Students dress up in sci-fi costumes for pub crawl on Star Wars Day
- The students were taking part in Leeds’ infamous Otley Run pub crawl
Students taking part in the infamous Otley Run pub crawl have dressed up in their fanciest sci-fi outfits to mark May 4 also known as Star Wars Day.
Revellers were out in force today taking part in the Otley Run pub crawl across Leeds. They were dressed in a variety of costumes from lightsaber wielding Jedis, to Oompa Loompas as students embarked on the 16 pub whistle stop tour around the city.
The Otley Run weaves its way from Headingley at the outskirts of Leeds along Headingley Lane, past the University of Leeds, and finishes at The Dry Dock Leeds in the city centre 1.5 miles away from the start.
It is a considered a right of passage for any university students studying in Leeds to take part in at least one Otley Run and fancy dress is considered an essential part of the pub crawl.
Today’s bar-hopping tour of the West Yorkshire city also happens to fall on May 4 which for fans of Star Wars is an informal holiday known as Star Wars Day originating from the pun ‘May the fourth be with you.’
A group of students celebrated Star Wars Day appropriately dressed as jedi knights complete with their very own lightsabers. May 4 which for fans of Star Wars is an informal holiday known as Star Wars Day originating from the pun ‘May the fourth be with you’
Meanwhile a lone jedi knight was pictured with a group of ladies who appeared to have missed the fancy dress memo and instead opted for their fanciest going-out outfits
For this reasons, many costumes today appear to be sci-fi related.
One group of boys seem to be very much aware of the significance of May 4 as all seven of the students pictured seem to have come dressed as jedi knights complete with their very own lightsabers.
Meanwhile a lone jedi knight was pictured with a group of ladies who appeared to have missed the fancy dress memo and instead opted for their fanciest going-out outfits.
From a different sci-fi universe one man joined fellow pub-goers dressed as Doctor Who – specifically as Matt Smith’s incarnation of the time travelling alien.
He was spotted with one student dressed up as Russell from the Disney film Up and three other students in unrecognisable costumes.
One of other student with the Doctor and Russell seemingly was dressed up as Big Chef from the classic British children’s tv series Big Chef Little Chef.
From a different sci-fi universe one man joined fellow pub-goers dressed as Doctor Who – specifically as Matt Smith’s incarnation of the time travelling alien. He was spotted with one student dressed up as Russell from the Disney film Up among other costumes
Four oompa loompas were also spotted out and about but without their Willy Wonka. With their faces painted orange, wearing green wigs the loompas were the perfect doppelgangers to the Roald Dahl characters
Four oompa loompas were also spotted out and about but without their Willy Wonka. Who could be seen in the distance behind them.
With their faces painted orange, wearing green wigs and brown overalls the loompas were the perfect doppelgangers to the Roald Dahl characters from his 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The Otley run first started in 1964 but at the time it wasn’t a pub crawl for students but instead for farmers.
The Licensing Act 1964 allowed pubs in Otley to remain open for longer and farmers started travelling from pub to pub on their tractors in what was then known as the ‘Headingley mile’.
As more pubs were added to the trail it became more and more popular with students but remains a popular pub crawl for city residents looking to celebrate a birthday or who just want a good night out.
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