Tommorw is Star Wars 30th anniversary

[mitchedwards]

May 25, 1977 Star Wars hit the Movie Screens.

My brother took me to go see the movie that night, as a 10 yr old I had no idea about this movie, but I was blown away by what I saw that night.

The sad part about this annoversary is that this really kicked off the star wars toys mania, and brought about the decline of the 8 inch Mego figure

[Mikey]

Yep,
I seen it on opening day at my local mall theatre.
My best buddy's mom took both of us......
I was 12.
The line went outside the theatre and into the mall.
I still remember the theatre selling "standing room only" tickets.
People were sitting on the floor in the isles.
I bet you'd never see that today :)
We totally enjoyed it and she took us to McDonalds afterward.
My short term memory is getting nasty, but I can still clearly remember junk like this :)

[toys2cool]

wow it's hard to believe it's 30 years old

[mitchedwards]

Yep,

My short term memory is getting nasty, but I can still clearly remember junk like this :)

YOu and me both. I can rember the line the movie the snacks etc... But don't ask me what I did yesterday:rolleyes_2:

[mego73]

First time I got the folks to take me to Star Wars, it was sold out so we saw "The Deep" instead. Jackie Bissett in a wet TV shirt was not enough to dull the disapointment.

Finally did see Star Wars I believe a couple weeks later but even before that, it was indeed the year of Star Wars.

It wasn't just a movie, it was a Kid culture earthquake. It crept into all kids lives through school and friends.

George has done a lot to take us away from those original feelings about Star Wars, but really nothing can destroy it.

[RussG]

I was only 6 months old when it came out, so my first Star Wars movie was Jedi. I guess my mom thought I was too young for ESB when it came out.

I gotta get my butt to the post office and buy some Star Wars stamps :costumed-smiley-069

[GSPUSA]

Happy Birthday Star Wars. I ordered 3 sets of stamps today when I went to the post office and they'll mail 'em out tomorrow so I won't have to go again on my lunch break.

[EmergencyIan]

On Monday evening, the History Channel is supposed to air a new Star Wars special. It looks pretty interesting.

- Ian

[huedell]

I think Star Wars kills----end of story

Happy Anniversary ---and may the Force be with y'all

[Adam West]

Yep, I remember seeing it in the theatre...it wasn't opening weekend but it hadn't been in the theatre too long....went to see it as part of a friend's birthday party...I remember my jaw dropped at the special effects...had never seen anything like it before.

There are a lot of 30th anniversary commeratives coming out this year. I know Hallmark has a 30th anniversary Star Wars ornament.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I missed the Star Wars phenomenon by a few seconds it seems. I was only 2 when it came out, so I was a bit young to go see it. I had a Darth Vader figure, and a few of the later ESB and Jedi figures, but Star Wars mania never claimed me. A year and a half later, Superman: The Movie became to me what Star Wars was to many.

Either way, it's more than a movie, it's modern folklore on screen. And in the end, a damn fun film. So happy birthday!

Chris

[Comic Book Geek]

When Star Wars came out I was stuck living in the country with parents that never took me to the movies. I would visit my Aunt every chance I got and she would take me to movies, but by the time I got to visit it wasn't in theaters anymore. I had read the comic book version before I ever got to see it. It seems like I didn't see until it had been out for a year or more, and then it was at the drive-in. I loved it so much that no other sci fi would do. Buck rogers and battlestar didn't stack up

[toys2cool]

On Monday evening, the History Channel is supposed to air a new Star Wars special. It looks pretty interesting.

- Ian
yeah saw that,I'm watching it for sure :grin:

[Wee67]

Sibling rivalry kept me from admiting I liked Star Wars at first.

My brother was a sci-fi nut and, in my eyes, pretty nerdy. Sooo, if my brother liked, it must be nerdy. He, of course, worshipped SW.

I'm not quite sure how a superhero fanatic like me could point at SW fans and call them nerds, but at the time, I somehow made that differentiation.

Ultimately (and by ultimately I mean a week or two), I was into the culture. I had the cards, watched the specials, etc.

:birthday:

[English Paul]

I recall reading that it didn`t actually make it here to the UK until 1978 or at least christmas 1977. The hype was already over by the time we saw it.

Just found this - http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/starwars3.html

Yes, I was right.

I have been looking around to see if any of our local theatres will be showing it as part of the 30th aniv`- i`d love to take my lad along to see it on the big screen but sadly nowhere seems to be which is a real shame.

[Comic Book Geek]

Sibling rivalry kept me from admiting I liked Star Wars at first.

My brother was a sci-fi nut and, in my eyes, pretty nerdy. Sooo, if my brother liked, it must be nerdy. He, of course, worshipped SW.

I'm not quite sure how a superhero fanatic like me could point at SW fans and call them nerds, but at the time, I somehow made that differentiation.

Ultimately (and by ultimately I mean a week or two), I was into the culture. I had the cards, watched the specials, etc.

:birthday:

Perhaps you had forsight into the fact that Star Wars nerds would one day camp outside a movie theater wearing jedi robes for months... to see the second prequel.

[Sideshow Spock]

That History Channel show looks great.. I can't wait to hear what Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich, and Dan Rather etc have to say about the cultural impact of Star Wars.. :ugh:

I was 8 when SW first came out, and I have no strong memory of it, altho I think I saw it. Same goes for ESB. I never had one SW toy.

I do remember walking the five miles to the nearest theater with a friend to see a matinee of Jedi.

[Adam West]

I don't remember where I heard this but apparently if you asked what movie did "May the Force Be With You" come from around 80-90% of the global population can tell you.

[DocDrako]

I've had a weird day all day. I kept going back in time all day, remembering where I was and everything when Star Wars came out. I wasn't there on opening night, but I saw it about 3 weeks later. It was lifechanging for me. Happy Birthday, Star Wars!

:grin:

[Hulk]

Caught the end of ESB on TV tonight, it was a fun 15 minutes.

[VintageMike]

I don't know if it was opening day, but I know I saw it early on as I do remember the line and what theatre I saw it in. I was only 6 but I'll nenver forgot it. It was just so awesome and would lead to not only being the predominant toys of my childhood but my other toy collecting passion in adulthood.
Here's a great article of th eopening at the theatres it played in.

http://www.fromscripttodvd.com/star_wars_a_day_long_remembered.htm

A sad aside to this story is the theatre in question ceased operations last Friday (to make way for a bigger theatre in the area) 30 years to the day, Star Wars opened there.

[palitoy]

I didn't see Star Wars until 1979, I'm that kid.

[ABMAC]

I probably saw Star Wars a few days after its release. I don't remember anything about the experience, so there couldn't have been much of a line.

The first reference to Star Wars that I saw was a review of the novel in Starlog magazine before the movie was made. I bought a paperback copy of the novel soon afterward, but waited until I'd seen the movie to read it.