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."

Ha

[Mycroft_514]

On this day 30 years ago, I took a girl to go see it as my first date. We were all riding back from our high school senior picnic, and she asked about the book I was reading (the novelization), so I took her to the movie.

The second movie I took my fiancee too, and by the third movie we were married.

So much for your theory.

Despite Still Being Overhyped, To This Day...

[morari]

The films have at least aged rather well. The effects and general cinematography don't feel all that dated. Of course, I tend to think that the sloppy CGI in the "special remastered" version is what looks old. Then again, I'm one to shun CGI in almost any instance, so biases persist.

Re:star wars virgin

[eln]

I think this guy was a friend of the reporter looking to get himself in an international news story.

2 and a half minutes into the movie he says he gets his first glimpse of the droids he ALREADY KNOWS are called C-3PO and R2-D2, but he doesn't know which is which. So obviously he's had at least some exposure to Star Wars before, even if just through pop culture references. However, I have a really hard time believing that he was able to glean the (rather cryptic) names of two droids from pop culture, but didn't know that Vader was Luke's father (he ends the article apparently still under the impression that Vader killed Luke's father). After all, what reference is more prevalent in pop culture, the droids or "Luke, I am your father"?

I think this guy knows more about the franchise, but is concealing that knowledge to make for a better story.

Star Wars is like a fine wine...

[VE3OGG]

In the beginning, you take a sip of it, and find that it is pleasureful, subtle, and full of aroma.

Next, you have a bottle of the same vintage and let it age 20 years. It is suddenly a whole new wine, with greater complexity, and a much sharper taste.

Finally you decide to finish off that old bottle that has aged another ten years... too bad it has turned to vinegar...

Now Star Trek: TNG -- that is like Guiness. Great at any time! Always aged to perfection!

Firefly is kinda like Jack Daniels... Really good, but hard to follow up with anything else ;-)

Thanks George,

Sincerely someone who saw Episode I 5 times in the first week trying to find some of the greatness that I saw in the originals.

Action figures

[quokkapox]

Ah, nostalgia. When I was a kid, my little sister used to break the heads off of my Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker action figures. I chewed on their retractable lightsabers too, I think, but I grew out of that phase.

My friends and I got even by playing badminton with the severed heads of her Barbie dolls (which aerodynamically resemble shuttlecocks).

Now I feel OLD.

Re:Ha

[An ominous Cow art]

On this day 30 years ago, I took a girl to go see it as my first date. We were all riding back from our high school senior picnic, and she asked about the book I was reading (the novelization), so I took her to the movie.

I think I still have my copy. I remember it was a gold-colored paperback.

I believe Star Wars was the second movie I ever saw (or possibly the third, with Rocky and Tora, Tora, Tora being the other contenders). I was not quite 11 years old at the time, and it made a huge impression. Though I was already reading stuff like LotR, Heinlein, Einstein, Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, I think Star Wars did
more than anything else to cement my love of science fiction/fantasy.