It's Star Wars Day, a little-known holiday wherein hard core sci-fi fans commemorate a space opera franchise that failed to attract mainstream attention. Actually it's the day Star Wars fandom goes into hyperdrive to celebrate the epic film saga that spawned a multimedia empire. Expect a complete social media takeover today, as fans post jokes and memes and declarations that Jar Jar Binks sucks and Han Solo shot first.
Over on Twitter, fans are using the #FakeStarWarsFacts hashtag to cram feeds fake movie trivia, probably because everything that could possibly be known about the cultural juggernaut already is. Here's some of the best fact that are most certainly not canon.
#FakeStarWarsFacts Darth Vader used to slip away on quiet nights to play Carol King covers and sip brandy pic.twitter.com/rdiDz3mUYK
— sarah (@SarahinSeattle) May 3, 2015Jaba ate his feelings... #FakeStarWarsFacts pic.twitter.com/Yq919pSBjf
— Malka (@MalkaWolf) May 3, 2015Stormtroopers actually complain a lot. They aren't troopers at all. #FakeStarWarsFacts
— Jeff Dwoskin (@bigmacher) May 3, 2015#FakeStarWarsFacts Yoda's full name is Yoda Layheehoo
— Unnamed Insider (@Unnamedinsider) May 3, 2015Star Wars: A New Hope was originally a Rom-Com titled, "Looking for Love in Alderaan Places" #FakeStarWarsFacts pic.twitter.com/PFEpLf2i8w
— Quintin Hunt (@quindi13) May 3, 2015Juniper Breeze is Darth Vader's favorite Bath & Body Works scent. #FakeStarWarsFacts
— Jordan Payton (@LEGIQN) May 3, 2015A deleted scene from "The Empire Strikes Back" inspired the film "Titanic." #FakeStarWarsFacts pic.twitter.com/EYgjNPfx7W
— Ethan Fixell (@EthanFixell) May 3, 2015C-3P0 is fluent in over 6 million forms of communication, but he cannot speak the language of love. #FakeStarWarsFacts
— Lando Kardashian (@LandoKardashian) May 3, 2015Luke never bullseyed whomp rats... He just wanted to fit in with the other pilots.. #FakeStarWarsFacts
— Ames Mayes (@sema_saw_ereh) May 3, 2015Being frozen in carbonite may cause side-effects such as frequent urination, and priapism.
#FakeStarWarsFacts pic.twitter.com/o5j1qLdxKL
— Follow the Gut (@redbuddhadojo) May 3, 2015The literal translation of Skywalker in Wookie is "Dude, she's your sister" #FakeStarWarsFacts pic.twitter.com/GvP8IWGo01
— R. James Stevens (@RJamesStevens) May 4, 2015
