Star Wars gets its own day today with quotes. May the Fourth be with you is defiantly not Obi-Wan Kenobi with a lisp. May 4 is Star Wars Day, thanks to a play on the classic Jedi Knight phrase “May the force be with you,” within the Star Wars movie series. Star Wars geeks celebrate May the Fourth be with you by integrating corny Star Wars quotes, both popular and obscure, into their conversations. Popular quotes from Star Wars could be on lists all over the web for May the Fourth. But obscure Star Wars quotes like a low interest loans to forgotten scenes are one of the most fun, such as "I suggest a new strategy, R2. Let the wookiee win."
May the Fourth be with you
For movie geeks, “May the Force be with you” is to Star Wars what “Live long and prosper” is to Star Trek. It is the best of all Star Wars quotes; a symbol of the status the Star Wars universe has achieved in our culture. At least one character says "May the Force be with you" in each and every one of the six George Lucas' Star Wars movies. The line was chosen in 2005 as No. 8 on the American Film Institute list, AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movie Quotes. For a formal definition, leave it to the geeks at Wookieepedia to set the record straight:
“May the Force be with you” was a phrase used to wish luck, generally when individuals parted ways or the object of the expression was facing some kind of imminent challenge. The phrase implied the speaker’s wish that the power of the Force would be working alongside the addressee, in order the addressee’s goals would be more effectively accomplished.”
Quotes by Yoda
The most popular Star Wars quotes uttered on May the Fourth be with you will without doubt be Yoda quotes. Yoda’s trademark idiom of reversing the subject and predicate in sentences could be used by individuals to imitate the little green badass in virtually any conversation. For example, “The bus to work, I will take,” will use the same twisted sentence structure as the Yoda quote “Strong I am, with the force.” Yoda quotes abound on the web. Samples are here at quotemountain.com:
Powerful you’ve become, the dark side I sense in you. Grave danger you are in. Impatient you are. Try not. Do or don’t, there is no try. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will. Always in motion is the future. Size matters not. Blind we are, if creation of this clone army we could not see. Help you I can, yes. Agree with you the council does. Your apprentice Skywalker will be. When 900 years you reach, look as good, you will not.
A lot more quotes from Star Wars
May the Force be with you is spoken by Star Wars characters in virtually every situation described above. Even Han Solo, whose most famous Star Wars quote may be “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid,” blesses Luke Skywalker with the quote before the attack on the Death Star battle station in the first Star Wars movie released in 197. In that film, Princess Leia, jumping into Luke’s arms and about to swing on a rope like Tarzan and Jane over a bottomless chasm, simply says “Good luck.”
Resources
American Film Institute list, AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movie Quotes
http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/quotes.aspx
little green badass
http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/yoda/
first Star Wars movie released in 197
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/
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