tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post6344277833511000820..comments2024-03-16T22:32:46.026-06:00Comments on It's All About Books: My Star Wars StorySueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-52866263503776424882012-06-05T09:13:20.528-06:002012-06-05T09:13:20.528-06:00My Dad was a total nerd (I'm so grateful) and ...My Dad was a total nerd (I'm so grateful) and so I grew up watching Star Wars constantly. I love those movies so much! I didn't realize until I was much older that not everyone watched those movies when they were young. My husband never saw the originals until we were married!Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-35171537974378785492012-05-30T18:49:35.578-06:002012-05-30T18:49:35.578-06:00Great post! I loved Star Wars as a teenager too, b...Great post! I loved Star Wars as a teenager too, but it was when the Special Editions came out. I had seen Episodes V and VI on and off through my life, but I'd never seen Episode IV and my dad wouldn't let me until we went to the theater. I was biting my nails and on the edge of my seat! Are they gonna blow up the death star!!??! After that, I watched the whole trilogy on VHS once a week until I had seen them at least a hundred times :) I also had a crush on Mark Hamill. Oh the sadness when I realized he was as old as my dad. Star Wars forever :)<br /><br />Jessica @ <a href="http://www.booksatruestory.com" rel="nofollow">Books: A true story</a>Jessica @ Books: A true storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05678981938821085754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-82406247708874454962012-05-29T15:01:38.445-06:002012-05-29T15:01:38.445-06:00Fun story! I can remember cowering behind the cou...Fun story! I can remember cowering behind the couch while my siblings watched it, especially when Darth finally takes off his helmet. That was apparently the scariest thing ever. Wish I'd seen them in the theater, but I was a bit young.melissa @ 1lbrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292714636311546457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-77086568166678805132012-05-29T14:35:30.882-06:002012-05-29T14:35:30.882-06:00Jenni: I love that those of you born way after it ...Jenni: I love that those of you born way after it was popular are just as much into them as those of us that experienced it first hand. Not many movies can claim that. So fun.Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-18750349159416638642012-05-29T14:34:24.952-06:002012-05-29T14:34:24.952-06:00Carl: Thanks so much for your Star Wars story! I r...Carl: Thanks so much for your Star Wars story! I remember the books too, at least some version of the books, but I was always too leery of them, thinking even back that they they would "ruin" the movie story for me. Kind of backwards of what we are normally thinking...that the movie will ruin the book!Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-50673768771903832682012-05-29T14:32:42.740-06:002012-05-29T14:32:42.740-06:00Holly: So cool! Happy birthday to him! :)Holly: So cool! Happy birthday to him! :)Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-54283138554901715572012-05-29T14:32:23.699-06:002012-05-29T14:32:23.699-06:00Angelya: Love the story!Angelya: Love the story!Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-51858007939497941652012-05-28T19:29:38.519-06:002012-05-28T19:29:38.519-06:00Star Wars came out the year before I was born. So,...Star Wars came out the year before I was born. So, I didn't see it in the theater until the special edition was released in 1997.<br /><br />But, my oldest sister who was 22 at the time was obsessed with it. She saw it in the theater every Friday and Saturday for an ENTIRE year and then saw it every Friday or Saturday for about three months after that. Because of her love for the franchise, I grew up with a love of it too. She has quite a bit of memorabilia from those days. I swear she could make a small fortune on eBay. It's like walking into a Toys R Us completely of Star Wars (and Star Trek) toys.<br /><br />She had this R2-D2 garbage can that she never use because it was there just for looks that I used to sit in and make beeping sounds. She gave me my own Leia Barbie doll, which I destroyed as a small child. (I still kick myself for that.)<br /><br />I also LOVE the music. It was the beginning of my love for John Williams, then Indiana Jones, and Jurassic Park solidified the deal.<br /><br />I also have the Meco songs! I have the Star Wars theme, Death March, and the Ewok song. I loved them!!! Unfortunately, they're on tape and the Ewok song isn't available on CD like the other two. I'm so sad I can't get it. Oh well.Jenni Elysehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403700912436098391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-43329479808564055722012-05-28T12:20:27.691-06:002012-05-28T12:20:27.691-06:00So wonderful to read this. I was nearly 9 when th...So wonderful to read this. I was nearly 9 when the movie was released and my parents took my younger brother and I to the drive in to see the movie. I'm not sure that I saw it any more than once but it sure did stick with me. I remember right after that seeing Brian Daley's Han Solo novels on my uncle's bookshelves and remember borrowing them to read. I devoured them and the movie novelization over and over again in the years leading up to The Empire Strikes Back. I remember waiting in a long line at the theater to get inside and once inside this girl I knew from school ruined the surprise of Vader being Luke's father because she had seen it the day before. I was so angry with her. Still, I LOVED the show. I was always a big Han Solo fan.<br /><br />My childhood was filled with many days of Star Wars inspired imaginings. From reading many Star Wars-related books to playing Star Wars with the neighborhood kids to having my own adventures with the action figures, Star Wars was one of the greatest influences on my young life and that influence persists today.<br /><br />Heck, I even remember buying and reading the Return of the Jedi novelization before seeing the movie. I wouldn't dream of doing something like that today, but I HAD to know how things were going to turn out. <br /><br />I can pick up any of those SW books today and be transported back in time just looking at the covers. <br /><br />While I'm frustrated with Lucas' tampering, I must admit that the original trilogy is still my favorite movie-going experience. I do so love it.Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-77664812335850474212012-05-27T22:31:37.872-06:002012-05-27T22:31:37.872-06:00I don't have any cool Star Wars story to share...I don't have any cool Star Wars story to share BUT you may find it interesting that my husband was born the day New Hope premiered. We celebrated his 35th birthday this weekend. :)Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07321758826842457432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-18331581121525667582012-05-27T21:59:59.530-06:002012-05-27T21:59:59.530-06:00Fantastic story :D I love that your dad was so exc...Fantastic story :D I love that your dad was so excited to see it, I can imagine my mum and dad being the same xD<br />Apparently I was shuffled off to a babysitter when Empire was released in 1980 so my parents could go see it and I doubt they would have taken 3-year-old me along to RotJ in 1983! My first actual memory of seeing Star Wars was when I must have been 6 or 7. We were at my aunt and uncle's place, and my cousins were watching the end of ep 4, when the x-wings are all leaving the rebel base and flying out to attack the death star. My brother and I were fascinated and hooked from then on (I think my sister was still too small at that stage) but I have been a complete star wars fangirl ever since :)<br />-Angelya<br />(www.oakenbookcase.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-89013822921830808312012-05-27T20:19:27.960-06:002012-05-27T20:19:27.960-06:00Alexia: Yes, who would have thought that 35 years ...Alexia: Yes, who would have thought that 35 years ago, people would still be talking about it and remembering it. I love it.Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-63208738019078827632012-05-27T20:18:51.729-06:002012-05-27T20:18:51.729-06:00Jenny: So sad YOU missed out too! :) I mean, in th...Jenny: So sad YOU missed out too! :) I mean, in the original excitement!Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-4848676103602362352012-05-27T20:18:24.886-06:002012-05-27T20:18:24.886-06:00Becky: The invention of the video machine! That wa...Becky: The invention of the video machine! That was cool so you COULD watch them just as you describe!Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-48928319077401403032012-05-27T20:17:48.945-06:002012-05-27T20:17:48.945-06:00Melissa: See, I was swooning over him at age 11! B...Melissa: See, I was swooning over him at age 11! But it seemed so normal to be doing back then! I have loved him ever since too, but in recent years, it has lessened a bit. He's become too grouchy.Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-81232630465155407672012-05-27T20:16:42.923-06:002012-05-27T20:16:42.923-06:00Susan: Yes, and you SO missed out!! :) You were my...Susan: Yes, and you SO missed out!! :) You were my little brothers and sisters age... you would have been the little sibling I took with me to watch Empire Strikes back... my dad left us at the theater while he had to go do something, and I had a whole crowd to babysit... there during the movie. That's my Empire story. :)Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-88176832187716959292012-05-27T20:14:55.750-06:002012-05-27T20:14:55.750-06:00Kimberly: I agree with the confusion on which when...Kimberly: I agree with the confusion on which when we should call the FIRST Star Wars, the kids do think of that as the Phantom Menace movie, which is very crazy.Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-80339432633115185852012-05-27T20:13:58.028-06:002012-05-27T20:13:58.028-06:00Ann: LOL about the Jenny Craig thing! I don't ...Ann: LOL about the Jenny Craig thing! I don't know, I'm not sure she looks so very good these days! Anyway, yes about Hans Solo, it appears we ALL had a crush him, no matter our age at the time.Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-68598120499289280332012-05-27T20:13:03.715-06:002012-05-27T20:13:03.715-06:00Memory: I love your story! :) I yelled NOOOOOO too...Memory: I love your story! :) I yelled NOOOOOO too... in the theater! I was about 17 then, and was SO very much into this story. It killed me!Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-71260057972774482742012-05-27T19:32:49.715-06:002012-05-27T19:32:49.715-06:00Wow! Hard to believe that it's been 35 years! ...Wow! Hard to believe that it's been 35 years! I don't remember the first time I saw the movie, but do remember developing a major crush on Han Solo!Alexia561https://www.blogger.com/profile/10797515620050469395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-62458996092705780582012-05-27T16:04:39.045-06:002012-05-27T16:04:39.045-06:00Wow! How exciting I wasn't even born when they...Wow! How exciting I wasn't even born when they came out so by the time I saw them it was on our tiny little computer screen which we used as a TV. Even then they were still awesome!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-48833341983154936362012-05-27T13:41:18.705-06:002012-05-27T13:41:18.705-06:00I don't remember dates or ages, but I do remem...I don't remember dates or ages, but I do remember that I didn't really watch Star Wars from beginning to end until my first year in college. That was when my obsession began. I love your story!!! :)Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13615570638950821876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-85968048376242223592012-05-27T13:36:12.034-06:002012-05-27T13:36:12.034-06:00Oh, Han. *swoon* And thus began my years-long devo...Oh, Han. *swoon* And thus began my years-long devotion to Harrison Ford. (He was SOOOO much cooler than Mark Hamill.)<br /><br />And I think I wanted to *be* Princess Leia.<br /><br />(Granted: I was only 5 in 1977, and didn't really get into the whole Star Wars thing until Empire Strikes Back a few years later... But that's just splitting hairs. I love this movie.)Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00217383813263874657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-5365537033061824162012-05-27T10:15:08.497-06:002012-05-27T10:15:08.497-06:00LOL - I was 1 1/2 in May of 1977 :)LOL - I was 1 1/2 in May of 1977 :)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344704891037668456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5566869117228903343.post-16995337866234980472012-05-27T08:56:45.182-06:002012-05-27T08:56:45.182-06:00I don't remember the first time I saw it becau...I don't remember the first time I saw it because it was one of those movies that I watched over and over since forever but I remember when it was re-released in the theaters in the 90's and I took my brother to see it. I knew it was a big deal and that people took Star Wars very seriously but I didn't realize how serious it was until we got to theater. We figured there would be a line because we went opening weekend but I didn't expect people in full out costumes! I was so amazed.<br /><br />I hate when I am talking about Star Wars to someone who is younger and they think I'm talking about episodes 1-3 (which were not very good at all). It makes me sad that I have to explain to them that I'm talking about the original Star Wars.Kimberly @ Midnight Book Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649785182080499981noreply@blogger.com