Twitter buzzing about Star Wars Day

Some Twitterers are waking up this morning to an unusual top trend: "Happy Star Wars Day."

Between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. local time in London, there were more than 1,500 "Star Wars" tweets. Most came from early-risers in Europe, but others were tweeting as well.

Some were confused, but quickly caught on to the significance of May 4 being Star Wars Day, thanks to Twitter:

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   gmsarli (Denton, Texas) Happy Star Wars Day! (Why today, you ask? "May the 4th be with you!" Nyuk nyuk nyuk!) 04 May 2009 from TwitterFox
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   brightondoll (U.S.A.) And so it was... awake at 4 am giggling over how I just now got the whole "Happy Star Wars Day - May the 4th be with you" Nerdy & I like it! 04 May 2009 from web
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   lelro (England) oh oh? star wars day? EPIC. happy star wars day, meng 04 May 2009 from web
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   KingTutsWWH (Leeds, U.K.) Happy Star Wars Day to one and all, especially to my geeky other half. Might be celebrating with a little lightsaber combat later on...hehe 04 May 2009 from web
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   Hux333 (Australia) Apparently it's Star Wars day, so for all my fellow nerds, Happy Star Wars day!!! (Why do i even bother?!?) 04 May 2009 from web
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   LolaLalau (Shanghai, China) Who knew today is Star Wars Day? May the 4th be with you... 04 May 2009 from web

Twitter buzzing about Star Wars Day