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Star Wars' Fans Celebrated May The 4th This Year In Epic Fashion

Star Wars' Fans Celebrated May The 4th This Year In Epic Fashion
(Andrew Matthews/PA)

Movie fans across the world have been marking Star Wars Day in style, donning costumes and posting to social media to show their appreciation for the sci-fi franchise.


Star Wars Day is celebrated on May 4 each year, with pun-making fans declaring

“May the fourth be with you"

in homage to the film series' classic Jedi phrase.

The official Twitter account for the franchise asked fans to share their celebrations.



With Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew passing away earlier this week, his family used the opportunity to share a special message.

A post on the actor's Twitter account read:

“May the 4th is a tribute to the scale of Star Wars reach and as we process losing Peter we have been reading all of your posts, hearing your stories & seeing decades worth of fan photos and from the bottom of our hearts we wanted to say Thank You."


While many fans were tweeting, on England's south coast, cosplay actors at Portsmouth Comic Con took to the streets in their finest outfits, with Mayhew's own character Chewbacca, Darth Vader and many a stormtrooper on show.


(Andrew Matthews/PA)


(Andrew Matthews/PA)


(Andrew Matthews/PA)

Meanwhile in Ireland, members of the 501st Legion Ireland Garrison dressed as further characters including Rey and a snow trooper on a boat trip to Skellig Michael.


(Brian Lawless/PA)


(Brian Lawless/PA)

The most recent Star Wars trilogy was partially filmed on the small island.

In nearby Portmagee, as part of the town's May the 4th Festival, young children practiced their skills with a lightsaber by dueling on the grass.


(Brian Lawless/PA)

On Twitter, Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill had his own twist on the celebration's shrewd slogan.

Hamill also corrected a little BBC typo...

...shared a video from an organization he supports that creates prosthetics...

...reminisced about his son's time on the set of The Empire Strikes Back...


...and answered a couple important fan questions, like what was up with the blue milk and...


...when did Luke figure out Leia was his sister.


Meanwhile Warwick Davis, who first appeared as an Ewok in the original Star Wars trilogy film Return of the Jedi and recently appeared again as the character Woollivan in The Force Awakens, shared a message with fans.


Davis played roles in several Star Wars films.

The United Nations Women Twitter account took the chance to pay their respect to Carrie Fisher, who died in 2016, for her “fierce portrayal of Princess Leia".

It tweeted:

“Carrie Fisher's fierce portrayal of Princess Leia, a leader in a male-dominated universe, continues to inspire girls all around the (world) to never give up on their dreams."


Several took the opportunity to remember Fisher...

...and Mayhew...

...and Kenny Baker.

The National Library of Scotland decided there was space for a joke during the celebrations, offering a rather unique weather update.

And in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal Party took things up a notch with a carefully edited photo of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

With Mr Morrison's face edited onto the image of the Jedi character, a caption next to the politician reads “the economy is strong with this one".

Here are some other highlights of the day.









But after May the 4th...

...comes Revenge of the Fifth!

See you all next year!

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