Star Wars Day Quotes: 27 Sayings To Celebrate ‘May The 4th Be With You’

Get your puns ready: Wednesday is Star Wars Day, so-called because it’s May 4 — as in “May the Fourth be with you.”

The unofficial fan celebration is a recent internet trend, but one of the first instances where “May the Fourth be with you” was widely used occurred on this day in 1979, when U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher took office, according to StarWars.com. Her party put an ad in the newspaper that read “May the Fourth Be With You, Maggie. Congratulations.”

More modern Star Wars Day celebrations include deals — Target, for instance, is giving away $10 gift cards to customers who spend $50 or more on “Star Wars” merchandise online — and events — a bar in New York City is hosting a “Star Wars”-themed burlesque show. This year’s observance is sure to be one of the most widely recognized, as it comes between the releases of “Star Wars” movies “The Force Awakens” and “Rogue One.”

If you’re looking for a way to embrace your inner Jedi on Wednesday, try speaking like one. Here are 27 “Star Wars quotes,” collected from IMDb, Bustle, StarWars.com and ShortList:

"When 900 years old you reach, look as good, you will not." — Yoda

"The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now I am the master.” — Darth Vader

"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." — Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Wars not make one great." — Yoda

"The dark side clouds everything. Impossible to see the future is." — Yoda

"Beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will." — Yoda

“If there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from.” — Luke Skywalker

"This will begin to make things right. I've traveled too far and seen too much to ignore the despair in the galaxy. Without the Jedi, there can be no balance in the force." — Lor San Tekka

"The resistance will not be intimidated." — Poe Dameron

"Women always figure out the truth. Always." — Han Solo

“The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded.” — Obi-Wan Kenobi

"We'll see each other again. I believe that." — Rey

"I'm not a hero. I'm a stormtrooper. Like all of them, I was taken from a family I'll never know. And raised to do one thing. But my first battle, I made a choice. I wasn't gonna kill for them. So I ran. Right into you. And you looked at me like no one ever had." — Finn

"Hope is not lost today. It is found." — Leia

"We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life." — C-3PO

"I am no Jedi, but I know the Force. It moves through and surrounds every living thing. Close your eyes. Feel it. The light ... it's always been there. It will guide you." — Maz Kanata

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." — Han Solo

"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened." — Obi-Wan Kenobi

“Judge me by my size, do you?” — Yoda

"In my experience, there's no such thing as luck." — Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Keep your concentration here and now, where it belongs." — Qui-Gon Jinn

“Remember: Your focus determines your reality.” — Qui-Gon Jinn

“Luminous beings are we ... not this crude matter.” — Yoda

“The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.” — Qui-Gon Jinn

“Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him ?” — Obi-Wan Kenobi

“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” — Yoda

“So this is how liberty dies ... with thunderous applause.” — Padmé Amidala