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"Star Wars" enthusiasts marked the day celebrating the space
saga by chanting or tweeting "May the Fourth Be With You", a
play on the films' catchphrase "May the force be with you".
In Taipei, fans dressed up as their favorite characters
including Rey, the heroine from the latest "The Force Awakens"
film, Chewbacca, stormtroopers as well as Jedi Knights, posing
for pictures alongside an inflatable R2-D2 and Jabba the Hutt.
In Malaysia, a replica of Han Solo's Millennium Falcon ship was
built with more than 200,000 Lego bricks in the run-up to the
occasion.
Fans also took to social media to share pictures of "Star Wars"
themed artwork, cupcakes as well as toast cut in the shape some
of the movies' characters.
Actress Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey, also joined in on the
celebrations by sharing behind the scenes pictures of her on
set.
After the huge box office success of "The Force Awakens" which
came out last year, fans are now awaiting the next installment,
"Star Wars Episode VIII", currently in production and due for
release in December 2017.
(Reporting by Reuters Television in Taipei and Marie-Louise
Gumuchian in London; Editing by Alison Williams)
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