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NurikoK98 said:
I distinctly remember going to see this with my father, at the now-defunct Stoneham Cinema . . . in December.

... how long has it been since a movie released in May was still playing in December? These days it would long since have been released on DVD, most likely in November for the holiday season, but of course in those days there were no DVDs.



There were theaters in Upstate New York that played SW for well over a year, it was that popular.

I saw it about one or two weeks after it first came out.

My father took me because, frankly, he wanted to see it. He was always a big sci fi and horror fan, especially things like "Star Trek".

Before I saw it, believe it or not, I'd actually read it: I read the novelization weeks before I saw the film. In fact, I'd guess I have the first printing since, instead of the classic "movie poster" cover, its a Ralph McQuarrie concept painting of Darth Vader with tiny figures of Luke, Chewie and 3PO in the foreground