I was only 4 in 1977 so I was too young see it when it first came out. My first experienece was when my parents got me that 45 record that you were supposed to read along with in the booklet. When Empire came out was old enough then and that was the first stars wars movie I saw. I think because of the release of Empire they rereleased Star Wars and I saw Star Wars then. The movies blew me away. I still remember all the debates I had at school as to whether or not Vader was Luke's father. It seemed like it took 50 years until Jedi came out. I still have all three of the 45 records made for the OT. As far as I know they can still play(which is a miracle concidering how many times I must have played them growing up) althought I haven't played them in years because I'm affraid of the damage it might do to them. I still remember sitting there in the movie theaters wide eyed watching each one for the first time, and then playing them over and over againg when they came out on VHS. Unless you grew up during the release of these movies I don't think you can understand what the OT means to us