One hot May afternoon back in 1977 when I was just 10 years old, my Mon told me and my older sister to get out of the pool and into the car, because we were going to see some new space movie at the local cinema.

I had no idea at all of what I was in for! Later that same day all I wanted was a model of that huge triangle ship from the start of the film. No toys like that had been released yet, so I went home and carved my own version out of a Styrofoam pool kick-board. I also found out that my classmate who lived across that street had also seen the movie that very same day, so the two of us just played Star Wars in my back yard all the rest of that day. One thing I was very thankful for was that my Mother did get the official movie program-book at the theater that day, so every one of those images are now forever etched in my memory.

Here is a photo of the theater where I saw Star Wars for the very first time. About 8 years later, I worked there as an usher. Sadly, the original building was torn down and the theater operation moved to a new location sometime in the mid 1990’s.