May the Fourth Be With You - The History of Star Wars Day | NowThis Nerd

May the 4th Be With You! Star Wars Day 2017 is here, and we can’t wait to celebrate. But did you know the real history of May the fourth? We’ll take you through all the reasons why May the 4th is the official Star Wars Day and let you know how Star Wars Fans all around the galaxy celebrate Star Wars Day. At sea, on land or even in space, there’s no wrong way to ring in Star Wars Day!
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We’re not stopping there though. May the 4th is great, but there’s way more to May than just the official Star Wars Day. That’s why we’re making the case to Make May Star Wars Month! There’s May 25, the Star Wars 40th Anniversary of the Star Wars Premiere! George Lucas’ birthday on May 14th, and even the Revenge of the Fifth!
Whether it’s your first Star Wars Day or celebrating your Star Wars Anniversary, it’s never been a better time to throw a Star Wars Celebration! So have fun this May the Fourth, and May the FORCE be with you!
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[@Nain617]

One day is not enough ..May The 4th Be With you ..

[@pamelarollins608]

We'll be celebrating May the 4th this year with the birth of our new Grandson!!

[@davidstewart5905]

Love how you mentioned Lucas birthday just like gene roddenberry birthday is star trek day

[@kaylubproductions4517]

1:23 you do realize that ROTJ came out in 1983 and the internet wasn’t popular until the mid nineties

[@arjento2.0]

May the 4th Be With you guys! I'm all on Revenge of the 5th (dang rebels) Let’s celebrate STAR WARS MONTH!

[@sglenny001]

Maggie being a reason for may the forth lmao

[@abramsullivan7764]

I'm a huge fan of STAR WARS starting off with the first 5 pg rating films before the 6th film came out witch is called THE REVENGE OF THE SITH in 2005 it the first film deserves to be pg-13.

[@laurahaynie9149]

Loved your narration of this day. Wanted to use it for my class but then you said the word "hell."' Was that necessary? Now it's out.....

[@Paarths]

Miss, you can reduce the audio there or fast forward that part

[@jeweetubee]

same!

[@leonindustries4706]

Or you can cut it out

[@user-um6lz9hg3r]

Happy Star Wars Day!!

[@svego164]

May the 4th Be with you

[@vader_gamez665]

wait,if disney never bought star wars that would mean ep 9 would have came out in theatres yesturaday

[@carminecdinoproductions]

May the 4th Be With you guys! Let’s celebrate STAR WARS MONTH!

[@Mango610]

May the 4th is my birthday

[@emmamorrell]

Ive watched every star wars...-Emma Jane (me)

[@Kumio209]

we are watching from school

[@SHOTBYZIGGY2]

why does this have 300 dislikes and only 180 likes?

[@ran_tech4715]

The transgender

[@ImBeeDo]

sourcefed

[@jadc8193]

Sooooo Revenge of the Sixth (May 6th) isn't a thing?

[@MarkJamesHamillII]

I love Star Wars! My favorites are A New Hope ,Return of The Jedi, The Empire Strikes Back, The Rise of Skywalker, The Phantom Menace, and The Last Jedi. What are your favorite Star Wars movies?

[@MarkJamesHamillII]

A New Hope

[@areYouStillUpAt12]

May the master Chief be with me. Um heh heh heh wrong place. Imma head out...

[@davidstewart5905]

Not just the 4th of may but also George Lucas birthday to

[@vincently1995]

#MayTheFourthBeWithYou

[@brerkris]

Right on

[@ven2506]

I will watch palpatine best moments

[@anthonybaskette1708]

Greedo shot first but missed

[@Jetxdog]

Am i first

[@nba_nelo2758]

Bro y’all wouldn’t believe me if I said I have never watch any stars movies/cartoons it’s even more sick that I don’t even want to

[@logansmith2703]

Ignore all the dislikes they are mostly from SourceFed fans who are annoyed that they were shut down. it'll probably pass.

[@tackyholidaysweaters]

Logan smith my dislike is because they're just putting the exact same videos they posted 2 months ago on the SFN channel that weren't that good to begin with. If the videos they had been putting on the SFN channel were quality, they would have only gotten backlash from the diehard fans. But they made boring videos on a boring background. I feel like the SFN cast had a much better personality and that they made the video "theirs." I felt like it was much more personal rather than this sterile and clinical vibe from NowThis Nerd. I'll continue to watch but, if it continues to feel boring and impersonal, I'm not going to continue watching.

[@tackyholidaysweaters]

Addition: I've watched through the rest of the videos (and rewatched the other ones) and my opinion on everything prior to the welcome video remains however the welcome video and the videos after are much more interesting. They have personality and were much more enjoyable. I still think they have work to do (boring background, let us get to know the hosts, etc.) but I believe that the new channel deserves a chance. I agree that there are diehard SFN fans that will never jump on but I believe that the separate channel was a step to a great future.

[@logansmith2703]

Katherine Murphy sorry I meant to put mostly in there. I've now edited my post. I agree it definitely was a mistake to post those videos on SFN.