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Monday is Happy Star Wars Day

May 3rd, 2009, 3:41 pm · 4 Comments · posted by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor

I thought that reader Marisa O’Neil of Tustin Ranch was making it up when she posted a message on Twitter saying that Monday is Happy Star Wars Day. But it’s true. Or so says Wikipedia.org:

“May 4 is called ‘Star Wars Day because of a pun or play on words based on the similarity between “May the 4th be with you” and “May the force be with you”, a phrase often spoken in the Star Wars movies.”

Sounds like a joke they’d say on CBS’ wonderful comedy, “The Big Bang Theory.” The next episode, as it happens, is Monday. (”Penny makes a surprising revelation about Leonard while on her date with Stuart.”

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