--- title: Star Wars Day: May the Fourth and The Force Awakes Excitement Brews description: Why one Star Wars fan is giving into excitement on May the Fourth canonical: https://time.com/3843530/star-wars-day-may-the-4th/ author: Alex Fitzpatrick article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-04T10:49:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:41:05.118Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Why I'm Giving Into My Feelings This 'Star Wars' Day og:description: May the Fourth be with you og:url: https://time.com/3843530/star-wars-day-may-the-4th/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64622da66ed53ddf/6987edf4e20a872a6aa8932d/star-wars-ep7.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Star Wars: The Force Awakens og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why I'm Giving Into My Feelings This 'Star Wars' Day twitter:description: May the Fourth be with you twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64622da66ed53ddf/6987edf4e20a872a6aa8932d/star-wars-ep7.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why I'm Giving Into My Feelings This _Star Wars_ Day > Sponsored content. 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Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2_  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick May 4, 2015 10:49 AM UTC  Star Wars: The Force Awakens Ph: Film Frame ©Lucasfilm 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Ph: Film Frame ©Lucasfilm 2015Lucasfilm/Disney  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick May 4, 2015 10:49 AM UTC In the 2009 comedy _Fanboys,_ a group of estranged high school friends reunite over their shared love of all things _Star Wars_, then set off to steal a pre-release copy of _The Phantom Menace_ because one of them, it turns out, is expected to die of cancer before the movie’s release. Their mission is semi-successful: Director George Lucas lets the sick friend see the film, while the others have to wait until May 19, 1999—release day. As one film ends with another’s beginning, a friend turns to another in the theater and mutters: “What if the movie sucks?” With 228 days to go until _Star Wars_ once again graces the silver screen, that’s long been the fear in the back of my mind. Us _Star Wars_ fans have been here before, after all. _Phantom_ is widely regarded as the worst of the _Star Wars_ films, while the following two installments aren’t much better. The litany of complaints runs long: Reducing Darth Vader, the most menacing figure in the galaxy, to a whiny brat. Midi-chlorians. The entire existence of Jar-Jar Binks. Ugh. Should we give in to the _Star Wars_ hype, this time amplified millions of times over by the power of the Mouse House? Or should we ready ourselves for another disappointment, because nothing can ever live up to that first time we were kids and watched Luke barrel down the Death Star trench before getting a Force-text from Obi-Wan, turning off his targeting computer and blowing the evil Empire’s hideous creation into smithereens? This Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You!), I’m giving in to my feelings. I think this movie is going to be _fantastic._ Just look at the [first two trailers](http://time.com/3825513/star-wars-trailer-force-awakens/) for _The Force Awakens_. Badass new villain with a three-bladed lightsaber! The Empire is still around! BB-8 looks adorable! Hi, Han and Chewy! But my faith doesn’t come from trailers alone. It’s rooted in the film’s director, J. J. Abrams. His work on _Star Trek_ shows he knows how to resurrect a moribund film franchise. And even if some hardcore fans didn’t dig his approach, those two movies got a whole new set of people to care about _Trek—_not exactly a no-win scenario, but a tough feat nonetheless. Now Abrams has been given the same opportunity with a universe far, far away. Everything he’s said about the movie so far—especially his [disdain](http://collider.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-jj-abrams-interview/) for overusing computer graphics and his willingness to [drive the fanbase a little bit nuts](http://www.slashgear.com/star-wars-7-lightsaber-arguments-miss-the-point-28357681/)—gives me cause for confidence, not doubt. Ultimately, the trick will be staying true enough to the original films while introducing us to a whole new cast of heroes, villains, aliens, droids and ships. But if anybody’s the right person for the job, it’s Abrams. Do, or do not, J.J. There is no try. ### See the Concept Art For the Original Star Wars Movie Trilogy  C-3PO and R2-D2 Courtesy of Lucasfilm  The Millenium Falcon Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Y-Wings line up against the Death Star Courtesy of Lucasfilm  An X-Wing versus TIE fighters Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Echo Base Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Battle of Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Battle of Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Cloud City of Bespin Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke versus Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Dagobah Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's Palace Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's Palace Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus a rancor Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's fall Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Endor Courtesy of Lucasfilm  B-Wings Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus Emperor Palpatine Courtesy of Lucasfilm Star Wars Day: May the Fourth and The Force Awakes Excitement Brews ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3843530/star-wars-day-may-the-4th/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3843530/star-wars-day-may-the-4th/"},"headline":"Why I'm Giving Into My Feelings This Star Wars Day","datePublished":"2015-05-04T10:49:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:41:05.118Z","description":"I'm calling it now: The Force Awakens is going to be amazing","url":"https://time.com/3843530/star-wars-day-may-the-4th/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64622da66ed53ddf/6987edf4e20a872a6aa8932d/star-wars-ep7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64622da66ed53ddf/6987edf4e20a872a6aa8932d/star-wars-ep7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens","caption":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens","creditText":"Lucasfilm/Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3843530/star-wars-day-may-the-4th/","name":"Why I'm Giving Into My Feelings This Star Wars Day"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2","description":"Star Wars- The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2eKGIE6L/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-16T18:16:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2eKGIE6L.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3843530/star-wars-day-may-the-4th/","duration":"PT1M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3843530/star-wars-day-may-the-4th/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```