Growing up in Louisiana, give me your original Star Wars viewing experience.

Nothing will ever compare to being 10 years old and seeing Revenge of the Sith for the first time. Not even the boomers who went to see the very first film in 1977!

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my dads brand new ‘78 Ford F-150 extended cab

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Pops had OT bawler status.

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Star Wars as I remember seeing it in ‘79 before Empire came out

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This is when I first saw it. I was amazed. I saw it 3 times in theatre.

I had all the action figures. Even a mail ordered Boba Fett that actually fired the rocket.

Well, in the big scheme of things, I can't say it had any particularly big bearing on my life. But, in Shreveport, I saw "Star Wars" on its second week. I remember being surprised at how crowded the theater was, and that almost all the seats were taken. I had to sit with my friends way up on the first row, which I never did, and never wanted to. Up so close, and with such a crowd around, I wasn't really able to relax and enjoy the viewing much at all. About a month later, I went and saw it again, and had a much more pleasant time. Probably six months later, my little sister was wanting to finally see the film, and I went again for a third viewing.

In 1979, I went to a comic convention in Houston, and David Prowse was one of the guests. At a panel event, he mostly showed and talked about his photography hobby, and showed a lot of nature slides he shot. It was sorta dull. James Doohan was also a guest at the convention, and I was a little taken aback that he now had a mustache, and looked less like late-60s Scotty than he did Captain Kangaroo. He was there, as there was a big hubbub about the new "Star Trek" motion picture coming out. I saw that at a theater in Baytown around Christmastime. It was a big bore. I had more fun with the tv-show reruns.

Saw "The Empire Strikes Back" in Port Arthur in 1980. Don't remember much about it. Might have watched it on VHS tape in the early days of video rental stores, but not since. Saw the third film, "Return of the Jedi" at the theater, but I'm pretty sure I haven't seen it since then. Never watched any of the 'Star Wars' stuff that came later.

Saw it at the drive-in theater in Shreveport. Was hooked and had to have the toys for Christmas. Only they didn’t have the toys ready for that Christmas and my parents weren’t about to buy an empty box with a mail in certificate. I did eventually get them later the next year. Stood in lines that went outside the theater and around the building for both Empire and Jedi.

That particular convention was in downtown Houston. I believe it was called the 'SuperCon,' which was apparently unrelated to the 'HoustonCon,' which I believe had a longer history. I did attend a convention at the Shamrock Hilton a few short years later, though. The main goal of such trips being to buy old golden-age comics and pulp mags.

I'm far less apt to revisit the 'Star Wars' films as I would be the trio of "Flash Gordon" serials (1936, 1938, 1940). The second one, "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars," being my favorite, even though it lacks Priscilla Lawson's ample bosom from the first serial.

TV or the VHS box set of the original trilogy. The good old days.

The first one didn’t even get great reviews at the time. People thought it was mediocre

Were you at the theater for the ‘77 film?