I never heard about this before this morning, when the Public Radio station mentioned it, and used it as an excuse to p;lay John Williams’ _Star Wars_ music\*. How long has this been a “thing”? Is anyone suggesting that March 4 be “war day” because it’s a command, “March Forth?” \*I think they’ve wanted to do this for a long time. Public Broadcast like to slum it. Between this being "Star Wars Day and John Williams having been director of the Boston Pops from 1980 to 21984, they had a good excuse. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/19 "2012-05-04T16:16:50Z")
It’s too big to be a space station! ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786/20 "2012-05-04T17:21:23Z")
March Fourth is Parade Day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4th-happy-star-wars-day/620786.md?page=2)