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i was like 3 or 4 and i saw the end of return of the jedi on tv

i had put it on i think USA to watch cartoons or something but they where not on yet

what i remember is luke cutting off vaders hand then the emperor telling him to embrace the hate or wtv the line is (been a while)

and then looking at his hand seeing his gloved robot hand

and i thought luke cutting off vaders hand ment he now had vaders hand

i had no idea who the characters where or anything

scene stuck with me thoe as i thought that was super cool

and no even when watching star wars properly years later (the special editions in theaters)

i did not realize that scene in my head was from star wars as i did not really remember what any one looked like

until i got to the scene again when watching return of the jedi special edition in theaters

and was like oh wow thats what this is from

Not sure the age but it was return of the jedi

seeing Empire Strikes Back for the first time

I never watched it

"Poster Luke has amazing abs, why doesn't Movie Luke"

yes, even as a kid this was my thought
>___>

Being 11 watching episode 4 first day.

I remember going to see A New Hope in theaters opening day

I was too young for episodes 4-6. I think my first memory was placing a podracing game on my friend's Dreamcast.

Falling asleep in the movie theater when they played all three original movies.

Joelypoely posted...

I think my first memory was placing a podracing game on my friend's Dreamcast.

"Now THIS is pod racing!"

Seriously, that game ruled.

I can't say how old I was but I remember watching Return of the Jedi at home because of the Ewoks. I was pretty young because I remember liking them.

when I was in middle school, there was a school-wide trip to some swimming place.

anyway, for those who didn't/couldn't go, we had to stay at school, and one of the teachers played ANH, and I think he was planning on playing as much of the OT as he could.

my friends and I weren't interested, so we just hung out outside.

Reading the book for A New Hope (I saw the movie in theaters a few weeks later).

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Same. Better hold on to those tapes beacuse it's pretty much the only way to legitimately see the theatrical versions anymore
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The star destroyer passing overhead that took a very long time. IDK why it doesn't seem long anymore, but I heard they sped it up in the Special Edition.

i think it was that dude getting his hand cut off

or his arm or whatever, in the cantina? am i remembering that right?

sabin017 posted...

The star destroyer passing overhead that took a very long time.

And then it was beautifully spoofed in Spaceballs

viewmaster_pi posted...

i think it was that dude getting his hand cut off

or his arm or whatever, in the cantina? am i remembering that right?

The cantina scene was a fatality. Bisection via lightsaber, IIRC.

The random clips on Muppet Babies.

Pretty sure the first scene I can remember is Vader telling Lando that he's "altered the deal".

Another earliest memory is "Why tf is the first movie called Episode 4?"

Swinging my brothers Jabba the Hut toy around when Iwas like 5 and throwing it through a window lol

We had vhs tapes of all 3 movies and the quality sucked ass. I dont know if my dad bootlegged it or what but it was barely watchable. I loved lightsabers as a kid tho. I called them lifesavers and thought they were candy

In 1980 when Empire Strikes Back came out. I had watched Star Wars previous to that but I was too young when Star Wars came out to remember that however I remember it being a big thing when Empire Strikes Back came out. I remember that.

Probably around nine or ten. I remember watching the movies before that age but the only memory I can recall is playing with these mini figurines my dad got me on a trip we went on to visit some of his family.

Got back from Disney World a couple days ago and was so awestruck with the Star Wars stuff. Always been a fan and seeing the Millennium Falcon and getting to help pilot it was nothing short of amazing. My son built a droid and of course emulated it off of BB-8. I contemplated an R2 unit but decided against it. I have enjoyed watching the movies and shows with him (he's ten) and hope he loves them as much as I do.

Seeing A New Hope in the theater in 1980 when they re-released it ahead of ESB

Euripides posted...

Seeing A New Hope in the theater in 1980 when they re-released it ahead of ESB

Empire Strikes Back was my first experience of having a plot point spoiled.

EPR-radar posted...

Empire Strikes Back was my first experience of having a plot point spoiled.

You mean Yoda being some tiny green thing and not a badass knight, right?

I remember an episode of Muppet Babies which spliced together clips from Batteries Not Included and Return of the Jedi. Gonzo was making hamburgers and one of the miniature alien robots from BNI had gotten stuck in a hamburger patty at the same time that a Gamorrean guard was angrily demanding a burger. I was absolutely TERRIFIED that this playful, innocent little robot was going to get eaten by the green hog man. I forget how it ended.

I'll likely never see the clip again because Muppet Babies is in legal FUCK-ALL when it comes to the rights to all the movie clips in that show. The 1980s were a different time for licensing. We just have to wait until the 2080s when Disney owns all known media. Then they can rebroadcast it.

Seeing VHS tapes in our movie shelf.

FortuneCookie posted...

We just have to wait until the 2080s when Disney owns all known media. Then they can rebroadcast it.

Well there's one upside to having a monopoly I guess...

FortuneCookie posted...

I remember an episode of Muppet Babies which spliced together clips from Batteries Not Included and Return of the Jedi. Gonzo was making hamburgers and one of the miniature alien robots from BNI had gotten stuck in a hamburger patty at the same time that a Gamorrean guard was angrily demanding a burger. I was absolutely TERRIFIED that this playful, innocent little robot was going to get eaten by the green hog man. I forget how it ended.

I'll likely never see the clip again because Muppet Babies is in legal FUCK-ALL when it comes to the rights to all the movie clips in that show. The 1980s were a different time for licensing. We just have to wait until the 2080s when Disney owns all known media. Then they can rebroadcast it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liC6PQmRuPs

Oh, shit. Burgie does get eaten.

Despite being alive in the 80s, I never actually saw the movies until around 1995 or 1996.

I think I remember sometime in the 80s though seeing a magazine about star wars and there was a picture of the worm in the asteroid that tries to eat the Millennium Falcon. But I didn't know what it was at the time

The destroyer ominously 'growing'

Oh I just remembered, I also watched that 80s ewok cartoon I think

I saw the PT in theaters and I think that I'd seen the OT before then, but I couldn't tell you when I saw them or in what order.

I don't remember at all. Saw it a million times on tv.

AceMos posted...

i was like 3 or 4 and i saw the end of return of the jedi on tv

i had put it on i think USA to watch cartoons or something but they where not on yet

what i remember is luke cutting off vaders hand then the emperor telling him to embrace the hate or wtv the line is (been a while)

and then looking at his hand seeing his gloved robot hand

and i thought luke cutting off vaders hand ment he now had vaders hand

i had no idea who the characters where or anything

scene stuck with me thoe as i thought that was super cool

and no even when watching star wars properly years later (the special editions in theaters)

i did not realize that scene in my head was from star wars as i did not really remember what any one looked like

until i got to the scene again when watching return of the jedi special edition in theaters

and was like oh wow thats what this is from

Must have been like 4 or 5. I was talking to my dad about it. He really loved it. Basically spoiled the entire trilogy to me but I couldn't quite wrap my head around that Darth Vader could both be Darth Vader and Luke's dad. Like the two were mutually exclusive lol

Luke destroying the Death Star in New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, Yoda, Luke, x-wing, r2d2, c-3P0

mainly yoda

Playing with my uncle's action figures, he's 5 years older than me. I'm 45.