EMMAUS, Pa. – Forget the traditional calendar; for movie fans, May 4th is a major holiday.<\/p>\n
It’s a melody that has defined generations. And Monday night, it’s drawing people back to where the saga began nearly 50 years ago.<\/p>\n
“May the Fourth be with you.”<\/p>\n
“I’m just a Jedi, you know. This is just what I wear on Mondays.”<\/p>\n
For the fans at the Emmaus Theatre, May 4th isn’t just a pun; it’s an annual tradition that keeps the spirit of the rebellion alive.<\/p>\n
“It introduces you to the world and the opening is just, it’s unbeatable when the ship comes in. It’s just amazing. And I just think it’s a good starter point for the whole franchise. At the time that it came out, it was, like, so different,” said Lehigh Valley resident Julian Bracey. “It was just a beautiful movie, you know, growing up as a kid.”<\/p>\n
It’s been decades since Luke Skywalker first looked up and saw the twin suns of Tatooine. But for fans here, that magic is still very much alive, 49 years later.<\/p>\n
“My whole entire life is planned around Star Wars. I mean, it kind of sculpted who I am as a person,” said Quakertown resident Whitney Chadwick-Lessar. “I think Lucas’s commitment to Princess Leia and really, you know, feminine actresses. I really liked how he included her as a real strong female and gave all the girls of my generation a chance to really look up to somebody. And she had the respect from everyone, too.”<\/p>\n
Whether they’re here for the heroes they grew up with, or to share memories with a new fan, the community here proves the allure of a galaxy far far away hasn’t faded.<\/p>\n
May the Fourth be with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EMMAUS, Pa. – Forget the traditional calendar; for movie fans, May 4th is a major holiday. It’s a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,78164,82097,82098,82096,82100,82099,82101,80736,5431],"class_list":["post-184000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-emmaus-theatre","tag-jedi","tag-luke-skywalker","tag-may-the-fourth","tag-movie-fans","tag-princess-leia","tag-saga","tag-star-wars","tag-tradition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}