How did you first see the Star Wars films? — Page 6

My earliest memory of anything Star Wars is not from the movies. I remember having a Return of the Jedi Read-Along Storybook, and going with my Mom to a local burger restaurant more than once so she could play a Star Wars arcade game (the wireframe Trench Run one in a sit down cabinet.) My parents also owned the Star Wars: Jedi Arena, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle games for Atari 2600.

I think my parents rented and pirated the Original Trilogy, but I don’t remember how young I was when I first saw them. I do have a vague recollection of watching the end of A New Hope and it switching suddenly from fullscreen to letterboxed right at the last shot before the credits roll, and I had no idea at the time why it did that.

When I really got into the actual movies themselves was when my parents gave me the Faces VHS set for my birthday. I remember those were given to me, not just bought in general for my family.

And I certainly remember watching the SEs and the Prequels in the theatre when they each first came out. Yuck. Growing up, my favorite Star Wars movie was Jedi for reasons that basically qualify it as classic adventure flick. So I especially hated the SE version of Jedi for what it did to Lapti Nek and Sy Snoodles. That is, until I found ANH:R and eventually Despecialized.

Now, because of the ongoing nature of these fan projects, I have a continuing fascination with the Star Wars films. My family probably thinks I’m eccentric for knowing little nitpicky details about their production when the reality is I just hang around you guys enough to pick stuff like that up.