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
Comparison of Star Trek and Star Wars Wars". Shatner has also posted a number of humorous tweets on his Twitter account mocking "Star Wars". Amongst them were commemorating the 35th anniversary of the poorly received "Star Wars Holiday Special". It was then that "Star Wars" actor Peter Mayhew posted a "retaliation" tweet congratulating Shatner for the directing of "", another poorly received film. Both franchises are set to grow throughout the next decade. "Star Trek" was rebooted with a series of feature films starting with the "Star Trek" reboot (2009), which was followed by "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013) and "Star Trek Beyond" (2016) and a number