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My young Padawan Registered: Sep '99	Date Posted: 3/18 12:07pm Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	I was just wondering. I don’t think that I saw ANH in 1977. I think that I saw it in 1978. A friend of mine said that he saw it in the autumn of 1977. Is this possible? That would also mean that I did not receive my first action figures (Chewbacca and Darth Vader) until Christmas of 1978. That I continued to build my collection throughout 1979. That I sent away for the Boba Fett action figure in the winter of 1980. Does this make sense? I would be interested in any other memories concerning these topics. Thanks in advance. -----signature----- "Klaatu barada nikto."
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Arawn_Fenn Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 3/18 2:29pm Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	It was released May 25, 1977. -----signature----- "Just when you think the amount of fail cannot possibly increase, the Internet keeps on giving." - SalvorHardin "Let's see them argue with nature and persuade the nonexistent polar bears not to eat them." - crownarmourer
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My young Padawan Registered: Sep '99	Date Posted: 3/18 5:03pm Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	I know when it was released. Perhaps I wasn't clear. When did you actually see it for the first time? And when did you pick up your first action figures? Does the memory of my own personal story make sense? -----signature----- "Klaatu barada nikto."
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DarthLassic007 Registered: Nov '02	Date Posted: 3/18 10:08pm Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	1979. I only remember a few scenes because I was only three years old. It was my first movie. -----signature----- Veni, Vidi, Vici. - Julius Caesar
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timmoishere Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 3/18 10:23pm Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	Around November 1994 when my parents bought me the VHS set for my birthday. -----signature----- Will do moose stuff for money. Everything tastes better wrapped in bacon, especially bacon 11/20/2008: The day I married the most wonderful woman in the world.
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Qui-Gon_Reborn Title: Qui-Gon's Personal SWC Modsaber Registered: Dec '08	Date Posted: 3/18 10:27pm Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	July 2003. I'll never forget. -----signature----- Twenty years ago, there was another Edward with a strange disposition and even stranger hair that the ladies swooned over. This Edward had scissors for hands, but he was much, much cooler. ------ I agree with Nat.
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Merlin_Ambrosius69 Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 3/18 10:44pm Subject: When Did You See ANH? - Date Edited: 3/18 10:46pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Merlin_Ambrosius69
	My young Padawan posted: I was just wondering. I don’t think that I saw ANH in 1977. I think that I saw it in 1978. A friend of mine said that he saw it in the autumn of 1977. Is this possible? Yes, both your and your friend's viewing date is possible. In many places the film ran through the summer of 1977 into the autumn. And of course it was re-released summer of '78. (I saw it once in '77 and six more times in '78!) My young Padawan posted: That would also mean that I did not receive my first action figures (Chewbacca and Darth Vader) until Christmas of 1978. That I continued to build my collection throughout 1979. That I sent away for the Boba Fett action figure in the winter of 1980. Does this make sense? I would be interested in any other memories concerning these topics. Thanks in advance. Yes, that's mostly correct. The Kenner action figures came out in mid-'78 after the "early bird special" certificate scheme of Christmas '77. But Boba Fett was available in '79, before ESB came out in '80, so you're probably thinking of Christmas '79 for that send-off figure. Otherwise your timeline appears to mesh with the historical events. -----signature----- "Chance makes playthings of us all." -- Seneca Shameless non-Manager Emeritus sock of Vortigern99. Fan of George RR Martin, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.
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MatthewZ Registered: Sep '03	Date Posted: 3/19 5:38am Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	I was born in 77 so I didn't see it during intial release. I did however see ESB in theaters in 80. I have no recollection of the first time I saw ANH, but I must have liked it. -----signature----- What I posted was true......from a certain point of view.
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GuNgAnFaN3090 Registered: Oct '08	Date Posted: 3/19 6:32am Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	I saw it a few years ago. I can't remember when exactly, but I remember seeing the PT first and saying they were awesome then seeing the OT and was speechless because they were so much better. -----signature----- QueenArdnassak is my insane e-girlfriend. Sith Warrior in the "SWC: Acolytes of Darkness" Dark Side Points: 55
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MasterMonkey13 Registered: Dec '08	Date Posted: 3/19 2:42pm Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	I saw it in May 2005. -----signature----- "There is no charge for awesomeness.....or attractiveness." Former Padawan of MsLanna / now I'm a Jedi Knight! Isaiah 41:10
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KennethMorgan Registered: Sep '04	Date Posted: 3/20 7:22pm Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	I first saw it on the last Friday in June, 1977, at the late, lamented Menlo Park Twin off of Route 1 near Woodbridge Center in Edison, NJ. Same theater where I saw TESB and ROTJ for the first time. I remember some in the audience were laughing at that last view of Vader, tumbling away after getting bumped out of the trench. Things were different three years later. -----signature----- -30-
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Wookiee_Vader Registered: Aug '07	Date Posted: 3/21 2:48am Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	First saw it 1994 when I was 4 years old. I was ill and my brother had the VHS, so my mother put it on for me. A new SW fan was born.
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DarthSticky Registered: Feb '02	Date Posted: 3/21 4:41am Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	Early June of 77. Just me and my Dad at the Lakewood Center Theater in Lakewood, Ca! My first action figure was a Han Solo, and I still remember picking it out at the Montgomery Wards (also at the Lakewood Center). It was a distant thirud choice since they were out of Lukes and Vaders... -----signature----- Mzungu status - Revoked Geriatric Ward - Rm 216, Tiger 22 - License to Thrill Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur
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woj101 Registered: Feb '00	Date Posted: 3/21 5:16pm Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	I was born in 1980. My first memory of Star Wars is of the action figures - we moved house when I was 3 and I know before we moved we had the version of Leia in her Bespin robes, but after we moved house I never saw it again, so who knows where that is now. I suppose I must have seen some of the films by then, but I don't remember them. When I did see them later it was all from the TV at Christmas etc but I think even then some bits seemed familiar, so I must have seen something before then. Back in the '80s when VHS was still pretty new, blank tapes were few and far between and I remember we had one tape that must have been used to record everything, and being kids the tape would get watched, re-wound and watched again countless number of times - so much so in the case of this tape that somehow, it had the visuals of a Herbie film, with the intermittent soundtrack of A New Hope, and I remember being gutted at not being able to see the Star Wars pictures (nothing against Herbie, mind you). My first retail version of a Star Wars film was ROTJ, so when it came to finally getting A New Hope, and then lastly TESB, on VHS, it was so cool because, being a kid, I'd forgotten so much of the detail of each of the films. Once I got ANH on VHS, the Battle of Yavin became my bible. -----signature----- You've failed Your Highness. I am a cider-drinker, like my father before me.
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jedibri Registered: Jul '00	Date Posted: 3/22 5:28am Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	I saw it in '77 a weel after it came out. -----signature----- Isaiah 41:13
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Rogue...Jedi Title: Comms and Arena Admin ready for basketball Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 3/22 8:18am Subject: When Did You See ANH?
	1997, when the SEs came out in theaters. And since then, never looked back. -----signature----- The Arena's Favorite Baseball Player Tournament - Come vote! http://boards.theforce.net/the_arena/b10777/29864047/p1/ I approve of NYCitygurl's sig
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