A Lucasfilm employee also thought of the pun and began sharing it with others on a film set on May 4, 1982. So, when did the phrase start being used? There’s a story about an American newspaper using the phrase in reference to July 4 celebrations in the United States in the late 1970s. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Questions about the credibility of the ad led CNN to say in 2021, “Finding direct evidence requires a search as diligent as Darth Vader’s quest for the Rebel Alliance base, but whatever the case, the pun was out in the wings, just waiting to be put to use.” Skeptics also note that the purported screenshots of the ad - which can be found all over the Internet - feature a photo of Thatcher that appears to be a 1982 shot. It seems impossible to track down the ad in archived versions of the 1979 newspaper (the London Evening News) that supposedly published the ad, leading some to doubt the veracity of the report. Screenshots of this ad are easy to find on the Internet, but did this ad ever actually appear in a newspaper in 1979? Some say no, alleging the photo is a 1982 shot of Margaret Thatcher. Congratulations.” But is the story of the ad simply a sci-fi fable? Reportedly, her Conservative party took out a newspaper ad (referencing the next day, May 4) that said: “May The Fourth Be With You, Maggie. On May 3, 1979, Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first female prime minister.
But the first time “May the force be with you” became “May the fourth be with you” may have had nothing to do with Star Wars at all. It’s been repeated many times throughout Star Wars movies by other characters such as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Han Solo.įans love repeating it, too. In the original 1977 Star Wars movie, the phrase was first said by a general who was sending Rebel troops off to battle an evil empire and that dastardly Darth Vader. The next issue of Calgary Herald Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.
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