Notable Dates
Star Wars Episodes I through VI were all released in this month of the calendar year.
May
This Jedi master gets credit for first saying “May the force be with you” though he was not actually the first character to use the phrase in the films. Bonus points if you know which character said it first!
Who is Obi-Wan Kenobi?
Bonus: Who is General Jan Dondonna?
This former local news anchor serves as the emcee at many Rosie’s Place events and is the co-chair of our Leadership Council.
Who is Susan Wornick
Kip Tiernan launched Rosie’s Place with four other volunteers and $250 in donations at this location.
What is Rozen's Supermarket
This actor provides the voice of Darth Vader.
Who is James Earl Jones
This company purchased George Lucas’s production company, Lucasfilm on October 30, 2012 for $4.05 billion.
What is Disney
Some Star Wars fans celebrate Star Wars day on May 5th and call it “Revenge of the Fifth” because instead of recognizing the Jedi characters, they prefer to recognize these characters included in the name of the Star Wars Episode III.
Who are the Sith Lords
This wookie is Han Solo's co-pilot on the Millennium Falcon.
Who is Chewbacca
The Women’s Education Center opened at 887 Harrison Avenue in this year.
What is 2010
This actor appears posthumously in Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.
Who is Carrie Fisher
Rosie’s Place opened its doors on Easter Sunday, 1974. Kip Tiernan also founded what other Boston nonprofit in 1974.
What is Greater Boston Food Bank
Rosie’s Place Safe & Sound gala on May 4, 2016 was held at this unique venue on the Boston waterfront.
What is the Black Falcon Terminal?
This longtime friend of Rosie’s Place co-founded many nonprofit organizations in Boston alongside Kip Tiernan.
Who is Fran Froehlich
Shortly after our 10th anniversary, Rosie's Place moved from Washington Street to St. Philip's Church at 889 Harrison Avenue due to this reason.
What is a fire?
This composer did the musical score of every film in the Star Wars saga.
Who is John Williams
This art installation was dedicated on October 6, 2018 near Copley Square in Boston.
Kip Tiernan Memorial
The city of Los Angeles celebrated its first Star Wars day on May 25, 2007 instead of on May 4th to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of the first Star Wars film that was released on May 25, 1977. May 25th is also known as what national pride day.
What is Geek Pride Day
This droid built by Anakin Skywalker is a loyal friend to Princess Leia and Luke.
Who is C3PO
Where did Obi-Wan Kenobi take Luke Skywalker after his birth?
What is Tatooine
This actor played Kylo Ren’s father.
Who is Harrison Ford
This children’s book was released on March 1st of this year and shares the story of Kip’s life and how she founded Rosie’s Place.
Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s Place, the Nation’s First Shelter for Women
The first recorded reference of the May the 4th coincided with what event in British history that occurred on May 4, 1979.
What is Margaret Thatcher's election a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The day after she won, her political party, the Conservatives, placed a congratulatory advertisement in the London Evening News saying "May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations.”
Kip Tiernan met with this social justice leader in New York City prior to starting Rosie’s Place.
Who is Dorothy Day
The Death Star first destroys this planet, home to Princess Leia.
What is Alderaan
Poe Dameron, a pilot for the Resistance who has a droid named BB-8, is played by this actor in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
Who is Oscar Isaac