Tyrphanax said:
I guess you missed this part of ROTJ?
When I was little (mid 80s) my big sister told me that at the end of "Star Wars" Darth Vader crashed somewhere, and had to get a new helmet, and that's why he had the chrome nose and new lenses.
My parent's first date was to see Star Wars, so I didn't get to see that.
Had all the records and storybooks, so my memories are a little muddled, but I believe I first saw Star Wars on HBO once or twice when I was maybe 6, so I never had as strong a memory of it until we got in on VHS later in childhood.
We had a taped copy of ESB off of HBO that my brothers and sisters and I watched until it shredded.
Have no clue when I first saw Jedi. Dad says he took me to the theater, but I was four so I don't recall.
So without George Lucas you may never have been born?
Spooky.
My first viewing was in 1997. I was three and three-quarters (no more, no less folks.) I had just gotten my hair cut at the barber shop down the street from the theater, and into Return of the Jedi I went. Why start with that? I'm not sure. Maybe it's the only one I asked to see. I'm pretty sure the other two had ended their run at the theater. As the lady who cut my hair had warned me, I itched a lot. Don't remember why that haircut made that happen.
Now being the ultimate target audience for that one I was blown away. I even liked Jedi Rocks for what it was, not knowing a less annoying number once had its place. That following Christmas I'm pretty sure we got the fullscreen SE trilogy. The rest is personal history.
That theater remains one of my favorites to this day and thank God it's still around.
A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em
TheBoost said:
My parent's first date was to see Star Wars, so I didn't get to see that.
My parents went on a date to see Star Wars too. It wasn't their first but it was one of their first. My mom was a Trekkie, and my dad was a sci-fi fan who was going through a Tolkien phase. Match made in heaven? They had heard of this great new movie called Star Wars that everyone was talking about it, so naturally it was one of the first dates they had together.
They hated it. They walked out before it was over.
For their sins, they bore a son who made a small career talking about that film.
True story!
One of my folks's first dates was going to see Rocky Horror. Do I win a prize too?
A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em
One of my first dates ever was seeing Rocky Horror in a theater! Do I also get that prize?
zombie84 said:
One of my first dates ever was seeing Rocky Horror in a theater! Do I also get that prize?
Twist: Zombie is Bkev's father.
Keep Circulating the Tapes.
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AS THE DEATH STAR TURNS SEASON FINALE
A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em
Oooh, I can't wait to tune in. I love that show!
“Grow up. These are my Disney's movies, not yours.”
bkev said:
AS THE DEATH STAR TURNS SEASON FINALE
*cue As The Death Star Turns theme*
Bonus video. I never knew you could do all that with just one instrument, that's crazy. Reminds me of all the 90's Star Wars video games... ah, nostalgia...
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Tyrphanax said:
Bonus video. I never knew you could do all that with just one instrument, that's crazy. Reminds me of all the 90's Star Wars video games... ah, nostalgia...
That's awesome! And I found the opening theme for my audio drama!
bkev said:
One of my folks's first dates was going to see Rocky Horror. Do I win a prize too?
I can't believe your folks ever wanted to have sex again.
TheBoost said:
Tyrphanax said:
Bonus video. I never knew you could do all that with just one instrument, that's crazy. Reminds me of all the 90's Star Wars video games... ah, nostalgia...
That's awesome! And I found the opening theme for my audio drama!
Woo! Glad I could help!
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I have very few memories of seeing Star Wars in 1977 as I was only 5 years old. I remember all the main characters: Darth Vader, Luke, Leia, and the Death Star. The strange thing is I never saw it again til 1983, but having the action figures kept my love of the movie all those years.
I will say that when I finally saw it again in February 1983 when it first premiered on HBO, it confirmed how much I loved the movie again. It was on so many times that year, and I would watch it everytime.
Tyrphanax said:
zombie84 said:
One of my first dates ever was seeing Rocky Horror in a theater! Do I also get that prize?
Twist: Zombie is Bkev's father.
ROFLMAO!!!
I was born in '79, so the first time I saw "Star Wars" was on TV via a CBS "movie of the week" or what have you in the early '80s. I remember finding the part where the jawa jumps up and shoots R2-D2 on Tatooine very unpleasant; during subsequent VHS viewings I cowered behind the couch as that scene crept up. I also wasn't very fond of the part where Chewbacca just straight up yells at Luke over being handcuffed. Like, you understand English, you know what the score is, calm down. Jesus! Otherwise, this was the perfect movie.
"Empire" was also presented to me first on a tv set, at my aunt's house in Greenwich, CT (the only reason that town means anything to me). I remember watching the Hoth sequences over and over again because I thought they were so dreamy and cool. I was still rather young, so the major plot points were totally lost on me, but hot damn if I didn't love this one even more than the o.g. "Empire" also helped me become cognizant of fashion, in that I realized no one in my world dressed as cool as Han or Luke or Vader or Boba Fett.
By '83 I was deemed old enough to experience Skywalking in the theater, but initially I didn't even want to see "Jedi" because the commercials on television made Jabba the Hutt look like evil incarnate. Funnily enough, spotting an Admiral Ackbar action figure in K-Mart changed my mind. I wanted that figure like the dickens and I sure as heck wanted to see that funny fish guy do his thing on screen. So a couple hours later my grandparents took me. It was pretty great, but near the end of the movie I had to go to the bathroom, and I distinctly remember missing key pieces of the speeder bike chase.
Flash forward a decade-ish. I was eighteen when the Special Editions came out, and I was just ELATED to finally have the opportunity to catch the first two in theater after years and years and years of small screen viewing. On top of that, I was employed at Taco Bell, who struck the deal for the SE "Feel the Force" promotion (that may have been how I initially found out about the rereleases); I nicked so many trinkets and stickers and cups during my shifts it's a wonder I wasn't fired/arrested. I don't know how they did it over in England, but here in the states the SE releases were staggered a month apart (January, February, March), which seemed really cruel. I didn't want to have to wait that long to see all three. The outstanding memory from these showings is how "Rocky Horror" the crowds were---cheering and booing and laughing and going nuts at the weirdest times. The Toschi Station line, I swear people just started screaming in pain and calling Luke terrible, not-PC names.
Naturally I found all the updated bits pretty displeasing, but I didn't sweat it at the time. I mean, there was no way they'd really keep that dodgy Greedo fuckery in there or that quasi-world music horse shit at the end of "Jedi." This was just a one-time thing. VHS was gonna be around forever. Right? Sigh.
