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Nester said:

Out of curiosity, how old where you guys when when you first got infatuated with star wars.

I was 10.

I am having Trouble with the train of thoughts "i dont like it, this is a kids show, not for adults" when the vast majority of us fell in love with This Galaxy as Pre Teens.

Like no shit its for kids....it always was...

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Age 7, 1977 OG movie - dumb ass kid no idea why but there was always a line around the theater for this film. Dad took us like 3-4 different days trying to get in before the theater sold out (only 2 screens in the whole place and they both showed same movie) Instantly hooked , begged / nagged / etc to see it when it came back to theaters and I was already engrossed in the dark art of VHS recording when it finally came out on video. Stayed up all night 1-1 copying Blockbuster tapes one weekend.
It really pains me to see what George / KK / Disney did to this franchise.

Chukzombi said:

its not a kids film, either your memory is flawed or you're being pedantic. star wars didnt have a toy line planned. they had a demand due to the film's success. then they released toys the next year. the content is also not for children. later with ROTJ, yes, it was stupid ewok shit. the orginal is just a movie for all ages to enjoy.

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Correct, if you still have Netflix check 'toys that made us' or something like that. It has a bit about the Lucas / Mattel toy line that wasn't anywhere near ready for the success of the movie and having to release 'IOU' boxes that christmas. None of us knew what to expect. Lucas did make some wise business decisions , getting into merch was one of them.

Chukzombi said:

i loved it very much as a kid, but i loved Halloween very much as a kid too, along with Jaws, Jaws 2, Death Race 2000, The Fog, and whatever other film that was big in the 70s. just cuz little kids loved it doesnt mean its for kids. little kids back then didnt need to be pandered to. we could handle any normal film. though The Exorcist was too much for me. i covered my eyes.

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I remember watching a cartoon on PBS and a deer mom got killed that fucked me up as a kid , I was 5 or so. Bawled my eyes out asking why etc. Looking back I'm sure my mom/dad wanted to shoot me as if they needed that shit in their day.

2 movies scared me period, the original 'alien' watched it alone at night and the anticipation spooked the hell out of me. The other was the remake of 'the thing' with Kurt Russell , watched most of it with my eyes covered. Looking back the special effects do not hold up but at the time wow was it freaky.

We used to rent / watch 'scary' movies and pull for the bad guys. I'm still like that and it's part of why Empire is my favorite movie all time. Bad guys win and the bad guy is a bad ass motherfucker to boot. Oh and he's also your daddy.

Oldbased said:

Also keep in mind back then we had no internet or internet trailers or even info. We had crappy TVs with antenna ears and the daily newspaper.
Nothing was really on either until the week of and it was just out of context no idea what the fuck is this Star Wars shit on TV for 30 seconds between Andy Griffith, MASH and Gilligan's Island.

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Had no idea what star wars was when we went to see it. Only knew every time we went by that movie theater there was a line outside that wrapped around the building. Figured if it was that popular it had to be good.