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

Thanks for linking the release dates (Red5LSU) so I don't have to guess.

I was a high school senior, and wasn't a sci-fi nerd, so I didn't see Star Wars during it's first release. I saw it during the summer of 1979 re-release because everyone was talking about the coming release of Empire. My brother, who's four years older, was way more into it than me, but he was, and still is more into sci-fi.

Star Wars was fun, but I had heard a lot about it, and watched it alone. Empire was great, but I saw it with friends, so it was a much better experience too.

I was excited for Return of the Jedi. The name was enough for me to want to see it. I enjoyed it, but didn't think it was as good as Empire.

I had no idea there were other Star Wars stories. I never owned any toys. Before The Phantom Menace came out, I did go with friends to a Star Wars show/convention in Plano.

I saw The Phantom Menace with those guys on the largest screen in Texas. One of them wore a Boba Fett tee, and they were playing Star Wars trivia with the other people in line. That movie sucked. It's the last one I saw.

My friends collected the toys from all of the movies, belonged to a club that kept them updated, and were at stores when the new toys arrived, to buy. One had them displayed in his dining room and bedroom. The other kept them filed away in boxes in his house. They were younger then me, and had the toys from the original movie on.