May the Fourth Be With You: fans celebrate Star Wars Day
Fan tributes run the gamut from cosplay to cupcakes
From dressing up as stormtroopers to hosting movie marathons, film fans are celebrating Star Wars Day on Wednesday with all things dedicated to the blockbuster sci-fi franchise.
Star Wars enthusiasts marked the day celebrating the space saga by chanting or posting "May the Fourth Be With You" on social media, a play on the films' catchphrase "May the force be with you."
In Taipei, fans dressed up as their favourite characters including Rey, the heroine from the latest The Force Awakens film, Chewbacca, stormtroopers as well as Jedi Knights, posing for pictures alongside an inflatable R2-D2 and Jabba the Hutt.
In Malaysia, a replica of Han Solo's Millennium Falcon ship was built with more than 200,000 Lego bricks in the run-up to the occasion.
Fans also took to social media to share everything from Star Wars themed photos to artwork, cupcakes to toast cut in the shape some of the movies' characters.
May the 4th be with you.<br><br>Loving these Star Wars cup cakes - particularly the use of the Oreo :-) Perhaps we'll... <a href="https://t.co/Kaq9i2daAt">https://t.co/Kaq9i2daAt</a>
—@JJPantryHappy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarWarsDay?src=hash">#StarWarsDay</a> to all the working Imperials today. <a href="https://t.co/sOmAb5Eu8P">pic.twitter.com/sOmAb5Eu8P</a>
—@501st_NERHappy <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarWarsDay?src=hash">#StarWarsDay</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MayThe4thBeWithYou?src=hash">#MayThe4thBeWithYou</a> <a href="https://t.co/fKoqiLiWrG">https://t.co/fKoqiLiWrG</a>
—@mashableActress Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey in the latest series of Star Wars films, also joined in on the celebrations by sharing behind the scenes pictures of her on set via Instagram.
After the huge box office success of The Force Awakens which came out last year, fans are now awaiting the next instalment, Star Wars Episode VIII, currently in production and due for release in December 2017.