The first thing I really remember of Star Wars was when I was 10 in 1977, there was a report on the News at 5.45 on ITV here in the UK, it was reporting about the release and success of the film in America, they showed the clip of the Tie-Fighters attacking the Millennium Falcon as it escaped from the Death Star. I remember watching it thinking boy that looks amazing, I didn't have a clue who the characters were, and when I seen C3-PO walking down the Falcon's corridor just before the ship get hit I didn't know if he was a good guy or a bad guy, then there was the big furry monkey thing, I didn't know what Chewbacca was mean't to be,never seen anything like it before. Now Star Wars didn't get released here in the UK until late December 1977 so it was around Jan or Feb 1978 before I finally convinced my dad to take me to the cinema to see it, but in the meantime I'd collected the comic books and read the novel and saved loads of magazine articles all about the wonderful characters and spaceships in the film, those are feelings that will never go away, the excitement of seeing Star Wars for the first time in the cinema.