digitalfreaknyc

Where were you 29 years ago today?

Randy Miller III

I was nothing more than a twinkle in my Daddy's eye.

zekeburger1979

Same here.

digitalfreaknyc

My parents hadn't even had the sex to make me yet...

uhhh...

i'm gonna be sick.

Jaymole

Watching Star Wars in the theater and wondering why nobody was going to the bathroom in the film.

devilshalo

I caught Star Wars a week or two after it opened. Caught the bus and stood in line. Heard about all the buzz from the mainland about this sci-fi film.

eedoon

I was nothing more than a speck in my Daddy's ball.

Rogue588

Finding a $10 on the floor of the movie theatre as the Tantive IV was flying across the screen.

Doughboy

I was entering my 8th month in my mother's womb. That period of my life is a little hazy.

GuessWho

I was 3, probably in preschool. IRC, I didn't see Star Wars till I was about 5.

Lt Ripley

Celebrating my 3rd birthday at the theater watching Star Wars.

The Valeyard

I was 7 years old and Star Wars was still two weeks in my future (saw it in a Drive-in after my grandparents heard all the hype).

jeffkjoe

watching Star Wars at a midnight showing during a friend's b-day party

Kevin Phillips

I was 8 years old at the time. I know my parents took me to the theater to see it, but I don't remember much about the experience.

FantasticVSDoom

I was a 2 year old at the movie theatre annoying the shit out of other movie goers...

Ky-Fi

I was 9 years old, and a month or two later my cousin took my brother and me to go see it. It was literally the single most powerful movie-going experience of my life. I don't know if that experience could happen to kids today, what with the media and marketing saturation. Back then (and I grew up in a rural area), there just wasn't the media hype and promotion, there were no Star Wars toys or games (even months after the movie was released), there was no concept that the movie would be out on VHS or DVD in a few months where you could watch it endlessly. It just came in out of the blue. Not to sound too corny, but it was a really magical experience for a 9 or 10 year old at that time.

paradicelost

I was two, i would have to wait for another two years before seeing at the time what I thought a movie GOD directed.

dhmac

...or an 11-year-old (aka me).

milo bloom

Only three, I imagine my folks took me to one of the re-releases in the next year or so because I remember having SW toys very early on.