May 4, 2021 – With today being May the Fourth, what are the odds two Star Wars fans expecting their second son, whom they had planned to name Luke, would be scheduled to deliver via C-section on Star Wars Day? Han Solo might advise against considering those chances – “Never tell me the odds,” the character notoriously mutters as he navigates his Millennium Falcon through an asteroid field.
Despite the odds, Luke Gray Sokolowski was born at 9:59 am on May 4 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield. He is the son of Matthew and Tamara Sokolowski of Lincoln. He weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 20 ½ inches long. Luke has one sibling, Matthew James, 3 ½.
Luke and other babies born Tuesday, May 4 at MMC, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Passavant Area Hospital, and Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital were dressed as Baby Yoda to celebrate Star Wars Day. The Baby Yoda ensemble even included a crocheted lightsaber.
Fans of Star Wars celebrate today because the date reflects a catchphrase from the movies, “May the Force be with you.” Baby Yoda is the popular character from the Star Wars’ The Mandalorian TV series.
Both Sokolowskis donned Star Wars-related T-shirts and have at-the-ready Star Wars-themed outfits for baby Luke. Embracing a “Do, or do not” approach to his son’s birth on Star Wars Day, Matthew purchased matching shirts for himself and Luke that read, “Master” and “Apprentice.”
“We’ll have fun birthdays,” said Tamara. As the couple prepped for Luke’s delivery on Tuesday morning, those future birthday parties may seem far, far away; but, as parents know, childhood tends to happen at light speed.
