May The Fourth Be With You: Artist Behind Star Wars Black History Month Collection Shares Perspective On Black Superheroes

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated May 4, 2024Today you might hear others delivering the following greeting: May the 4th Be With You! That’s because for Star Wars fans, May 4th is a “turn of phrase,” on “‘May the force be with you,’ used by Jedi masters in the movies.”According to Lucasfilm, home of the franchise, the earliest use of the catchy phrase dates back to “1978, one year after the release of Star Wars: A New Hope.” That summer on