May 4

Star Wars, empty boxes, a life-saving transplant, Photoshop, and Warren Buffett. Also, 7 other things worth your time

Today is May 4, a/k/a, “May the Fourth,” according to fans of the Star Wars franchise.

Even if you're not into the movies, I think you'll like the stories we have today. All you really need to know in that case is that "May the Force be with you" is a major catch phrase.

We’re told the pun-based-pseudo-holiday has its roots from May 4, 1979, when Margaret Thatcher first became UK prime minister (41 years ago today; two years after the original movie came out). Her Conservative party supposedly ran a full-page ad in the London Evening News playing off it:

"May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations."

From there, the whole thing took on a life of its own. Disney now makes a bit of a deal out of it, hosts celebrations at Disney World (in normal times), and sometimes releases related installments of the saga on May 4.

In the spirit of May the 4th, here are three people whose lives were changed by Star Wars.

1. The empty box

Imagine, you're in grade school, it's Christmas 1977, and you…