Saga 1977-1983 - The Golden Age of Star Wars

For those of you who weren't a kid during this time. Sorry to say but... You missed out! I was too young to remember when ANH came out but I the era between ESB and ROTJ was truly legendary. Everyone wanted to know what would happen with Luke, Leia, and Han. The anticipation was killing us kids!

Post your pics, videos, and memories of the golden era of SW (1977-1983).

What I remember a lot about that era...the toys!





Trailers:

 

I'm not trying to contest you (too much), but my "Golden Age" of Star Wars is 1977-2012 -- when Mister Lucas was in charge.

However, one could argue that the Golden Age is continuing under Disney, with two new films since then, and a third now on its way; and a whole lot of buzz in the air. Your focus determines your reality.

Also, I wasn't born until 1983. So there isn't much I can exactly offer about living through that formative "OT"/77-83 period. Maybe I heard some Star Wars sounds in the womb or something.

I do appreciate vintage material, however; and vintage reflections.

And you might like to know that there is a remastered version of the original trailer now on YouTube. Keep in mind, however, that it is fan remastered, and appears to be based on the Blu-ray transfer:





But, gosh, darn it...

I do love those old trailers.

And yes, Star Wars, when it was just, well... Star Wars. Kind of like Elvis' "Sun Records" period. Raw, pure, innocent, blissful. Otherworldly.

 

1980-1983 was my fondest Star Wars years. I also got an Atari 2600 during that time. One of my favorite games was...



I also had tons of toys. The Millennium Falcon, X-Wing, Tie Fighter, AT-AT, several action figures... Good times, good times...

Here's what they looked like (not mine):

 

That was actually the "good" Star Wars game on the Atari. My friend had this one, it was pretty horrible:



Standards were pretty low for some Atari games.

 

1977-1983: When only the movies were good.

 

Before the luxury of actually owning any of the films on VHS to watch for the umpteenth time, this is what we had to make do with:

 

The toys were good too!

 

I'd have been thrilled as a kid to be have been able to have 7 or 8 Star Wars films to own at home, plus several seasons of Clone Wars and Rebels to enjoy, PLUS numerous comics and books. Looking back, it's amazing how popular the toys were between 1977-83, when most kids like me had only ever seen the films just the once when they were on theatrical release. I remember seeing ROTJ back in '83 and seeing the big STAR WARS logo crash onto the screen with the big fanfare and thinking "oops they've put the wrong film on. This is supposed to be Return of the Jedi not Star Wars!"

 

Do kids still run around playing cowboys and Indians, or cops and robbers? Summer of 77 we weren't pointing fingers and going bang bang, we were going pew pew.

 

Actually, I do believe it's more of a "ptew, ptew" noise.

 

I had the RoTJ read-along.

 

The OT will always have a special place in my heart. I remember when I was little they showed them on the USA Network every Thanksgiving and it was called the Star Wars Trilogy. I also remember one day when my mom and found some Star Wars Kenner figures at the local flea market too.

 

yup.