You know whats sad, I'm not a big Starwars fan, I liked the first three well enough, but I didn't own a single toy nor did I really want to. Yet despite this I can recite most of the first movie and saw it 20+ times. Why do you ask?
The year was 1978, VCR's were a new toy for the home and my father had one. Quality metal switches and all (lasted about 15 years) and of course there was a problem, no movies to watch. Well I don't know how or who but my father got a few pirated tapes, one of which was Starwars.
Every fucking person who came over, esp if they had kids HAD to watch it, and watch it they did.
I think I started hoping the empire would win, which I'm sure explains a lot
