My first memory is of seeing Star Wars at the age of two. I only saw it once, but it's like i absorbed every detail into my head, memorised every moment as this singular experience rerouted my fledgling mental pathways in two hours of magic.
My first Star Wars figure was Artoo-Detoo. During thunderstorms my brother and I would recreate the duel between Vader and Obi-Wan. I was banned at kindergarten from playing Star Wars as every day the majority of the kids there were forced to be storm-troopers as I butchered the Emperor's legions with my lightsabre. My Princess Leia got married last month.
The most fabulous thing I could think of owning was a millenium Falcon. It cost $100. That was the most money I could imagine, so every larger amount of money was measured in milenium falcons... you could buy 150 millenium falcons for that car!
I got into a fight in the school yard over whether or not the sequel would have the same theme music. I was right. I debunked theories that stormtroopers were robots with quotes from the novelisation regarding their blood and screams when shot by the alderaanian troopers.
I wore through my tape of The Empire Strikes Back twice. Our Return of the Jedi tape was slightly damaged at the point after the ewok death, where the rebels started to strike back, as we'd fast forward the video to there. I never worked out why there was that little floating blob of darkness on Palpatine's hood.
I was an obsessive Star Wars fan. I still am, I flew to New York to see The Phantom menace 2 months early.
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My first Star Wars figure was Artoo-Detoo. During thunderstorms my brother and I would recreate the duel between Vader and Obi-Wan. I was banned at kindergarten from playing Star Wars as every day the majority of the kids there were forced to be storm-troopers as I butchered the Emperor's legions with my lightsabre. My Princess Leia got married last month.
The most fabulous thing I could think of owning was a millenium Falcon. It cost $100. That was the most money I could imagine, so every larger amount of money was measured in milenium falcons... you could buy 150 millenium falcons for that car!
I got into a fight in the school yard over whether or not the sequel would have the same theme music. I was right. I debunked theories that stormtroopers were robots with quotes from the novelisation regarding their blood and screams when shot by the alderaanian troopers.
I wore through my tape of The Empire Strikes Back twice. Our Return of the Jedi tape was slightly damaged at the point after the ewok death, where the rebels started to strike back, as we'd fast forward the video to there. I never worked out why there was that little floating blob of darkness on Palpatine's hood.
I was an obsessive Star Wars fan. I still am, I flew to New York to see The Phantom menace 2 months early.