How the world celebrated May the Fourth

You may have seen a lot of comments in your social media yesterday about May the Fourth.

If you are not a Star Wars fan you may not have realised what it was about.

Taking a line from the movies May the force be with you, a pun turning force to fourth has become an annual celebration of the popular films, and has become known as Star Wars Day.

Read more: May the fourth be with you. 

On May 4 around the world there are movie marathons, dress-ups and special events.

You won’t believe how it was celebrated this year, and by whom.

Read more: May the fourth be with you; jokes and trivia.

Here are some of our favourites:

May the 4th be with you! #Yoda @Padres @MLB @IntentionalTalk @AnthonyBass52 @ehamren #TBT pic.twitter.com/j9HA5HurRR

— Josh Spence (@joshspence) May 4, 2017

May the 4th be with you, cause it sure as hell wasn’t with this guy. #MayThe4thBeWithYou via @JukinMedia pic.twitter.com/OhkcnYjIwX

— Complex (@Complex) May 4, 2017

It goes without saying the day featured tributes to Carrie Fisher.

may the fourth be with you and I miss you Carrie ? #maythefourth #starwars #MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/0Sh3oA86DJ

— ghey boi (@nevertrustafox) May 4, 2017

May the fourth be with you. pic.twitter.com/ePExX2fMLz

— Eliza Roxcy (@profprophetess) May 5, 2017

 

This year we lost the icon that is Carrie Fisher. It wouldn’t feel right if we didn’t pay tribute to her on #starwars. #Maytheforcebewithyou

A post shared by IGN (@igndotcom) on May 4, 2017 at 4:18pm PDT

Even her daughter posted this tribute.

 

??‍?? #maythe4thbewithyou

A post shared by Billie Lourd (@praisethelourd) on May 4, 2017 at 11:04am PDT

Goodnight May the Fourth be with us all pic.twitter.com/8HoYRRmeGL

— Shanners (@ShannersKC) May 5, 2017

The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also wore Star Wars themes socks when he went to meet with the Irish Prime Minister.

 

These are the socks you’re looking for. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou ✨ Voici des bas de circonstance aujourd’hui. #Guerredesétoiles

A post shared by Justin Trudeau (@justinpjtrudeau) on May 4, 2017 at 10:07am PDT

We did this story today for very good reason. Today is revenge of the fifth!

Did you celebrate May the Fourth?