JohnGreenArt said:

I'm not saying knowing spoilers in advance makes ESB a bad movie, not at all, just that it's a different viewing experience for any audience when before the movie even starts they already know something about the characters when they're not *supposed* to know about it until it's revealed within the film itself, as the filmmakers originally intended.

And did you just insinuate ANH is "hokey"?! :P

;' ) We obviously moved in very different circles...

I too am of the original release generation... (Saw ESB in the Odeon in Leicester square, my first real exposure to TRUE cinema. Ie MASSIVE screen and proper surround sound... As opposed to my local cinema (In Dundee) which was big, but not THAT big and sound was Good, but not AMAZING)

Anyway... I knew before I stepped into the cinema of the Vader/Skywalker thang... What got me was the Bro/Sis thing... (To be honest, my initial reaction was... "Come oooon! No!" Cos I thought *that* was a bit hokey too ! ;' )