I have vague memories of seeing Empire in the theatre and more solid ones of seeing Jedi
Yeah, this is my experience, but it seems like I don't remember a time when the trilogy wasn't part of my consciousness.
My god...he's gonna do the whole speech.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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Dana - May 17, 2005 10:21:45 am PDT #2888 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Kathy A - May 17, 2005 10:25:58 am PDT #2889 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Did anybody else read "Splinter of the Mind's Eye?" It was ok'd by Lucasfilm, but definitely existed outside of the original trilogy's storyline. IIRC, it was published between Star Wars and Empire, and took the "Luke and Leia hook up" path. I thought it was pretty well done, and a lot better than some of the later Star Wars-verse books.
Tom Scola - May 17, 2005 10:26:13 am PDT #2890 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
After begging my parents to see Star Wars for months, the family went and saw it in August, because they finally got a clue that might be good. Everyone else in the neighborhood had seen it by then.
-t - May 17, 2005 10:33:34 am PDT #2891 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Did anybody else read "Splinter of the Mind's Eye?"
I can remember the cover, but I don't think I read it. Somehow.
Calli - May 17, 2005 10:44:04 am PDT #2892 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I read Splinter of the Mind's Eye. I also read three Han Solo books: Han Solo at Stars' End and a couple of others whose titles escape me. I was very much the Han Solo fangirl as a teenager. Luke only got interesting to me in RotJ.
Sheryl - May 17, 2005 10:51:56 am PDT #2893 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
I saw Star Wars in the theater in 1977. The older sister of my best friend took the two of us, as we were too young to see it alone. For years the only thing I remembered about the movie was the guy getting his arm sliced off in the bar scene. I didn't see the other two movies in the original trilogy in the theater until the reissue a few years back.(I did see them on tape)
tommyrot - May 17, 2005 10:53:09 am PDT #2894 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I was dissapointed by the arm getting chopped off. In the novel the guy gets split in half, from head to toe.
JohnSweden - May 17, 2005 10:54:43 am PDT #2895 of 10002
I can't even.
Did anybody else read "Splinter of the Mind's Eye?"
Alan Dean Foster. I probably still have the copy around somewhere. I enjoyed that book quite a lot. Lucasfilm hadn't yet become so adept at feeding the fan hunger, so I was so pleased to find it at the time.
Dana - May 17, 2005 10:55:36 am PDT #2896 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Alan Dean Foster? Seriously? That man has made a living off adaptations.
beekaytee - May 17, 2005 10:58:59 am PDT #2897 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
I saw Star Wars as a reward for teaching a summer school ESL class for one of my advisors in high school. 3 months of work seemed like an ample trade off.
At the risk of ubercheese, it literally changed my life.