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 Arcade Star Wars Arcade Star Wars Arcade (also known as Star Wars) is a video game developed by Sega and released in 1993 to arcades. A home port served as a launch title for the Sega 32X in 1994. It is set during the original "Star Wars" trilogy. Gameplay is similar to that of Atari's 1983 "Star Wars" arcade game. Players pilot an X-wing or a Y-wing in first or third person perspective and battle Imperial forces. The game has three levels which include intercepting TIE fighters in an asteroid field, destroying a Super Star Destroyer, and making an assault run