Like every May 4th for many years, fans of lightsabers and spaceships have paid tribute on social networks to the cult saga “Star Wars”. They were again very inspired for this 2022 vintage.
On Wednesday, May 4, the hashtag #MayThe4thBeWithYou rose to the top of global trends across all social platforms. It was the “day Star Wars on the Web, with this keyword in the form of a play on words: in English, May 4th is said “ May the fourth “, which is also a reference to the famous replica of the saga ” May the Force be with you ”, meaning in French “ May the force be with you “.
Through this keyword, fans of the saga of all generations have published an avalanche of memes, photo-montages, video parodies and an infinity of hilarious messages, all at superlight speed. ” Your teeth, every day, you will brush! “, for example, wrote a father to his children, thus imitating the particular phrasing of master Yoda, one of the most powerful Jedi in the galaxy, famous for his legendary wisdom and his mania for reversing the order of words. A day largely supported by the production house LucasFilm and Disney, owner since 2013 of the Star Wars franchise.
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Messages also to comment on the news
For the online fan community, George Lucas’ cinematic work remains the pinnacle of contemporary pop culture. As one netizen put it, ” Star Wars is THE best saga of all time, I don’t want to hear anything! “. For fans, this day was an opportunity to exchange childhood memories. ” Me, when I was little, I wanted to be Han Solo and that’s it! “wrote one of them.
Many Internet users have published video parodies by rewriting the cult dialogues of the films. Even the Army was on board with a clip featuring the armored vehicle called “Le Griffon” and French soldiers engaged in a fight against a Sith, one of the villains of the dark side of the Forceat war with the Jedi Order.
Some Internet users also took the opportunity to comment on the news. ” The Force you have is your ballot », counter-attacked the NGO A Voté to encourage young people to participate in legislative elections. And ” May the Force be with them “, launched a twittos to comment on the possible questioning of the right to abortion in the United States.