Happy Star Wars Day one and all! We hope you all had a pleasant May 4th even if you don’t see the novelty of naming a day after one of the greatest film franchises of all time. As it turns out, the Star Wars themed day is a prime catalyst for the social media teams at the largest phone manufacturers to take to Twitter and plug their devices. So we thought it would be a nice opportunity to share a few of our favourite tweets from the day.
Use the Touchless Control, Luke. #StarWarsDay #MotoX pic.twitter.com/XHgptFs1T3
— Motorola Mobility (@Motorola) May 4, 2014
We start off with good old Motorola Mobility who appears to be still going strong after being purchased from Google by Lenovo. No content to give anything away about the subject matter of the May 13th event happening in London in a week, Motorola instead chose to plug its Moto X and its very innovative Touchless Control. Want to see the Moto X successor, we do…
May the fourth be with you this #StarWarsDay pic.twitter.com/sRqdRjgZYM — HTC (@htc) May 4, 2014
Next up, we have HTC, who invoked the introductory blurb at the start of each Star Wars film. While complementing the design of their HTC One M8, HTC also cleverly refers to the onslaught of the Samsung devices as the “Galaxy Empire”. That makes the Galaxy S-line phones Stormtroopers right?
RT if the LG Force is with you #MayThe4th #GFlex pic.twitter.com/drU6SXnNNh
— LG Electronics (@LGUS) May 4, 2014
Instead of electing to advertise their big name devices like the LG G2 or LG G Pro 2, LG instead opted to return to marketing its flexible display device, the LG G Flex, in classic, broken, Yoda English. While it may be the shape of the future, the influence of the G Flex is yet to be felt in most corners of world.
Search on and see what you find—the Force is strong today. #MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/eFi7chAXXN
— A Googler (@google) May 4, 2014
Unlike the decidedly forced advertising of many of the manufacturers, Google instead opted to simply share a still from the iconic Star Wars lore, one that essentially sums up the entire original trilogy. There’s probably a message somewhere in Google’s tweet, but we’re content with appreciating what is probably our favourite tweet of this Star Wars Day.
What was your favourite Star Wars Day tweet/post? Let us know your opinion in the comments below. And may the Fourth be with you all.
Source: Twitter (1), (2), (3), (4)
