“We had two single screen theaters a couple blocks apart. I, for one, was NOT going to miss this movie even if I had to miss school! Therefore, I skipped school (sorry, parents), took the bus downtown (Seattle), and saw the very first show on opening day.”ĭenise Steil remembers seeing Star Wars in a small town in southern Mississippi: However, what little they showed had already triggered my imagination, which was further fueled by the novelization of the movie, which I had for a few months before the film came out.
I had seen the trailers on TV and in the theater, months earlier. It sounds like a cliché, but the world really WAS a very different place, while outwardly appearing very much the same. “Unless you lived through it (and can remember), it’s kind of hard for modern audiences to understand just how different the world was, in 1977, just prior to the release of Star Wars.
Patrick Payne, via Facebook, recalls his own anticipation for the film: As we look back on 40 years of Star Wars this week, reached out to a few who were there to experience the release in 1977. Ī major part of the Star Wars story has always been the fans. This article is part of a special series in honor of Star Wars ‘ 40th anniversary on May 25.
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