
It’s May 4th, otherwise known as “May the 4th be with you!” (Star Wars day.)
Over the years, there have been many Jewish connections made to the “epic space opera.” From the upside down Hebrew letters on Darth Vader’s armor to discussions of Star Wars as a Jewish allegory and of course, all the Jews involved with the franchise both on and off screen (Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, JJ Abrams, Jon Favreau, Alden Ehrenreich – the list goes on.)
In honor of Star Wars day, here are some of our favorite Jewish and Star Wars-related tweets:
First, let’s get one thing straight
Jewish Space Lasers can lead to only one thing: Jewish Star Wars.
— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) January 29, 2021
“RJew-DJew”
Jewish Star Wars fan on Facebook made this for himself and captioned it ‘RJew-DJew’. pic.twitter.com/Pvf9bQzylW
— Tokyo Sexwhale (@tokyosexwhale) February 8, 2021
Hot take:
Star Wars is Jewish, Harry Potter is goyish
— Orli Matlow (@HireMeImFunny) May 19, 2020
I don’t make the rules
Big, if true
On the set of Star Wars, Harrison Ford & Carrie Fisher – both half-Jewish – had a running gag where they substituted the word 'Jew' for 'You' in song lyrics.
— 🇺🇦Corellian🇺🇦Blue🇺🇦 (@BlueCorellian) July 22, 2021
So they burst into songs like 'Jew Light Up My Life' and 'Jew made Me Love You'.
The crew complained.#HarrisonFordTrivia pic.twitter.com/JavS1sllZU
‘Jewdi’
Autocorrect just changed "Jedi" to "Jewish" and now I'm rethinking all the Star Wars movies
— Noble Brown🗡 (@Sociopathlete) October 21, 2021
Oh, Adam Driver
Adam Driver can do it all (Jewish, Italian, Star Wars)
— new rocky tweets (@newrockytweets) March 12, 2021
More Jewish space lasers
Princess Leia wielding Jewish space lasers?
— Sarah E. Minnis, PhD 🌻 (@dr_seminnis) February 7, 2021
Star Wars and Passover
This Reform rabbi is here to tell you just how Jewish Star Wars really is… and how the four children of Passover appear in the franchise: https://t.co/BJSgRjupEs pic.twitter.com/xDcdwaVZeh
— ReformJudaism.org (@ReformJudaism) March 22, 2020
The Menschdalorian and The Book Of Bubbe Fett!
Nate is watching the new star wars show about the Jewish grandmother bounty hunter: The Book of Bubbe Fett.
— Seth J. Meyer 🏳️🌈✡ (@SethJMeyer) January 23, 2022
Remembering Carrie Fisher
Princess Leia was my first hero. We were both named Leia. My Jewish middle name. I always thought I was a princess too. RIP Carrie Fisher pic.twitter.com/5LuzU9jt7v
— just Me (@heartsandroses9) December 27, 2016
To end, let’s discuss the characters full legal names:
The fact that Han Solo’s son’s name is Ben which is Hebrew for son just proves my theory that Han Solo’s full name is Hanukkah Solomon.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) December 20, 2019
Not many people realize that his sidekick's legal name is "Chewmaccabees"
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) December 20, 2019
Hanukkah Solomon and jewbacca. 😂😭
— S a r a h (@SockeyeSah) December 20, 2019
Jewish-American Princess Leia
— Holden Van Dyke (@RhapEclect) December 20, 2019
Latke Calrissian
All celebrating the Festival of Lightsabers
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Originally Published May 4, 2022 02:42AM EDT