uttered by a rather minor character named General Dodonna (played by the late actor Alex McCrindle) in the franchise’s first film “Star Wars: A New Hope” in 1977.
The memorable line was delivered as members of the Rebel Alliance planned to attack the Galactic Empire’s Death Star battle station at the film’s climax.
Since then, the phrase has found its way into different aspects of everyday life. Lucasfilm, the production company behind the films, claimed the phrase was later flipped in 1978 as a way to greet others on the Fourth of July.
The unofficial holiday also took off and found new meaning after former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s political party took out a half-page ad in the London Evening News to declare her victory in 1979. “May the Fourth Be With You, Maggie.
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