May the 4th be with you, Happy Star Wars Day! by seanoneill

May the 4th be with you, Happy Star Wars Day!

Today's shot is an homage to one of the greatest series of films ever made, and one of my favourite ever film characters.

The shot is dedicated to all the boys in my life. Sam and Ben and my wonderful nephews, Matthew, Jonno, Dan, Rob and Tommy, They all love Star Wars and the force is strong in all of them.

I think the world can learn a lot from Yoda.

“Do or do not... there is no try"

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

What most people don't know is that off camera he also said...

"If you give everyone in the world a camera, it will be the end of hate and the beginning of understanding and acceptance"

The Jedi Knight has become a phenomenon in English Speaking countries since 2000. In censuses since then the following have declared their religion as Jedi Knight. Not me by the way!!!

Australia 2001 70,000+

Canada 2001 21,000+

New Zealand 2001 53,000+

UK 2001 390,127

Shot with flash from the side, Lightsaber lit up using Hue and Saturation.

Sorry about the pun!!
Girls like star wars too... Cute
May 4th, 2012  
Ha Ha Brilliant Sean!.....Love it! : )
May 4th, 2012  
@sugarmuser @annbo Thanks both. Yes of course Sharon ;)
May 4th, 2012  
Lol great shot
May 4th, 2012  
hahaha great minds....
May 4th, 2012  
I wanted to do one of these - but someone had pinched my Yoda! So thanks - great shot!
May 4th, 2012  
@simon0128 @houdiniem @stolenmoments Thank you all. Ours took some finding yesterday Donna!!
May 4th, 2012  
YEAH!!! Star Wars... bring it o n! :) I only like the old ones though, the new ones aren't as good :)
May 4th, 2012  
@alena Thanks Alena, I'm with you there!! A sign of my age I think!!
May 4th, 2012  
Cool shot. I guess my theme for the evening is set.
May 4th, 2012  
@primitiveprobe Go for it!!
May 4th, 2012  
This is also going to be my theme for today.. i'm not able to post until later though... cool shot..
May 4th, 2012  
@achilleos Somehow I knew this would be your theme! I look forward to it. May the force be with you!
May 4th, 2012  
Fabulous stats
May 4th, 2012  
He he. Yoda, I like :)
May 4th, 2012  
Very cool shot!! My son will have a go at this for sure when he comes back from school :))
May 4th, 2012  
Yoda is cool! Even though, I remember how, when I heard Yoda speak for the first time in the cinema, I was all like "OMG THAT'S GROVER!" It took a while for me to stop seeing Yoda in a furry blue light. 8D
May 4th, 2012  
happy star wars day to you
May 4th, 2012  
@peterdegraaff Thanks Peter, yes it amazed me that there are 75,000 more Jedi's in the UK than live in my local city of Leicester!
May 4th, 2012  
@newbie Thanks Stacey. Glad you like, I am!
May 4th, 2012  
@aud_c Great, I hope he enjoys Aud.
May 4th, 2012  
@myautofocuslife somehow I knew you'd like Yoda!! LOL, yes and it is no coincidence that Chewbacca and Fozzie Bear appear to be related either. A sort of one 1 gene different in a parallel universe phenomenon. "Nurse, nurse, is it time for my medication"....
May 4th, 2012  
@lbmcshutter Cheers Megan. If we are lucky we may get 2 films watched tonight!!
May 4th, 2012  
LOL - cool shot Sean Happy Star Wars Day to you as well! Love the quotes and he's another one for you...

"When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good, you will not, hmmm?"
May 4th, 2012  
Hahahahaahha LOL very very funny....clever idea, Happy Star Wars Day to you too
May 4th, 2012  
@lesphoto Thanks Leslie, dead right!!
May 4th, 2012  
@debsulzberger Thanks Deb. It had to be done today!!
May 4th, 2012  
Made me smile this morning!!
May 4th, 2012  
Happy Star Wars Day, Sean. Love this!! Great job lighting the light saber.
May 4th, 2012  
@rockinrobyn Thanks Robyn, the force will be strong in you today now you have started your day with a smile.
May 4th, 2012  
@amandalomonaco Thanks Amanda, it was fun! And I earned brownie points with my wife when i put everything away again!!
May 4th, 2012  
Nice one Sean. Where did you find that likeness of me? :-)
May 4th, 2012  
like it too, all the family likes Star Wars, we use to call my daughter "Princess Leia", her real name is "Léa", she loves it !
May 4th, 2012  
Anche se il genere fantascienza non mi piace molto, Guerre Stellari lo rivedo sempre volentieri, è molto ben fatto e il Maestro Yoda è il mio personaggio preferito ...
May 4th, 2012  
Deb
Fav!
May 4th, 2012  
Wonderful!!!!
May 4th, 2012  
Very cool!
May 4th, 2012  
Prefer LOTR personally but my kids will probobly side with you
May 4th, 2012  
@yrhenwr Funny David. Thought of a little green man with pointy ears in west Wales!
May 4th, 2012  
@cocobella Sweet Corinne:)
May 4th, 2012  
@mpoppins grazie!
May 4th, 2012  
@debley Aw thanks Deb
May 4th, 2012  
@ruthmouch Thanks Ruth
May 4th, 2012  
@lizzy_lu123 Thanks Lisa
May 4th, 2012  
@runningbk I know what you mean Mike.
May 4th, 2012  
Very cute !!
May 5th, 2012  
Haha very cute! Well, may the 4th be with you too Mr. O'Neill :-)
May 5th, 2012  
Three cheers for Yoda!
May 5th, 2012  
Love! I had a yoda shot too! Happy Star Wars Day Sean!
May 5th, 2012  
May 5th, 2012  
"You must unlearn what you have learned"
May 5th, 2012  
@worthyglo Indeed Gloria!
May 6th, 2012  
With you totally - great films!
May 6th, 2012  
@islawight Great films indeed, they are.
May 6th, 2012  
Ha ha! Friend of our's made this into a joke last night and we laughed our sox off - a bit the worse for wine...
May 7th, 2012  
@pictureitbig Ha ha. Made you laugh it did!!
May 7th, 2012  
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! So that's where all the Christians are defecting to. Great pic.
May 7th, 2012  
Hahaha, how could I missed this one? It's so great! Love the shot and your text.
May 9th, 2012  
@noragentian Thanks Ruth, I had fun doing it.
May 9th, 2012  
I am SO impressed that you remembered Star Wars Day - I did, too, but not with my camera in hand, which I now regret, of course. We recently watched one episode every day and I discovered as much as I disliked the new 'older' episodes, they're starting to make more sense. I must be getting soft in the head. =)
May 10th, 2012  
No wait, that is STILL confusing. (THANKS, George Lucas!) I mean I used to dislike Episodes 1-3, being a hardcore, simple-minded Star Wars fan of the 'Han shot first' caliber! Now they're getting better, in spite of Jar Jar.
May 10th, 2012  
@pippajeanne Thanks Pippa, several people did. My little nephew Dan would never have forgiven me if I had forgotten!! He has told me that my Yoda is an early Yoda, and worth quite a bit of money, but we could never sell him, he is part of the family;) I agree, the earlier films are the best. Part of our childhoods I think!
May 10th, 2012  
This is just so adorable - I love the original Star Wars Trilogy and I am just indoctrinating my children into it now - so I can buy the lego!!! However, my son thinks it is the "clown wars" not the "clone wars" - you got to laugh!!
May 10th, 2012  
@kellc Glad you like Kelly, It is important that kids learn that there is someone wiser than their parents in the world. Yoda fulfills this brief :)
May 10th, 2012  
Thank you for the link to this Sean, the quote about the camera is so true!
November 20th, 2012  
@tishpics No probs Patricia, I'm glad that you agree with me.
November 20th, 2012  
@seanoneill I have to confess I was only dimly aware of Yoda and as I didn't know what he looked like was too ashamed to comment on yesterday's shot!! I HAVE seen a Star wars film however, took the kids and obviously didn't pay too much attention...
November 20th, 2012  
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