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I will admit that I'm a May the Fourth person now, though a friend reminded me of the anniversary by text (we missed synching up our SW game session by only a day).
That trailer is so old! lol I wonder what it would look like if they made one today, still using clips from the film.
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A bit late.
Busey days at the moment, but omg this brings back memories, and while I was not old enough for this one I was old enough for the next one.
I still remember this, is my first introduction to this wonderful galaxy |
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Whill
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I don't remember ever seeing the trailer when I was a wee lad, but I didn't go to the theater that much at that age. I know that Star Wars wasn't my very first theatrical experience, but I didn't have too many before it. I'm almost certain that it was my dad who was most interested in seeing Star Wars. Maybe he saw this trailer back then, because he was a movie fanatic.
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| DougRed4 wrote: | I will admit that I'm a May the Fourth person now, though a friend reminded me of the anniversary by text (we missed synching up our SW game session by only a day).
That trailer is so old! lol I wonder what it would look like if they made one today, still using clips from the film. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55jkOtsEZZg&list=PLvXjubqkMdiAOTQxLU6tuVU7ADXczqbJQ&index=9
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I didn't go to the theater much when I was younger, either (I was 12 when SW came out). I'm pretty positive I never saw the original trailer back in the day.
@Barbarossa41: That was awesome! Reminds me of current trailers, where there's lots of clips from deleted scenes. I like how they used bits from the Special Editions, too, and love how crystal clear it is. I also think the fan-made Vader vs. Obi-Wan fight is fantastic, but it seems unfair to include it here.
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Fun Facts: i was born in May '75, the month George Lucas signed off on 90% of the concept art that defined the look of Star Wars!
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| Inquisitor1138 wrote: | | Fun Facts: i was born in May '75, the month George Lucas signed off on 90% of the concept art that defined the look of Star Wars! |
Cool. I'm a little older, old enough to have seen and remember seeing ANH in the theater. What I like to call being a "first generation Star Wars fan."
Fun fact: My wife wasn't even born when the first Star Wars came out, and she had never seen any Star Wars movies when we met in late 2005.
I showed them to her on DVD in chronological order. Even though she had thought Palpatine was shady and not totally trustworthy, she had no clue that he was the phantom menace until it was overtly revealed in RotS. She hated Anakin with a deep passion for his betrayal of the Jedi, and she was really disturbed while watching RotS until the birth of the twins, when she realized that Star Wars was a generational saga and there was hope for the future. RotS added a whole other dimension to her experience of ANH. When Vader held onto Leia while Alderaan was destroyed he was holding his daughter. When Vader shot at Artoo and Luke in the trench run, he was shooting at his former droid buddy and son. Although none of them knew it at the time, my wife did. I had been warned that showing the PT to my wife before the CT would ruin her experience of the TESB, but TESB turned out to be her favorite of all six films despite knowing about Luke's parentage before Vader revealed it to Luke, something she figured out was going to happen before it did. She was still affected by the melodrama of Luke's reaction to learning the news. And when Anakin returned to destroy the Sith in RotJ, she was even more surprised than us first geners were in 1983. She still hated him, but she was relieved that he finally did the right thing and she was satisfied with the conclusion of the saga.
Fast forward 10 years to our son watching the Lucas films (in the order of 1, 4, 5, 2, 3, 6), and TFA became the first SW film my wife and son had seen in the theater. I didn't say anything to my wife in advance but I was 99% sure Han would die in TFA. As soon as Han had walked out on the ledge to confront Kylo Ben, I became 100% certain and that it would happen in that scene. My wife was totally caught off guard and said out loud in the theater, "What the hell?!!" when Han got ran through. I guess that shock and drama really affected her. Just like with me, her first theatrical experience of Star Wars became her favorite SW film. The only difference is, I've lived through 10 subsequent SW movies that weren't as great as my first Star Wars, while she has only had to experience four subsequent lesser SW films to her first theatrical Star Wars.
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| Whill wrote: | Cool. I'm a little older, old enough to have seen and remember seeing ANH in the theater. What I like to call being a "first generation Star Wars fan."
Fun fact: My wife wasn't even born when the first Star Wars came out. |
Congratulations on robbing the cradle!!!! I'm jealous!! 
| Whill wrote: | | I showed them to her on DVD in chronological order. |
I'm glad she was able to have the roller coaster, even though some of the twists were pre-shown.
I'm a 1st Gen fan as well (age 8 in 1977).
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@ThorII, I love your Sig.
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| KageRyu wrote: | | @ThorII, I love your Sig. |
I second that!
Prior to seeing RotJ in theaters, i saw ANH & TESB at screenings in the student union of the local university... It was also the year i first had an R2 birthday cake.
i had made a lightsaber out of cardboard tubes & plastic eggs, & brought it to the summer youth program often, like every day... i met my 1st girlfriend there. Best. Year. Ever.
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