Star Wars is 30 Years Old

javipas writes "On May 25th, 1977 the first film of the Star Wars Saga was released to theaters. Thirty years later, and celebrations are being held all around the globe. Wired has a series of articles entitled The Empire at 30, and many fans are posting about this particular birthday. For example, you can see the best 30 clips made by fans to celebrate this anniversary. The BBC is chronicling the journey of one man who had never seen Star Wars before. IGN has a rundown on some of the highlights of the Celebration convention, running this weekend."

Leia's Metal Bikini

[thewils]

Yikes, there's even a site [leiasmetalbikini.com] devoted to it...

Stars Wars Tech on History Channel May 28th 8pm

[foniksonik]

Just FYI for those who enjoyed "The Science of Superman", the same guy, Michael Dennin (a friend of mine from Church [Catholic if you're interested] will be hosting a show on the technology of Star Wars, Mon. May 28th 8PM on the History Channel.

Here's a link: Star Wars - The Legacy Revealed [history.com]

Michael is a professor of Physics and Astro-Physics at UCI and an all-around great guy.

Cheers Michael, if you read /. Great work.

Oh Yeah, that show kicks off the whole Star Wars History Channel event which starts at 9PM.

Re:30 years old

[Game_Ender]

Check out 'Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager' [youtube.com] it more funny than you would believe.

Re:Ha

[Mycroft_514]

Still got my copy somewhere too. And Yes, it was a gold colored paperback.

Oh, and yes, the opening credits in the first movie said nothing about Episode 4 in the original theather edition.

Re:Ha

[Blondie-Wan]

The movie first appeared with its expanded title ("Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope") in its April '81 reissue (its first release after the initial release of Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back). It had been just plain "Star Wars" in '77 and in its '78 and '79 reissues, but from '81 every theatrical, home video and television presentation had it as Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope, until last September's DVD rereleases of the original trilogy with both the '04 DVD versions and the original theatrical versions.

The novelization (credited to Lucas, but actually ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster) doesn't use "A New Hope," but does identify itself as part of "The Adventures of Luke Skywalker," derived from a larger work called "The Journal of the Whills."