Young or old, movie buffs or not, almost everyone has seen – or at least knows – the saga star Wars. And the world of sports is no exception. After the release of the first film in 1977. New hopeto date with many projects Disney about the franchise (series Kenobi will be released on May 27), the universe created by George Lucas has been a resounding success.
And the date each year allows fans star Wars to pay tribute to his favorite saga: May 4. The choice, which is not due to chance and is explained by the famous phrase “Let there be strength with you”, sounded in several films of the franchise. In English it translates as “may the power be with you”. And in English May 4 is translated as “Fourth of May”. Consonance, which made May 4 a day of celebration star Wars which turns into several events and many posts on social networks.
A small game to which many clubs, leagues or athletes have committed themselves, all countries and sports combined. Even if, of course, most of the tribute comes from the United States, the country where star Wars has the greatest success. A small anthology of the most unusual publications.
football
In England, Chelsea had fun making the lion of his logo appear in space with a lightsaber in his hand.
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# 4 May Be with you ?? pic.twitter.com/harWKeoyfO
– Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 4, 2022
Turin’s Juventus went further. After stealing a banner that opens nine episodes of the franchise, she made montages with six of her players. Manuel Locatelli becomes, for example, “Loca Fett” (referring to the character of Bobby Fett), Moses Keane – “Moses-Van Kenobi” (Obi-Wan Kenobi), and Dusan Vlahovich is called “Darth Vlahovich” (Darth Vader).
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# Pellegrini To Luke Skywalker @ locamanuel73 è Loca Fett #Star Wars pic.twitter.com/SkPiK6MTZ3
– FC Juventus (@juventusfc) May 4, 2022
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# DV7 è Darth Vlahovich @GrossoJulia and Princess Julia # Star Wars Day pic.twitter.com/pPC7KMUUcm
– FC Juventus (@juventusfc) May 4, 2022
rugby
The New Zealand team made an original installation, placing their players with lightsabers in their hands in the picture.
The Wigan Warrior, a Wigan-based English rugby league club, filmed the attacker during the day at the club.
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? Happy # Star Wars Day!! May the 4th be with you! # 4 May # 4 May Be with you #WWRL pic.twitter.com/CEIVBVVR2G
– Wigan Warriors ???? (@WiganWarriorsRL) May 4, 2022
Score Twitter The World Rugby Sevens International Rugby Championship competition featured images of fans dressed as stormtroopers.
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?? How to attract an attacker:
• Take them to # HSBC7sOf course! # Star Wars Day | # 4 May Be with you pic.twitter.com/3fEtcEP9LS
– World Rugby Sevens (@ WorldRugby7s) May 4, 2022
tennis
Page We are tennis France made a video montage of the exchange between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Instead of rackets, two men return the ball with … lightsabers. We even see the shadow of a TIE fighter (the ship appears in star Wars) move the cursor to the course.
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Hi, today is Star Wars Day # 4 May Be with you pic.twitter.com/mnyI0HI9bD
– We Are Tennis France (@WeAreTennisFR) May 4, 2022
Basketball
According to the Indian NBA report, it was fun to dress Ja Moranta, the star of “Memphis Grizzlies”, in a Jedi costume, in a Luke Skywalker costume. A way to congratulate the American player, the author of a huge performance against the Golden State Warriors last night (106-101).
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?????? ?????????? ???? ?????????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ??# NBA75 # NBAPlay-off # 4 May Be with you # Star Wars Day @JaMorant pic.twitter.com/8XgBfuUyhY
– NBAIndia (@NBAIndia) May 4, 2022
Formula 1
The Red Bull team published a photo of people dressed as members of the Galactic Empire in front of the garage.
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When you have a race in 3, but the empire for defense in 5 ???? # Star Wars Day pic.twitter.com/dDY3pRcs1Q
—Oracle Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) May 4, 2022
football
On May 4, the account of the German NFL was suspended. He published various montages to pay tribute star Wars.
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Die Macht is absolute in football Germany! ?? #Star Wars # Maythe4thbewithy pic.twitter.com/80y8oicgS2
– NFL Germany (@NFLDeutschland) May 4, 2022
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Your love sport with the greatest epic is always true! ?? #Star Wars # Maythe4thbewithy pic.twitter.com/wf2XPMajbG
– NFL Germany (@NFLDeutschland) May 4, 2022
The most original is a variety of helmets from NFL franchises mixed with the saga universe, such as “Tatooine Tuskenraiders”, “Toydaria Wattos” or “Droidekas Ryloth”.
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Das Beste, was du am # Star Wars Day very wirst. Versnear! ?? # Maythe4thbewithy
1 of NFC. (via John Ray) pic.twitter.com/IfjQP8Eyho
– NFL Germany (@NFLDeutschland) May 4, 2022
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NFL-Helm x @Star Wars – Tale 2! ?? # Maythe4thbewithy (via John Ray) pic.twitter.com/7EYy4O2uO8
– NFL Germany (@NFLDeutschland) May 4, 2022
Hockey
NHL teams published photo montages on May 4. Columbus Blue Jackets paid tribute to Tatooine (a planet that exists in star Wars), while the Detroit Red Wings preferred to confuse their players with the Galactic Empire.
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# 4 May Be with you … Always#CBJ pic.twitter.com/PFmsTrSiHm
– Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) May 4, 2022
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??????# 4 May Be with you pic.twitter.com/O3zM1ouY1L
– Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) May 4, 2022
baseball
The MLB, the North American Baseball League’s European account, has released a video of the mascot battling a lightsaber with a player from the Cleveland Indians (now the Cleveland Guardians).
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May the fourth be with you #Star Wars # 4 May Be with you pic.twitter.com/6QrQX35CTk
– MLB Europe (@MLBEurope) May 3, 2022
Veil
Finally, skipper Jeremy Beyu went there with his meeting. He posted a photo of his Imoca next to the Millennium Falcon, asking which of the two would go faster.
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# 4 May Be with you ?
On this day of strength, a small race match between@ImocaGS @Charal and the Millennium Falcon. Who are we betting on? ??#LiveFort #CharalSailingTeam #Only you pic.twitter.com/GO3Gjwmq4b– Jérémie Beyou – Charal Sailing Team (@JeremieBeyou) May 4, 2022
A race that would be hard to win for Imoca if it doesn’t quickly develop a system to reach the speed of light …
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