What you need to know:
May 4 is Star Wars Day because of the similarity of the phrase May The 4th with May The Force Be With You
Raise your hands if you are fans of Star Wars! We say this because without a doubt this will interest you a lot. Apple launched a very raffled commercial regarding May The 4thStar Wars Day, and it’s made entirely with real fans of the saga!
Just like that, Manzana recruited hundreds of star wars fans to participate in a very special announcement on the occasion of May the 4th. Do you want to see it? Well let’s go with it.
Apple’s ad to commemorate May the 4th with Star Wars fans
It all starts with a Star Wars fan dressed as a Mandalorian, who has a pet named Leia (like that or more of a fan?). She leaves him food before leaving the house armed with his iPhone 15 to go to a convention (like the CCXP), where you will see your friends.
The trip goes like a normal day in any city: Stop by a cafe, use public transportation and walk several blocks until you arrive. The problem is that already there, he only sees more people in costumes. And since all his friends are also Mandalorians, it is impossible to know who they are with the characteristic helmets of those characters.
That’s where the ad comes in: How to find your buddies? The idea of Manzana to launch this commercial for May the 4thit is to announce its function Precision Finding to find people. Just what it does is tell you where to go to meet a friend.
The iPhone app does its thing and the meeting is a success. A cool commercial that also has different Easter Eggs from the saga:
Apple worked with real Star Wars fans for its May The 4th commercial
As we said, A plus about this ad is that it was made with pure Star Wars fans. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lucasfilm worked with 172 fans of the saga, Owen Jardiniano being the protagonist of the commercial. Wonderful!
And to all this, how does Precision Finding on the iPhone 15 work?
If, in addition to being a Star Wars fan and celebrating the May the 4th, you also have an iPhone 15, surely the announcement had a greater impact on you. But in case you don’t know how to use the function Precision Finding that they announce, here is the information.
Apple made available a brief instruction to use it:
- Open the Finding app
- Touch People at the bottom and choose the name of the person you want to meet. If you don’t follow each other, you will have to share your location or have the other person share theirs.
- If they are not nearby, touch How to get to get closer to its location.
- If they are close, tap Look for to notify your friend that you are trying to locate them, and then follow the on-screen instructions to reach their location.
- When they are close enough, an arrow will point in their direction with an estimate of how far away they are.
- If you go in the right direction, the screen will turn green
And ready! A very useful feature for Star Wars fans and non-fans, don’t you think? Finally, it only remains to say: May the 4th Be With You.
