I remember the line in my pissant hometown for Empire on opening day. All of the kids in my neighborhood were in that line. It must have been 100 yards long. But when it came to Star Wars, mom took me to the nearest "big" town 20 miles away to see it. It was sold out at the first theatre we went to so she found another one showing it. She still talks to this day about how my mouth hung open speechless at the start of it. I recall some other kid having to be taken out when R2 was shot by the Jawas, but again, I was simply transfixed. Silent as a tomb.
