Saw SW in San Francisco in 77. I was living in Kentfield, up in Marin County at the time. I remember my Mom telling me about "that local guy, George" who did American Graffiti had been working on a space movie. I was oblivious to American Graffiti, as you can imagine as a 7 year old... But, the idea of a space movie sounded cool. I don't remember the theater (don't live there anymore), but I do remember having to stand in a line that wrapped around a couple of blocks three or four times. I have memory burn of when Vader walks into the Tantive IV and pauses, looking at the battle's dead. Everyone in the theater was cheering loudly for him. "Who the heck is this guy?", I was thinking. Oh yeah, I was hooked...
Saw ESB in Salt Lake City of all places in 80. Driving across the country with my Mom and our old BMW 2002 broke down outside of SLC. Got towed into town. My Mom dropped me off at a theater and I watched it 3 times in a row. It had been out for a few weeks so the people at the theater didn't care. When the car was fixed, we continued on. Really didn't want to leave that theater...
Yeah, I guess I'm one of the old ones too...