Star Wars Day on May 4, 1979, the day Margaret Thatcher took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. An online news article from the Danish public broadcaster says her political party, the Conservatives, placed a congratulatory advertisement in "The London Evening News", saying "May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations." The saying was used in a UK Parliament defence debate on May 4, 1994. Astrophysicist and author Jeanne Cavelos used the saying on page 94 of her 1999 book "The Science of Star Wars". In 2008, the first Facebook groups appeared, celebrating "Luke Skywalker Day," with the same catchphrase. While
Star Wars: Battlefront 2010, Kotaku reported that SOCOM developer Slant Six Games was working with LucasArts to develop an online-only "Battlefront" title due in 2011. The game was said to be released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was also stated that this game may have been the source of the "Star Wars: Battlefront 3" concept art renders. However, it has been revealed that the game has been cancelled after the studio was unable to meet its 2010 release deadline. Star Wars: First Assault was to be a downloadable multiplayer shooter for Xbox Live Arcade. "Digital Trends" speculated that "Star Wars: