By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated May 4, 2024
Today you might hear others delivering the following greeting: May the 4th Be With You! That’s because for Star Wars fans, May 4th is a “turn of phrase,” on “‘May the force be with you,’ used by Jedi masters in the movies.”
According to Lucasfilm, home of the franchise, the earliest use of the catchy phrase dates back to “1978, one year after the release
