Moviegoers wait to see Return of the Jedi theater premiere in 1983

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Damn_Underscore
01/08/2025
05:25 PM
#1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uOt7pPluLg

This was a different era.

TBH the first part of RotJ where they are battling Jabba the Hutt is the best part of the OT, and therefore the best part in any Star Wars movie
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ParanoidObsessive
01/08/2025
06:06 PM
#2
I didn't see the premiere, but I saw it in a theater in 1983. My local theater did a deal where they showed the first movie one weekend, the second one the next weekend, and then RotJ once it was fully released.

So I basically saw all the original films in the theater over the span of about two weeks. It was fantastic.



Damn_Underscore posted...
the first part of RotJ where they are battling Jabba the Hutt is the best part of the OT, and therefore the best part in any Star Wars movie

Ehhh.

It's not even the best part of RotJ.

And RotJ isn't really the best OT film when taken as a holistic whole.
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captpackrat
01/08/2025
07:55 PM
#3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3xUOiUKFxI
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MICHALECOLE
01/08/2025
08:00 PM
#4
Bunch of nerds
captpackrat
01/08/2025
08:19 PM
#5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8
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ParanoidObsessive
01/08/2025
08:37 PM
#6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTDENzpW7tw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdA7aXlCwWU
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rexcrk
01/09/2025
04:40 AM
#7
Damn_Underscore posted...


TBH the first part of RotJ where they are battling Jabba the Hutt is the best part of the OT, and therefore the best part in any Star Wars movie
This, but unironically.
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MICHALECOLE
01/09/2025
05:29 AM
#8
rexcrk posted...
This, but unironically.
Was he being ironic?
rexcrk
01/09/2025
06:07 AM
#9
MICHALECOLE posted...
Was he being ironic?


Iunno, just stating that I wasnt.
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Muscles
01/10/2025
01:28 AM
#10
Damn_Underscore posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uOt7pPluLg

This was a different era.

TBH the first part of RotJ where they are battling Jabba the Hutt is the best part of the OT, and therefore the best part in any Star Wars movie
That's a great scene but not even best in that movie, the best part is Luke vs the Emperor and Vader
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Zareth
01/10/2025
02:15 AM
#11
I know a guy who saw Empire Strikes Back when it first came out and someone leaving the theatre before he went in said "I can't believe the oldest spoiler in cinema history "
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Sashanan
01/10/2025
05:30 AM
#12
My brother went to see this with my grandfather, he was 9 at the time. I was 3 and only saw the OT later, probably still in the 80's the first time.

I *was* blindsided by the famous ESB spoiler at the time, but that's easy to do with a kid. Our equivalent of Santa Claus took me a while to figure out also.
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adjl
01/10/2025
10:39 AM
#13
Zareth posted...
I know a guy who saw Empire Strikes Back when it first came out and someone leaving the theatre before he went in said "I can't believe the oldest spoiler in cinema history "

It was his sled?
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CyborgSage00x0
01/10/2025
01:27 PM
#14
Damn_Underscore posted...
This was a different era.
I mean, the era of people lining up for hours to see a blockbuster only ended like ~10 years ago, due to the advent of the internet, pre-selecting seats, and the like.
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pedro45
01/10/2025
01:55 PM
#15
CyborgSage00x0 posted...
I mean, the era of people lining up for hours to see a blockbuster only ended like ~10 years ago, due to the advent of the internet, pre-selecting seats, and the like.
Wasn't it the dark knight rises shooting that got rid of the midnight showings?
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adjl
01/10/2025
03:24 PM
#16
CyborgSage00x0 posted...
I mean, the era of people lining up for hours to see a blockbuster only ended like ~10 years ago, due to the advent of the internet, pre-selecting seats, and the like.

That, and theatre-going has kind of tanked since 2020, thanks to people falling out of the habit when Covid meant they couldn't go, streaming meaning it's easier and cheaper to just wait to watch it at home later, and people having less disposable income across the board for things like going to movies.
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ParanoidObsessive
01/10/2025
10:11 PM
#17
I remember going to a midnight showing of one of the Star Wars prequels. I can't actually remember which one it was though, which is probably a damning indictment in and of itself.
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Revelation34
01/10/2025
10:39 PM
#18
pedro45 posted...

Wasn't it the dark knight rises shooting that got rid of the midnight showings?


No. They still do those for MCU films.
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