Hi New Old Fan signing on.

Hello All.

I've been a Star Wars fan since the first time I saw Star Wars in 1977, before Episode IV, before" A New Hope."

I've kept up with it through the years but haven't been a real die hard fan. I never really got into the books. I always enjoyed a good conversation about the EU and what went on but didn't get too involved with it.

Now that it looks like it's finally reborn and living again, I've been looking high and low for information, material and such.

I can't wait for the next episode to get here. I feel like I'm 6 years old again sometimes. I have a son who's 11 and only seen some of the films on the big screen. He's a fan also and we both look forward to the weekly TV shows and anticipate the Movie later this year.

 

Always good to see new faces welcome.

 

Thanks.

Yes, He'll "almost" experience it the way I did. Only this time will be Full Digital IMAX, and I might even spring for the motion seats that night.....

When I first saw Star Wars, it was in a 100 year old converted theater that still had a balcony and orchestra pit. It was still the most phenomenal movie I'd sen in my 6 years then. Other than Empire, it still is. Nearly 40 years later and I still remember that night my Dad took me to see it the first time.

 

Oh no. That theater was a regular place to go for movies back when I was growing up in the 70's. That was back in the day, before Multiplexes when most movie theaters were usually 1 or 2 screen houses. Some of the "Big Houses" around had 3 screens but were a lot smaller. I saw a lot of movies there back then. Superman, Battle beyond the Stars, Countless Herbie the LoveBug, Apple Dumpling Gang, Smokey and the Bandit........

Star Wars was different. When the Screen went black and the opening came out with John Williams blaring through those Quadraphonic Stereo speakers all through the theater and then the battle scene with the ship flying into scene, everyone in that theater seemed aw struck. I remember, a few years ago, the TV series "That 70's Show" had the Star Wars episode and at the very end, they had the cast in the theater and their expressions when the screen lit up in the beginning took me back to the day I fell in love with that Franchise.

My father, who's a dyed in the wool, old school SciFi fan was speechless. This is a guy who's been reading SciFi since the early 50's and still has every book he's ever bought.

They still show movies there, but mainly Indie films and Artistic stuff.

Motion Seats are kinda a new things in some theaters. They vibrate, and move around to "Make you part of the movie......." I'm still not sold on the idea. I tried them with my Son and I for the last Superman movie and was far from impressed. I describe it best as if you were sitting in a seat and someone stands behind you and randomly grabs it and shakes the crap out of you.