How did you become a Star Wars fan

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-09-20 03:18am

I've been watching Star Wars since before I can remember. I remember my grandmother buying me the VHS box set for Christmas when I was about 5, but I'd seen them before that.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-09-20 04:06pm

Being too young to see the movies when they origionally came out, I first heard of it shortly before the release of the Special Editions (I was around 8 at the time), saw those. I saw TPM in theaters, but didn't really get into it until the release of AotC.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2004-09-20 04:50pm

God I feel old, all of you young pups saying you never saw it until the '80s... or later.

I fell in love it StarWars in 1977, immediately after Mom and Dad took me to the theatre. That theatre is gone now, but my love for StarWars has never dimmed.

Although some of the EU books have made me falter... but they are not STARWARS.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2004-09-20 04:59pm

I was one of those crazy kids who saw it and got back in line to see it again!

I was 3 in 1977 and was taken to Star Wars for my birthday. What made it great was the opening 5 min. I was hooked ever since!

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-09-20 05:10pm

I stood in line in 1977, the opening weekend of the movie in one of the old cinema houses where it was a giant screen, one movie only and had opera style seating. The line stretched out and twisted around the block. I remember my mom buying me ice cream as we waited in the heat to get in.

We sat down and the opening credits rolled and then....the stardestroyer rumbled overhead...and kept on going and going and going. I had NEVER seen anything like it before and my jaw dropped and for the next two hours I was transported to another world.

I met a duo of reckless droids. A young farm boy always looking to the horizon and adventure. An old wizard with many secrets and the first one to introduce me to the concept of the Force. (Before midichlorians shat all over it) A roguish pirate who got the drop on the bad guy in a way I have never seen before. He was so good he was bad. A lumbering bear that would rend the bad guys limb from limb to protect his friends.

I saw the power of the Empire and will never forget Vader choking the life out of a hapless rebel. The stromtroopers, deadly in all white armorand who could forget the entrance of the biggest badass in cinema history as he strode through the door of the rebel ship and inspected the fallen.

The crazy brave Solo and Luke's rescue attempt of the princess. Her smart mouth telling them off and showing me that there are indeed strong women in movies and they are cool.

The final battle over Yavin as X-Wings (to this day the coolest fighters ever on screen) fought TIE fighters for the fate of the rebellion. And when I heard Obi Wan's voice say "Use the Force Luke." the swelling cheers from the audience followed by its roar as Han Solo cried out "Yahoo!!!"

As a child I have never seen its like before and have not seen it since (though the LOTR trilogy came damn close to igniting those feelings of "Whoa' in me again) I have been a die hard fan since.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-09-20 05:22pm

In 1994, I bought the regular old full frame VHS trilogy set, which was the first time I had actually seen ANH complete for the first time. A few months later Uts and I started collecting SW books, including the WEG books even though it would be several years before we actually played the RPG.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2004-09-20 06:14pm

Saw the first movie in theaters as a wee child.

Barbatis · Post by **Barbatis** » 2004-09-20 11:07pm

I got into Star Wars when my dad found the box set on sale at a Store and bought when i was about five and when we watched them i became hooked

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2004-09-21 03:51am

Saw RotJ in the theater when I was in the 1st grade. Slavegirl Leia was my first inkling that a female with not many clothes on was cool, though at the time I didn't know why.

Thanas · Post by **Thanas** » 2004-09-21 02:27pm

What turned me to eventually watching them was the Thrawn Trilogy, which I borrowed from a friend. I was hooked after reading it. Only after that read did I watch the movies.

DSD Obi-Wan · Post by **DSD Obi-Wan** » 2004-10-03 03:30am

I have been a fan when i got my first box set of the movies in 86. Now i have my fourth box set now. I got into d&d in highschool and have been playing sw and st ever since. It by far the best way to enjoy it.

Aki-Wan Hanabi · Post by **Aki-Wan Hanabi** » 2004-10-03 08:51am

I saw Episode 4: A new hope when i was about 11 years old. it was in the year 1991, i think. I saw the whole trilogy in Swedish television in 1993 and after that, i was completly in. I don't even remember how many times i have watched them. And this autumn my dream came true when the old trilogy was (re-re-)released on DVD.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-10-03 08:57am

DSD Obi-Wan wrote:*snip*

Damn, you are on a roll in reviving old threads.

Anyway since it's here, I watched Star Wars because I just wanted to when it came in 1997. It was as if it was a calling, just out of the blue I just wanted to see it. Hell, I remember I was also very upset that I couldn't even go on the first day because all the tickets were sold out at Ziegfield. (the only theatre I'll go for SW)

I didn't even really paid attention to SW either before that, I was a TNG and DS9 fan at the time.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2004-10-03 05:52pm

Pretty much as long as I can remember, I've been a Star Wars fan.

I used to watch crappy taped versions of the Movies until I got them on VHS, and when my family got it's first computer when I was about six, I started playing the games, got an SNES, and played the Super Star Wars games constantly.

I've been a fan all my life it seems.

Hell, my parent's first date was a trip to see ESB when It came out.

I guess it was predestined or somthing. Every time a movie's come out within my lifetime, I've been there on the first day to see it, and I still enjoy all the movies (OT more than the Prequels, but who doesn't?) and I just picked up my OT DVD box set.

I'll probably be a fan until the day I die, as will many people. Long after SW had faded from the public eye, when it becomes as obscure as the Flash Gordon serials that inspired it, I'll probably still be daydreaming about that galaxy far far away..........

jamesraykenney · Post by **jamesraykenney** » 2004-10-05 12:49am

When I read the book right before going to see Star Wars(before it was Ep.4) when it premered!

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-10-05 01:33am

Ever since I can remember. I don't know why or when, but I've loved it forever.

And IIRC, I read my fisrt SW books (Zahn's Thrawn trilogy) when I was 7.

DoctorPhanan · Post by **DoctorPhanan** » 2004-10-05 03:52pm

I saw the Empire strikes back on TV around 1991, and the most prominent scene was the escape from the space wurm. Lucky for me, I didnt remember the ending of the movie, until after my parents had brought home the trilogy after a trip to costco, and I watched the whole thing over again. I remember that day well.