Despite the silly questions on Google about May the 4th celebrations, this is a wonderful unofficial holiday. We created it. That's because a literature society who enjoys language can create celebrations independent of authority figures and groups. We did it with Pie/PI day too.
At the official Star Wars Day site, there are Star Wars Day Recipes such as Jump to Hyperspace with a Cold Corellian Iced Coffee.
This isn't some cynical marketing - it wasn't a promotion originated by Lucasfilm.
Wikipedia says: "The first recorded reference of the phrase being used was on May 4, 1979, the day after Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Her political party, the Conservatives, placed a congratulatory advertisement in the Evening News saying "May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations."
The first organized celebration of Star Wars Day took place in Toronto in 2011. That's when the games became entrenched forever. The Lucasfilm's marketing information now says that the days is related to Geek Pride Day. That seems odd as the Geek pride Day doesn't refer back to Star Wars. But Geek Pride Day does reference science fiction.
So here we are 47 years after the release of the first movie in the series. That seems like a long time to me. I expect other people will remember the opening as thought they were there yesterday.
All those little blossoms on the ground instead of making peaches on the tree.
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