What It Was Really Like To See Star Wars In 1977



I can tell you what it was like, because 1977 is when I first saw Star Wars. I had missed the hype, because I was in college and saw no TV all that year. But some friends I worked with during the summer back in Kentucky insisted I go with them to see Star Wars. I had no particular expectations, but when the Imperial Star Destroyer filled the big screen during the opening scene, and got bigger, and bigger, and bigger, I knew it was something special. We went back to see it again and again, even though that meant an hour-long drive to the theater each time. I was hooked. This video gives the perspective of different people who recall their first impressions.


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I was a kid when my family and I saw it. I remember seeing, as we drove by the movie theater, a line of people around the block waiting to get into one of the showings. I don't remember waiting in a long line when we saw it.
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When I quit, I drove my company car several hundred miles north from central England to northern Scotland and left it there, posting the keys back to the boss. It took two people 2 days to get it back - a 10 hour drive both ways, 2 people because the return journey involved the extra car.

Gestures such as these give you a huge amount of satisfaction :o)
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that is AWESOME!!! i've done one or two pretty entertaining "quittings" in my time, but this one is MILES above anything i ever did!! it's as close to job-quitting perfection as i think you could get (and based on the story, totally justified in my mind), and i'd love to buy this guy a beer!!! FANTASTIC!!!
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