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 Garzon and letterer Ed King. The strip was based on the storyline and characters established in the original trilogy, but never adapted any of the stories, instead fleshing out the history between the three films. The comics have been collected into a number of trade paperbacks and hardcovers: The "Star Wars Omnibus" line of trade paperbacks is a program for collecting series in larger and less expensive collections. This section includes series that are collected elsewhere. Star Wars comics "Star Wars" comics have been produced by various comic book publishers since the debut of the 1977 film "Star Wars". An