When we think that the “Star Wars Day”, this event in the form of a world day, was born from a simple pun, “May the 4th be with you”.
This is perhaps how we measure the power of a saga like
Star Wars,
44 years after its creation.
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Star Wars Day
?
For two years, the pandemic has been right of physical gatherings and other "cosplays" allowing fans to come together around the world to celebrate with dignity their passion for the saga imagined by George Lucas.
And yet, thanks to social networks as well as to the Disney + platform, it is almost certain that the most trendy phrase of this Tuesday, May 4, 2021 is "
May the Force be with you!"
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Star Wars
Known by its original name "May The 4th Be With you", Star Wars Day was established from an English word game combining the date of May 4 and the expression "May the Force be with you".
For the record, this celebration dates back to the election on May 4, 1979 of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister.
To celebrate this victory, his party offers itself a half-page advertisement in the
London Evening News
, with a message that does not lack humor:
"May the Fourth Be with you, Maggie
", already playing on the growing notoriety from the
Star Wars
saga
.
On the occasion of Star Wars day, Disney + is offering “
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
”, a brand new animated series, inspired by the George Lucas saga.
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Fans were quick to pick up on this pun ... And May 4th thus became World
Star Wars Day
.
This year is therefore no exception to the rule.
For the occasion, Disney + is offering “
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
”, a brand new animated series, as well as a new
Simpsons
short film
inspired by the George Lucas saga.
Other thematic content will also pay homage to a galaxy far, far away.
Lucasfilm and Disney + have also asked fans and artists around the world to offer them a series of illustrations that will dress up the platform's service for several days.
Disney + / LUCASFILM LTD.
Lucasfilm and Disney +, for example, have asked fans and artists around the world to offer them a series of illustrations that will dress up the platform's service for several days.
These creations, which reinvent in an original way various
Star Wars
films and series
, will be visible on the service until May 9.
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Another new surprise, the broadcast of a short film tribute to Maggie Simpson in
"The Awakening of the Force after the nap
".
In a very, very distant nursery… but still in Springfield, Maggie goes in search of the pacifier that has been stolen from her.
His adventure will make him meet young Padawans, Siths, well-known droids, intrepid rebels but also make him lead an epic fight against the dark side.
In this Simpsons tribute short film, little Maggie wakes up from a nap, and discovers that her pacifier has been stolen.
She goes in search of him, and along the way will meet young Padawans, Siths, droids who will help her not to switch to the dark side of the Force.
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What we can already say about the piece of resistance,
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
, is that it takes the good old recipes of war films, blending them happily with westerns of yesteryear.
The five members of the "Bad Batch", this squad of rebellious clone troopers, make their debut on Disney + on May 4, 2021. Forward bad troop!
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This first episode picks up the storyline at the end of the Clone Wars.
Above all, he introduces us to a squad of clones unlike any other, Clone Force 99. The five members of this
Star Wars
“Suicide Squad”
are led by Hunter, a warrior with unorthodox methods.
Forward, bad troop!
This "Bad Batch" (which could be translated as "bad troop") borrows from all the references of the western and war films. They range
from Aldrich's
Twelve Bitches
, to the disillusioned mercenaries
of Sam Pekinpah's
The Savage Horde
,
to Quentin Tarantino's
Inglourious Basterds
. We find pele mixes the hut, the deceitful sniper, the reprogrammed android, the electronics specialist, and the rebel leader.
The action takes place when the Republic switches to the side of the Empire, while Chancellor Palpatine has just given "order 66" to the cloned divisions which orders the elimination of the Jedi Order, supposedly traitors to the Republic ... Our hotheads should have complied with this directive.
But their altered chip allows them to keep a certain free will.
Soon they will be joined by a young girl named Omega, a superior clone who understood the stakes of what just happened.
This first episode of an unusually long 75 minutes is effective, rhythmic and well conducted.
It will be followed every Friday by a new 20-minute episode.