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 Detours Star Wars Detours Star Wars Detours is an unaired American CGI-animated comedy series, differentiated from the other "Star Wars" animated series in that it is a parody of the franchise. It offers a comedic take on what happened between the prequel trilogy ("Episodes I-III") and the original trilogy ("Episodes IV-VI"). The series is produced by Lucasfilm Animation in collaboration with "Robot Chicken" creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. Although roughly two seasons of the show exist, they have never been released to the public. Since The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, the show has been on hiatus