jokershady said:

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Serious answer:
Its popularity is nothing new and was popular from when the original Star Wars movie (Its A NEW HOPE deal with it) was released.

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All the old movie posters just say "Star Wars". That's so weird.

Moral High Horse said:

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jokershady said:

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Serious answer:
Its popularity is nothing new and was popular from when the original Star Wars movie (Its A NEW HOPE deal with it) was released.

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All the old movie posters just say "Star Wars". That's so weird.

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A New Hope was not added until its 1981 re-release. Apparently getting old has me mis-remembering it being in 1978 or 1979, but that is incorrect. It was still simply Star Wars for its re-releases in those years.

EclipseAg said:

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To answer OP:

1) Classic tale of good vs. evil
2) Throwback style to serial tales of the '30s and '40s
3) Space setting was unique and offered opportunities for cool things like robots and weird creatures
4) Decent special effects for the time period
5) Easy to understand plot

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Decent special effects for the time period? Way to undersell it. They were groundbreaking special effects for the time period. I'm not sure of anything from 1977 or before that had any special effects even close to what Star Wars introduced.

beanbean said:

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EclipseAg said:

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To answer OP:

1) Classic tale of good vs. evil
2) Throwback style to serial tales of the '30s and '40s
3) Space setting was unique and offered opportunities for cool things like robots and weird creatures
4) Decent special effects for the time period
5) Easy to understand plot

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Decent special effects for the time period? Way to undersell it. They were groundbreaking special effects for the time period. I'm not sure of anything from 1977 or before that had any special effects even close to what Star Wars introduced.

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Nothing had ever approached what we saw with the special effects and creature and ship designs. Nevermind the lightsabers, which nobody had seen or considered.

Sci-Fi before 1977 was mostly saucer-shaped or rocket-shaped vehicles and some that were more space station-like, with the exception of Star Trek vehicles.

Tie fighters and X-wings and the Falcon and the land speeder and the sand crawler and droids and the Death Star…it was a lot to take in for a kid! But adults were just as blown away.

It flipped a switch in the industry.

Moral High Horse said:

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Oh and take out the laser swords and you'll get your answer real quick as to why it was so popular.

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I have no idea what you're trying to say here.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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beanbean said:

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EclipseAg said:

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To answer OP:

1) Classic tale of good vs. evil
2) Throwback style to serial tales of the '30s and '40s
3) Space setting was unique and offered opportunities for cool things like robots and weird creatures
4) Decent special effects for the time period
5) Easy to understand plot

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Decent special effects for the time period? Way to undersell it. They were groundbreaking special effects for the time period. I'm not sure of anything from 1977 or before that had any special effects even close to what Star Wars introduced.

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Nothing had ever approached what we saw with the special effects and creature and ship designs. Nevermind the lightsabers, which nobody had seen or considered.

Sci-Fi before 1977 was mostly saucer-shaped or rocket-shaped vehicles and some that were more space station-like, with the exception of Star Trek vehicles.

Tie fighters and X-wings and the Falcon and the land speeder and the sand crawler and droids and the Death Star…it was a lot to take in for a kid! But adults were just as blown away.

It flipped a switch in the industry.

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Only one movie can be in the pre-1977 conversation: 2001 A Space Odyssey. While Kubrick did not have the motion control cameras that Lucas would have less than a decade later, 2001's effects remain as impressive as they were in 1968.

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The effects at the end when Dave is going on that final journey to acid trip-land are great. But the spacecraft and space suits and such were not nearly the departure from what we had seen before that Star Wars brought us.

This. My FIL saw A New Hope countless times and said he still remembers the scrolling text and the star destroyer that just kept on going. Then there were the blasters and light sabres and other special effects. There had never really been anything like it, and with the John Williams score or was just an incredible experience.

You can kiss your trade franchise goodbye, sleemo.

bam02 said:

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I don't get it. Never watched it as a kid. Finalky decided I'd try it about 5 or 6 years ago with my kids. Made it maybe 30-40 minutes.

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Your kids deserve better.

I feel like you would miss 50% of the jokes in Spaceballs if you haven't seen Star Wars

I lost interest several movies ago, but I was around 10 when I saw the original Star Wars in the theater, and the moment the words scrolled off the page and the giant battleship flew over, I was blown away.

Original 3 were great entertainment, even if poorly acted. They're fun movies. Most of the "new ones" are average to bad. Exceptions being Rogue One and Solo.

Muy said:

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I lost interest several movies ago, but I was around 10 when I saw the original Star Wars in the theater, and the moment the words scrolled off the page and the giant battleship flew over, I was blown away.

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Exactly! I was 12 when Star Wars came out. My best friend and I saw a story on TV about it in May and we were determined to see it as soon as it came to Houston. It opened in limited release on 2 screens at The Galleria. My friend's mom took us over there from southeast Houston, I think it was week 2 of the run. She waited for 2 hours in line with us to get tickets, then we went off on our own to see the movie. I will never forget the way I felt when this opening scene ran. I was completely blown away from that first scene.

I don't recall booing or cheering, except maybe some cheering when the Death Star gets destroyed. I later saw it again with my dad at the Campus Theater on Northgate and there was definitely cheering, and most notably hissing whenever Darth Vader came on screen.

aggiephoenix02 said:

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When StarWars came out everyone liked it, then later only nerds liked it, now only low informed and people with 'alternative' lifestyles like it…

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Some kids on my street made fun of me for being so excited to see a nerdy sci fi movie. A few weeks later they were all sporting Star Wars tshirts.

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Muy said:

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I lost interest several movies ago, but I was around 10 when I saw the original Star Wars in the theater, and the moment the words scrolled off the page and the giant battleship flew over, I was blown away.

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Exactly! I was 12 when Star Wars came out. My best friend and I saw a story on TV about it in May and we were determined to see it as soon as it came to Houston. It opened in limited release on 2 screens at The Galleria. My friend's mom took us over there from southeast Houston, I think it was week 2 of the run. She waited for 2 hours in line with us to get tickets, then we went off on our own to see the movie. I will never forget the way I felt when this opening scene ran. I was completely blown away from that first scene.

I don't recall booing or cheering, except maybe some cheering when the Death Star gets destroyed. I later saw it again with my dad at the Campus Theater on Northgate and there was definitely cheering, and most notably hissing whenever Darth Vader came on screen.

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So I am a software engineer who works for a consulting company that likes its people to conduct lunch and learn meetings. These are typically geared toward technical topics, but these meetings can be on any thing. We had a gal give one of the traditions of an Indonesian wedding, and a guy did one on beard care. Back in April, I did one that I titled "Movie Magic", where I talked about how these artists create the often fantastic images we see on screen. I spoke about everything from miniatures and animatronics to slit-scan photography and stunt work. I embedde short clips from a variety of titles - Star Wars saga, Indiana Jones, The Lord of the Rings, MCU, Alien, Aliens, 2001, and even Darkest Hour.

I opened my presentation with a story about being in the back yard one summer afternoon when my dad asked if I wanted to go a movie. Of course - what 10-year-old is gonna choose outdoor summer Houston heat over an AC auditorium, even a movie that said son had no interest in seeing. Having set the stage with that story, I started my presentation with the sequence that captivated millions around the world that summer of 1977. I had never seen anything like that in a movie. How did they do it?

A lot of my youth was spent reading about visual effects through magazines like Starlog, or books about Star Wars, and even recreated the opening of Empire in my garage with a silent 8mm movie camera and a die cast Star Destroyer model (no, it wasn't professional but didn't look bad for a 13-year-old with a $10 budget). I did a technical research paper on the subject in high school and a speech on the topic for Speech Comm at A&M. Never imagined I would do this topic a third time to a professional audience.

Correct, it was good until Mark Hamil's TDS ruined the original trilogy for me.

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— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) May 22, 2024

Thunderstruck xx said:

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Correct, it was good until Mark Hamil's TDS ruined the original trilogy for me.

Who else is determined to never let this country become a "Unified Reich"?✋ https://t.co/vB8Du75Zjr

— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) May 22, 2024

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Didn't you learn your lesson on the other thread? Nobody ****ing cares about your pot-stirring bull*****