re: Those who saw the original Star Wars trilogy in the theaters..

I saw the original in theatres. Was a 12 or 13 when A New Hope Came out. It was definitely a phenomenon all its own at the time. I think the next two releases (Episode V and Episode VI) built on that (it also gave us Space Balls). I absolutely flipped out over Star Wars ANH and lost count how many times I went to wee it in the theatres. I remember going to see Close Encounters, released later that year, and being somewhat disappointed - even though I was an avid SiFi reader and Bermuda Triangle expert at the time.