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 comics with Dark Horse to publish new comics through Marvel. Though the Dark Horse line was designated as part of the non-canonical "Legends" line, the publisher's four-issue limited series "" is officially considered a canon story as it began life as a story arc in un-produced scripts from the "Clone Wars" TV series. Marvel began publishing the current comics run in 2015, starting with the core "Star Wars" series that would feature stories occurring between the films of the original trilogy. In 2017, IDW Publishing was awarded a license and launched an anthology series called "Star Wars Adventures". The series has