It was the first movie I saw in a movie theater at the age of 5 in 1977. The original is still my favorite movie of all-time, even though I have seen it and ESB & ROTJ hundreds of times now. For my childhood, just growing up and getting action figures for Christmas, and the best was when I got the Death Star for Christmas '78. I remember my brother and would demolish it everyday, and then rebuild it. I am so glad I was able to be there for all three releases to make sure the PT generation gets their facts straight about the history of SW.
SW just harkens back to certain points in life you remember fondly, and can pinpoint them easily. I remember seeing ESB in 1980, and at 8 years old, thought it was too dark for me, how can do this to Luke & Han? Those are the good guys! 25 years later, it is a true classic.
I remember seeing ROTJ in 1983, and loving the ending, and not being bothered by the ewoks that much being a kid. Now they are too kiddie for me, but the ending is still powerful.
I remember in February 1983, when Star Wars first came on HBO, I was 11 and waited 6 damn years to watch it since the movies, no video, just a long wait. And that night watching it and realizing how much I still loved it since '77. Then everytime I saw the 20th Century Fox Log and Music come on, you knew it was Star Wars.
THEN- "For over a thousand years, Lucas put out 3 great movies, then the dark times, the SE, and the Prequels!" A man named Lucas betrayed and murdered those memories" From 1997, it went from loving SW to now bitching about what went wrong everyday, when Lucas should have let it end with Jedi.
For me now, I still love the OT, and can watch them any day of the week and twice on Sunday, as they have never gotten old to me, for that reason I have never gotten to old for SW.