World Naked Gardening Day you,", in a nod to the date of the hybrid World Naked 'Star Wars' Gardening Day, which would occur that year (May 4, 2013), the same as the date of Star Wars Day (May Fourth) and the popular Star Wars expression "May the Force be with you." One suggested idea was "Get naked and paint your face red and black like Darth Maul. Attach another rake to the handle of your existing rake for "nude double lightsaber raking action." The blog author, Duncan, joked he has not though much of which franchise characters he would like to see naked gardening
Star Wars (film) marketing beyond licensing T-shirts and posters, Lippincott was forced to look elsewhere. He secured deals with Marvel Comics for a comic book adaptation, and with Del Rey Books for a novelization. A fan of science fiction, he used his contacts to promote the film at the San Diego Comic-Con and elsewhere within science fiction fandom. Worried that "Star Wars" would be beaten out by other summer films, such as "Smokey and the Bandit", 20th Century Fox moved the release date to May 25, the Wednesday before Memorial Day. However, fewer than 40 theaters ordered the film to be shown. In