Star Wars: The Old Republic has freebies for its fake holiday

When aliens discover the cratered ruins of our planet in the distant future and study the records from our civilization, they will undoubtedly come to the conclusion that we, as a race, were infatuated with creating so many fake holidays so that we would never get work done. And also something about bitcoin.

It’ll be easy to identify your Star Wars fans this week as May the 4th (get it? GET IT. YOU MUST GET IT.) arrives. Star Wars: The Old Republic has had the tradition of giving out freebies on Star Wars Day, and this year is no exception.

Double XP and command XP is running during this month, and if you log in by May 7th, you’ll get a free red-tinted astromech pet. Subscribers will also get a TF-4 Rampage speeder delivered to their inventory as a bonus gift.