40th Anniversary of ‘Star Wars’

The original Star Wars film made its debut 40 years ago today on May 25, 1977. I still vividly remember my Mom and Dad taking our family to the Center Theatre in downtown Salt Lake City that summer to see Star Wars and how wowed we all were by it. I am extremely grateful for my dear parents for this and so many other happy memories.

Here’s one of my all-time favorite Star Wars posters–the “Style A” poster designed and painted by the great American artist Tom Jung.

And as an added bonus, here’s a 40th birthday post from the official Star Wars Instagram feed:

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And many more. 🎈🎉 #StarWars #StarWars40th #ANewHope

A post shared by Star Wars (@starwars) on May 25, 2017 at 6:31am PDT

Images © Lucasfilm Ltd.

Happy Star Wars Day

© Lucasfilm

It’s May 4th, so let me be the millionth person to tell you Happy Star Wars Day and “May the fourth be with you.” Here are some of my favorite posts I’ve seen online today from the many creative folks on the internet.

@Twitter Happy #StarWarsDay! pic.twitter.com/cCI6vOnRnC

— Star Wars (@starwars) May 4, 2017

May the 4th be with you. Happy #StarWarsDay! pic.twitter.com/DxHZYLHXy6

— Mount Vernon (@MountVernon) May 4, 2017

Happy @starwars day from the @SoundofMusic! #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #StarWarsDay #SoundOfMusic pic.twitter.com/f6DXkJWpYB

— The Sound of Music (@SoundofMusic) May 4, 2017

Happy #MayTheFourth from the #DonnyandMarie show! Wishing my fellow @StarWars fans a festive #StarWarsDay. pic.twitter.com/WW3G3eqGTk

— Donny Osmond (@donnyosmond) May 4, 2017

#Maythe4thBeWithYou ❤️ pic.twitter.com/I4e49xCuXq

— Collider (@Collider) May 4, 2017

That's no moon! Oh wait…it is. Saturn's moon Mimas resembles the Death Star: https://t.co/aLlWPN8fib #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay pic.twitter.com/JvhXdlWpbq

— NASA (@NASA) May 4, 2017

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#MayTheFourthBeWithYou

A post shared by Westcoaster (@westcoasternet) on May 4, 2017 at 11:50am PDT

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#starwarsday #maythe4thbewithyou #starwars

A post shared by TCL Chinese Theatres (@chinesetheatres) on May 4, 2017 at 9:57am PDT

https://instagram.com/p/BTrfqY9Bomb/

The original Jedi.
May the fourth be with you #starwarsday pic.twitter.com/Z3vpyqAXBE

— Clark Art Institute (@the_clark) May 4, 2017

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A post shared by The Academy (@theacademy) on May 4, 2017 at 9:44am PDT

Happy Star Wars Day! How cool is this advert from an old-school BAFTA mag?! 🌟✨🌟 #MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/nIKpqr7lDm

— BAFTA (@BAFTA) May 4, 2017

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It’s #StarWarsDay, so we made a slight revision to these eighth notes. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou! __________ #bb8 #bb8thnote #bb8droid #🎼 #musicscore #maythefourth #maythe4th #maythe4thbewithyou #starwars #lincolncenter #johnwilliams #musicjokes cc: @nyphilharmonic #nypstarwars

A post shared by Lincoln Center (@lincolncenter) on May 4, 2017 at 11:53am PDT

Only 225 days to go, but who’s counting? Until then, #MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/tkigqTnGFE

— IMAX (@IMAX) May 4, 2017

A #MayThe4thBeWithYou message from @RianJohnson for #StarWarsDay. pic.twitter.com/JlnWRZyn4g

— Star Wars (@starwars) May 4, 2017

May the May 4th 2017 be with me

— Miranda Sings (@MirandaSings) May 4, 2017

And some of my Mormon Tabernacle Choir friends might appreciate this one, particularly after tonight’s rehearsal: