C’mon, you gotta know this one. It went from pun to meme to geek celebration?
May the Fourth be with you.
It’s a bittersweet holiday for me. ‘Star Wars’ was my Sf&F call to action back in ’77. It galvanized my attention like Tolkien had a few years before: big settings, classic stories slightly retold, instant mythologies I could share with a few million other vicarious pre-Internet friends. I didn’t know it then, but those movies coaxed me into writing.
Though the Lucas luster slipped, I’m cautiously optimistic about the new movies. Disney and J.J. Abrams have a lot to make up for.