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In my 50s now, it is a little sad to know I am nearer the end of my life than its beginning. But on the other hand, it means I was there for Star Wars, Star Trek The Motion Picture, and the great 80s action era culminating in Terminator 2. A great cinematic era.

I was 10 when it came out. The next year (1978) it was popular in drive-in theaters and I TAPE RECORDED the whole thing from the speaker. Really took my action figure game to the next level.

1977. I was 4.my sister, 8yrs older than me, returned from the moviehouse...my mom asked "what did you see?""Star Wars. It was stupid." she motions over to me and says..."Bring him, he'll love it.''.the rest is history.

In memories of:
Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Peter Cushion, Alec Guinness, James Earl Jones

When my nephew was very, very young, I didn't like him very much as he was an extremely annoying kid, always screeching and throwing strops. But when he was around 8 or 9 years old, he discovered Star Wars. One day, when I was visiting my sister and everyone was at school or work, I decided to watch the first Star Wars as I hadn't watched it in ages. My nephew came home as I was halfway through the first one, and he was delightfully shocked that I loved this trilogy. We watched the rest of the film together, and then the next one too. From that day forward, we became friends, bonded together by our love for the Star Wars franchise.

I was eight when it came out, and I'll never forget what a mind-blowing, jaw-dropping experience it was seeing that first star destroyer chasing down the rebel ship. Nothing like it had ever been seen before. The world it created felt so real and lived-in, and all the effects looked like things really happening: that's what really sold it. Prior to that, with the exception of 2001: A Space Odyssey, sci-fi meant fake-looking cardboard spaceships, horrible green-screening, laughable costumes, inane plots, and alien costumes that looked like rejects from the local Halloween outlet.

“As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced”. Aka YouTube

Special thanks to Harmy for the despecialized editions for fans to enjoy! Nice review!

As a ten year old watching this in the cinema had a huge impact on me. Watching Luke stare at the twin sunset gave me a wanderlust that has never left me. Thank you Star Wars, you literally changed my life for the better.

I always find it funny how Lucas originally  did not want Harrison Ford in Star Wars because he was in American Graffiti. Yet he auditioned Cindy Williams for Princess Leia who had a bigger role in American Graffiti than Harrison did.

John Williams is legend.  

"  the prescence of a quality Soundtrack is key to a good movie "


Oliver you're absolutely right

13:15 "side-kick wookie" I had to run that back three times to make sure I didn't mishear that as "PSYCHIC Wookie"....LOL!

I was 10 when it was released.  One my neighbor's Mom took us to the theater to see it one Saturday afternoon.  This movie was so BIG back THEN in 1977.  No multiplexes back then.  GREAT Memories.  THANKS

"My father will know how to retrieve it" Wow that's funny in hindsight!

I saw this 5 times in 1977/78 (aged 12) and it was a cinematic thrill still never equalled. At the time the scene that really amazed everyone was the cantina scene. We'd never seen so many aliens in one movie, though today this must seem unremarkable. The hyperspace jump also wowed everyone.

It always touched my heart when Han came to Luke’s rescue in the destroy of the Death Star

can't understand how this guy is not getting more views ! Oliver you're amazing ! thank you for another great retrospective !

24:50 and this was one of the reasons why the lightsaber was so popular.....not just because its a cool weapon but because you dont see it that much often, so you know something serious ih happening when they are activated.

In the Prequels even the lightsaber became boring by overusing.

I cant believe its been 38 years ago since this movie was released. I remember seeing this movie on cable day after day on HBO back in ....um.....think it was 81. I was too young to see it or Empire in theaters. But at least I got to see Return of the Jedi in theatres on its opening weekend. Great movie experience. A magnificent communal feeling in that theatre. like I cant even put into words. its sad the younger generation never got to experience, that special communal experience the original trilogy produced, from the prequels.