May is a very important month in the geek ecosystem. A few years ago,Agent Derek wrote about May 25th being not only Geek Pride Day andTowel Day (from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), but also the Glorious 25th of May (for Terry Pratchett fans). As if that wasn’t enough, May is also the anniversary of arguably the greatest space opera of all time. The film is so big it cannot be contained to just one day in May. Fans have appropriated another day in the geeky month to be “Star Wars Day”. That day, of course, is May the 4th.
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