May 4 is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. As of this point, there are 240 days remaining until the end of the year, May the Fourth is the proposed international Star Wars day, the name is making a pun on the common catchphrase in Star Wars "May the Force be with you." ("May the Fourth be With You™") The day after, May 5, is often known as "Revenge of the Fifth", as punned on the movie Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Events[]
- 2008
- 7625 River Chase was released in both the US and the UK.
- 2009
- A LEGO Star Wars minifigure poster was released to promote May the Fourth be With You day.
- 2010
- A special giveaway with any purchase of Star Wars sets was held to promote May the Fourth be With You day. Two bronze Boba Fetts are included in the giveaway pool.
- 2011
- The "May the Fourth be With You™" day promotion on Shop.LEGO.com ended. Orders above US $75/€50/£75/AU $90 would receive a poster and an exclusive Shadow ARF Trooper minifigure.
- 2012
- The "May the Fourth be With You™" day promotion on Shop.LEGO.com began. Orders above US $75/UK £50 receive 8028 Mini TIE Fighter, 5001162 LEGO Exclusive R2-D2 Poster, 6005192 TC-14 and free shipping at no extra cost.
- The Legend of Zelda CUUSOO project reached 10,000 supporters and was passed on to LEGO to be reviewed.
- The Vancouver T-Shirt was released in the LEGO Store in Vancouver, BC, Canada with purchases of CA $35 as a special Grand Opening event.
- 2013
- The "May the Fourth be with You" promotion was an exclusive Han Solo minifigure in a Hoth redesign.
- 2014
- LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded was released.
- The "May the Fourth be with You" promotion was an exclusive Darth Revan minifigure.
- A LEGO themed The Simpsons episode aired on television, the episode itself was called Brick Like Me.
- The promotion ended on May the 6th.