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By Kristin Myers on May 4, 2022 at 1:30 PM PDT
Updated on May 4, 2022 at 3:34 PM PDT

Wednesday marked yet another Star Wars Day! The annual event occurs on May 4th every year, a fitting pun on the phrase "May the Force Be With You."

Plenty of celebrities took to Twitter to say "May the Fourth Be With You, including some "Star Wars" alums like Daisy Ridley and Mark Hamill!

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'Star Wars' Actors Wish Their Followers A Happy 'May The 4th Be With You'

Daisy Ridley, who played Rey in the sequel trilogy, shared several snaps and videos from the set of 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker,” which marked the last movie in the Skywalker Saga.

In the last video of the Instagram carousel, Ridley shows off an impressive choreographed lightsaber scene. In her Instagram Stories, Ridley revealed that it didn't make it into the final cut of the film, but said that it was still fun to learn!

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Billy Dee Williams, who played Han's friend Lando Calrissian, tweeted, "May the Fourth conquer the dark side and unite us all ?"

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Daisy Ridley with Mark Hamill
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Mark Hamill has been celebrating Star Wars Day over the past few days.

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On Sunday, May 1, Mark posted an edited screenshot from 1977's "A New Hope." He captioned it, "May the First Not Be The Worst With You."

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On May 2, Mark followed it up with "May The Second You Get Home Call So I Don't Worry."

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On the third, he followed it up with, "May The Third Word Be Bird Bird Bird_Bird Is The Word." He later added, "May the Third Word Be 'Third.'"

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On Wednesday morning, Hamill tweeted, "May The Fourth Be Just Another Random Day To Some... But We Know Better," adding the #MayThe4thBeWithYou."

Plenty More Celebrity Fans Celebrate Star Wars Day!

"Star Trek" actor William Shatner tweeted, "Happy #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou."

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"iZombie" actor Rahul Kohli posted a video assembling a Star Wars ship with LEGO.

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The Peter Mayhew Foundation tweeted, "To celebrate May The 4th and our tenth anniversary the Mayhew Foundation teamed up with painter Tsuneo Sanda to create this beautiful charity tribute coin honoring the bond between Han Solo and Chewbacca." The foundation is run by the widow of the late Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca before the 7'3" actor passed away in 2019.

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Former Disney CEO Bob Iger tweeted, "Thank you #georgelucas, for creating the incredible mythology of @starwars. #MayThe4thBeWithYou."

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Even Sesame Street got in on the action, tweeting, "You've never heard of the Marzipan Falcon? It's the ship that made the Cookie Run in less than twelve parsecs!" #MayThe4thBeWithYou"

Cookie Monster shared the post, adding, "Me think this ship look pretty good, me hope no one call it piece of junk!"

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Cookie Monster later followed it up with, "Me find your lack of cookies disturbing. #MayThe4thBeWithYou."

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