I do have one, really fond memory of Star Wars though. Two summer's ago, my mom and I went to Chicago to see my Uncle recieve his P.h.D. We stayed with my other Uncle, and as much as I love my mom's side of the family, when dinner was over, they liked to just sit around and talk for a few hours. Sitting in the middle of a room with chatting adults playing my Game Boy is rather rude, so I went to my Uncle's basement where he had a huge TV and great sound system. And on top of that, a Lazy Boy reclining chair.
But what to watch? I found my Uncle's set of widescreen Star Wars tapes. I'd been into the prequels at that point in my life, (ROTS having come out a week earlier) and hadn't watched these in years. I popped in SW, and was instantly transported to that galaxy far, far away. Over the next few nights, I watched the whole trilogy, and even though they were the special editions, they were the best time watching Star Wars I'd ever had. I can't explain it at all, I just have really, really fond memories of that, watching the trilogy alone and being lost in the experiance. I think I loved it so much because it really was the first time I'd gotten lost in the films, and it was like watching them for the first time. Though the first time watching them had been on fullscreen rental tapes, I don't remember that at all. I have absolutely no recollection of seeing these for the first time. Maybe my parents showed me them when I was too young. I don't know. But for me, the first time I really saw these films was at my Uncle's house. The first time you see a film, in my definition, is the first time when you get lost in a film. You all have fond memories of first seeing the imperial star ship gliding over the screen and how cool it was. My jaw dropped when I saw this, and I wanted to clap when it was over watching it at my Uncle's.
So I guess that's the reason that experiance is so special to me. For all intents and purposes, it was the first time I'd seen the films, (long before I saw the OOT) and no matter how young we were, where we were, or in what venue we saw it on, we will all remember the first time we saw Star Wars until our dying days. And I consider watching them at my Uncle's house to be the first time I'd seen them, and I'm so glad I'll always have that memory, because I truly wouldn't have it any other way. For all the cool things we did in Chicago, I remember being fairly impatient to get back from checking out the city so I could see ROTJ. I cherish that vacation among my favorites, and seeing Star Wars for the "first time" is one of my favorite memories.