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 (1983 video game) of World Records" and which remains the world record to this day. Star Wars (1983 video game) Star Wars is an arcade game designed by Mike Hally and produced by Atari, Inc. in 1983. The game is a first person space combat game using 3D color vector graphics to simulate the attack on the Death Star from the 1977 film "Star Wars". It was developed during the Golden Age of Arcade Games and has appeared in lists of the greatest video games of all time. The game features several digitized samples of voices from the movie, including Mark Hamill as