I know exactly what "it" feels like but it really is hard to spell "it" out on a keyboard. It's like trying to explain the concept of love (not that I'm comparing the two feelings), you can explain the symptoms but not really what is causing them. I think that's what makes "it" so damn special.
I am one of the many that saw all three films in their original incarnations in the theatres from '77 - '83. I was 9 years old in May of '77 when I lined up with my friend and my mom to see Star Wars at the Fairview Mall cinema in Toronto. And I was never the same since! It honestly feels pretty goofy to be so attached to these films and so passionate about them at the age of 38, but I am
It was such an amazing feeling to be part of the whole phenomenon; to feel such an incredible high even on subsequent viewings (I can't remember how many times I saw SW in that first year -- it ran for an entire year in that very same cinema!). Anyway, I am so pumped about getting the ORIGINAL versions on DVD (God please let these be quality discs!). I know I can't relive the euphoria of that first year but that's okay, it still reminds of one of the best years of my life and that's GREAT! And these movies are still great even without the nostalgia factor. I don't even have the DVDs yet (September 12th seems like an eternity away) and the whole idea is just so "cool". I didn't feel that resurgance of emotion in '97 or when the prequels came out (especially when the prequels came out). The OOT did what it did the way it was, and GL can do all he wants to try and make all his films fit together but for an old fart like me there are only three movies and I just do my best to deny the existence of all the others
Cheers!