If I recall correctly I watched almost nothing but the 1992 Pan & Scan VHS release of IV - VI for years on repeat. I remember being too young to know what roman numerals were so I had no idea which order the films went in, so I just watched whichever one I felt like at the time and was always sucked in the moment the movie started.

I begged my Dad to take me to see TPM when it came out in 1999 and mortified my mother by talking endlessly about how Darth Maul was cut in half; I learned years later my father got in a lot of trouble for that 😛
My Dad then took me out of school to see both AOTC and ROTS in theatres the day they came out.

For TFA I took my Dad, which was a really nice experience to share considering the first film he ever took me to the cinemas for was TPM.

R1 same sort of deal.

I’m honestly not a fan of these annual releases; Star Wars always felt like a huge event but it’s feeling less so now that it’s going to be non-stop for a while, kind of takes a way a bit of the ‘specialness,’ in my opinion anyway.

I wish life were still as simple as just sitting in front of a crappy tube TV all day watching Return of the Jedi over and over again, sleeping, rinse and repeat.