Nominations Are Open!
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maythe4thbewithyouWelcome to the 2025 edition of May the Fourth Be With You! We are in our tenth year of something May Mod thought would be a one-off event. (Oops.)
The schedule may be found in this year's schedule sticky and also on the AO3 Community Profile. Nominations are now open for this year's round. Sign ups open February 22nd.
Please read this post before you nominate. Incorrectly submitted nominations will take more time to approve and may be rejected. Do NOT disambiguate your nominations. Many AO3-based exchanges will ask you to add an extra tag at the end. This is NOT the case for this exchange.
May the 4th 2025 Tag Set
We will be accepting nominations from now until 23:59 UTC (7PM EDT) on February 28th. (Note this is one day before signups close to allow us to close the tag set.) As always, any character in any permutation of Star Wars is in, with Wookieepedia and Starwars.com as final arbiters. Do not nominate groups as groups (Ex: "Kanjiklub" "Stormtroopers" "Banthas" "Force Ghosts") and do nominate them as individual characters in & or / relationships. Do not nominate objects such as lightsabers, trees, helmets, or holocrons; "Bor Gullet" is a character, "tentacles" is not.
Use the Fandom dropdown field to select "Star Wars - All Media Types" for each individual nomination to help expedite nomination approvals. If you nominate twenty things, you must select "Star Wars - All Media Types" individually as the fandom for all twenty. If you do not add this step, your nominations will not be associated with the correct fandom and they may take longer to be approved.
You may nominate up to twenty relationships. This is the maximum number of nominations allowed by the Archive's software. The Relationships field may also be used to nominate individual characters. To nominate a platonic relationship, use the "&" symbol. To nominate a romantic relationship, use the "/" symbol. (Ex: The nomination "Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker" is very different from the nomination "Leia Organa/Luke Skywalker") You should NOT automatically select the suggested canonical tag that drops down.
To nominate individual characters, you must use the format "Character: Name (SW)" or the submission form may not accept your nomination. For relationships, please remove the (SW) or (Star Wars) from the suggested field. (Ex: "Finn/Rey" NOT "Finn/Rey (Star Wars)")
You may mix and match relationship types in a single nomination. (Ex: "Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey & Grogu")
Use the following formats for all nominations:
Luke Skywalker/Han Solo
Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker & Han Solo
Leia Organa/Luke Skywalker/Han Solo
Leia Organa/Han Solo & Luke Skywalker
Character: Luke Skywalker (SW)
Conversely, "Luke Skywalker/Han Solo (Star Wars)" will not be accepted and may delay approval of your nominations.
We are not providing differentiation between character versions in Legends, the canon EU, the films, the TV series, the comics, the cereal boxes, or Robot Chicken. Go into as much detail as you want in your signup or letter.
To make our lives easier when organizing the tag set spreadsheet, please use the following guide when nominating characters with multiple names. You may be more specific in your signup requests (Ex: Tag request is for "Character: Din Djarin (SW)" and signup request is "Please refer to the character as Mando.") You may tag characters in your fanworks in whatever way makes sense and fulfills the request. (Ex: Art featuring Anakin with his face half human and half the mask, feel free to tag as "Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader" or "Anakin Skywalker" or "Darth Vader" as you see fit.) If you have a character you're not sure about, leave a comment on this post.
Use the following names to nominate these characters in relationships. Use "Character: Name (SW)" to nominate as individual characters.
Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader --> nominate as "Anakin Skywalker" or "Darth Vader" separately
Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious --> nominate as "Sheev Palpatine"
Count Dooku | Darth Tyrannus --> nominate as "Count Dooku"
The Mandalorian | Din Djarin --> nominate as "Din Djarin"
The Child | Baby Yoda | Grogu --> nominate as "Grogu"
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren --> nominate as "Ben Solo | Kylo Ren" NOT "Kylo Ren | Ben Solo" or individual names
Kanan Jarrus | Caleb Dume --> nominate as "Kanan Jarrus"
Rey | Rey Skywalker --> nominate as "Rey"
Jannah | Jannah Calrissian --> nominate as "Jannah"
Thrawn | Mitth'raw'nuruodo --> nominate as "Thrawn"
Tai (Star Wars) [The Rise of Kylo Ren] --> nominate as "Tai"
Tai Uzuma --> nominate as "Tai Uzuma"
Voe (Star Wars) [The Rise of Kylo Ren] --> nominate as "Voe"
Voe Atell --> nominate as "Voe Atell"
Gara Petothel | Lara Notsi -- >nominate as "Lara Notsi"
Jod Na Nawood | Captain Silvo | Crimson Jack --> nominate as "Jod Na Nawood"
Qimir | The Stranger --> nominate as "Qimir"
Nominate all clone trooper and stormtrooper characters by their common names when possible. Examples:
CT-7567 | Rex --> nominate as "Rex"
CT-27-5555 | Fives | Arc-5555 --> nominate as "Fives"
FN-2187 | Finn --> nominate as "Finn"
For troopers with overlapping names (Alpha, Fox) please differentiate who you mean. Clone numbers are fine if that's what makes it clear.
For other characters with piped names not listed here, please reply in the comments. We're happy to crowdsource name suggestions to make the nominations clear.
Please nominate video game characters with multiple gender options as the gender(s) you want to request. It is much easier for everyone if you nominate "Character: Female Revan (SW)" and request "Character: Female Revan (SW)" than to nominate "Character: Revan (SW)" and DNW Male Revan.
Nominations consisting entirely of original characters will not be accepted. There is one "Original Character/Original Character" tag and one "Original Character & Original Character" tag in the tag set to cover these requests. Details and requests about any particular OC request should go into your signup and letter.
Requests with canon characters interacting with original characters should be formatted like the following:
"Shmi Skywalker/Original Female Character"
"Grogu & Original Nonbinary Character"
"Omega & Wrecker & Original Character"
Requests for selfcest or alternate versions of the same character interacting should be nominated as Character: Name (SW) and the request written in your signup and letter.
Any questions or problems getting the Archive to accept your nomination can be emailed to us at maythe4thmod@gmail.com or left as a reply to this post.
The fine print: AO3 sees "Finn/Rey" "Finn(SW)/Rey" "Finn/Rey(SW)" and "Finn/Rey (Star Wars)" as separate relationships, and our spreadsheet sees them as different characters. If you request the "Finn/Rey" tag and Random Participant Ben Solo offers the "Finn/Rey (Star Wars)" tag, he won't be matched to your request. Many Star Wars characters have multiple piped canonical names, some of which have all the pipes included in their canonical ship tags and some which have random (Star Wars) stuck in the middle or at the end. Stripping the extra information out as you nominate, and adding "Star Wars - All Media Types" as the fandom for each nominated tag, makes the rest of the process easier on the back end to expedite approvals and eliminate duplicates. We can and will be cleaning up errant nominations to adhere to the formatting; this may lead to a delay in accepting your nominations.
A special note for those of you into customizing your own AO3 experience: you can add a piece of code to your site skin to list all approved nominations on separate lines:
(Post last edited on 17 February 2025 for clarification.)
The schedule may be found in this year's schedule sticky and also on the AO3 Community Profile. Nominations are now open for this year's round. Sign ups open February 22nd.
Please read this post before you nominate. Incorrectly submitted nominations will take more time to approve and may be rejected. Do NOT disambiguate your nominations. Many AO3-based exchanges will ask you to add an extra tag at the end. This is NOT the case for this exchange.
May the 4th 2025 Tag Set
We will be accepting nominations from now until 23:59 UTC (7PM EDT) on February 28th. (Note this is one day before signups close to allow us to close the tag set.) As always, any character in any permutation of Star Wars is in, with Wookieepedia and Starwars.com as final arbiters. Do not nominate groups as groups (Ex: "Kanjiklub" "Stormtroopers" "Banthas" "Force Ghosts") and do nominate them as individual characters in & or / relationships. Do not nominate objects such as lightsabers, trees, helmets, or holocrons; "Bor Gullet" is a character, "tentacles" is not.
Use the Fandom dropdown field to select "Star Wars - All Media Types" for each individual nomination to help expedite nomination approvals. If you nominate twenty things, you must select "Star Wars - All Media Types" individually as the fandom for all twenty. If you do not add this step, your nominations will not be associated with the correct fandom and they may take longer to be approved.
You may nominate up to twenty relationships. This is the maximum number of nominations allowed by the Archive's software. The Relationships field may also be used to nominate individual characters. To nominate a platonic relationship, use the "&" symbol. To nominate a romantic relationship, use the "/" symbol. (Ex: The nomination "Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker" is very different from the nomination "Leia Organa/Luke Skywalker") You should NOT automatically select the suggested canonical tag that drops down.
To nominate individual characters, you must use the format "Character: Name (SW)" or the submission form may not accept your nomination. For relationships, please remove the (SW) or (Star Wars) from the suggested field. (Ex: "Finn/Rey" NOT "Finn/Rey (Star Wars)")
You may mix and match relationship types in a single nomination. (Ex: "Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rey & Grogu")
Use the following formats for all nominations:
Luke Skywalker/Han Solo
Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker & Han Solo
Leia Organa/Luke Skywalker/Han Solo
Leia Organa/Han Solo & Luke Skywalker
Character: Luke Skywalker (SW)
Conversely, "Luke Skywalker/Han Solo (Star Wars)" will not be accepted and may delay approval of your nominations.
We are not providing differentiation between character versions in Legends, the canon EU, the films, the TV series, the comics, the cereal boxes, or Robot Chicken. Go into as much detail as you want in your signup or letter.
To make our lives easier when organizing the tag set spreadsheet, please use the following guide when nominating characters with multiple names. You may be more specific in your signup requests (Ex: Tag request is for "Character: Din Djarin (SW)" and signup request is "Please refer to the character as Mando.") You may tag characters in your fanworks in whatever way makes sense and fulfills the request. (Ex: Art featuring Anakin with his face half human and half the mask, feel free to tag as "Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader" or "Anakin Skywalker" or "Darth Vader" as you see fit.) If you have a character you're not sure about, leave a comment on this post.
Use the following names to nominate these characters in relationships. Use "Character: Name (SW)" to nominate as individual characters.
Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader --> nominate as "Anakin Skywalker" or "Darth Vader" separately
Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious --> nominate as "Sheev Palpatine"
Count Dooku | Darth Tyrannus --> nominate as "Count Dooku"
The Mandalorian | Din Djarin --> nominate as "Din Djarin"
The Child | Baby Yoda | Grogu --> nominate as "Grogu"
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren --> nominate as "Ben Solo | Kylo Ren" NOT "Kylo Ren | Ben Solo" or individual names
Kanan Jarrus | Caleb Dume --> nominate as "Kanan Jarrus"
Rey | Rey Skywalker --> nominate as "Rey"
Jannah | Jannah Calrissian --> nominate as "Jannah"
Thrawn | Mitth'raw'nuruodo --> nominate as "Thrawn"
Tai (Star Wars) [The Rise of Kylo Ren] --> nominate as "Tai"
Tai Uzuma --> nominate as "Tai Uzuma"
Voe (Star Wars) [The Rise of Kylo Ren] --> nominate as "Voe"
Voe Atell --> nominate as "Voe Atell"
Gara Petothel | Lara Notsi -- >nominate as "Lara Notsi"
Jod Na Nawood | Captain Silvo | Crimson Jack --> nominate as "Jod Na Nawood"
Qimir | The Stranger --> nominate as "Qimir"
Nominate all clone trooper and stormtrooper characters by their common names when possible. Examples:
CT-7567 | Rex --> nominate as "Rex"
CT-27-5555 | Fives | Arc-5555 --> nominate as "Fives"
FN-2187 | Finn --> nominate as "Finn"
For troopers with overlapping names (Alpha, Fox) please differentiate who you mean. Clone numbers are fine if that's what makes it clear.
For other characters with piped names not listed here, please reply in the comments. We're happy to crowdsource name suggestions to make the nominations clear.
Please nominate video game characters with multiple gender options as the gender(s) you want to request. It is much easier for everyone if you nominate "Character: Female Revan (SW)" and request "Character: Female Revan (SW)" than to nominate "Character: Revan (SW)" and DNW Male Revan.
Nominations consisting entirely of original characters will not be accepted. There is one "Original Character/Original Character" tag and one "Original Character & Original Character" tag in the tag set to cover these requests. Details and requests about any particular OC request should go into your signup and letter.
Requests with canon characters interacting with original characters should be formatted like the following:
"Shmi Skywalker/Original Female Character"
"Grogu & Original Nonbinary Character"
"Omega & Wrecker & Original Character"
Requests for selfcest or alternate versions of the same character interacting should be nominated as Character: Name (SW) and the request written in your signup and letter.
Any questions or problems getting the Archive to accept your nomination can be emailed to us at maythe4thmod@gmail.com or left as a reply to this post.
The fine print: AO3 sees "Finn/Rey" "Finn(SW)/Rey" "Finn/Rey(SW)" and "Finn/Rey (Star Wars)" as separate relationships, and our spreadsheet sees them as different characters. If you request the "Finn/Rey" tag and Random Participant Ben Solo offers the "Finn/Rey (Star Wars)" tag, he won't be matched to your request. Many Star Wars characters have multiple piped canonical names, some of which have all the pipes included in their canonical ship tags and some which have random (Star Wars) stuck in the middle or at the end. Stripping the extra information out as you nominate, and adding "Star Wars - All Media Types" as the fandom for each nominated tag, makes the rest of the process easier on the back end to expedite approvals and eliminate duplicates. We can and will be cleaning up errant nominations to adhere to the formatting; this may lead to a delay in accepting your nominations.
A special note for those of you into customizing your own AO3 experience: you can add a piece of code to your site skin to list all approved nominations on separate lines:
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display: block;
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(Post last edited on 17 February 2025 for clarification.)
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Date: 2025-02-16 11:41 am (UTC)I don't know if you have an active comm on Tumblr but, in case you don't, would you be alright with me (dead-cowboy) making a promotional post for the event, redirecting to the dreamwidth? There's a nice sw centric event gatherer (swfandomevents) that reach exchange goers that aren't active on dw. I'm just so excited I'd like to reach as many people as possible to participate! If not, it's completely cool :)
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Date: 2025-02-16 04:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-02-17 09:09 pm (UTC)Tech. Feh.