A great read, and nostalgia-inducing for those of us who grew up in the 70s. Star Wars was the first roller coaster movie: you bought a ticket, you went on the ride, you came off the ride, repeat. It did not matter how long the line was for the ride. You gladly waited three hours just to have the experience again. Later, Hollywood produced other roller coaster movies that kept you on line (it was two words, back then, not one) for a couple of hours as long as you could get there the first weekend, like Empire and Return of the Jedi, the Star Trek films, Superman, James Bond, and of course, Raiders of the Lost Ark. But Star Wars was the first, and in many ways the best.
Beautifully written Amy! And I completely agree! I was in the fourth grade when A New Hope came out! My mom took me and my two cousins to see it at Chapel Hill Mall in Cuyahoga Falls!! It was packed! We couldn’t all sit together but we didn’t mind cause the movie was AWESOME! Thanks for bringing back this special memory! ♥️
A great read, and nostalgia-inducing for those of us who grew up in the 70s. Star Wars was the first roller coaster movie: you bought a ticket, you went on the ride, you came off the ride, repeat. It did not matter how long the line was for the ride. You gladly waited three hours just to have the experience again. Later, Hollywood produced other roller coaster movies that kept you on line (it was two words, back then, not one) for a couple of hours as long as you could get there the first weekend, like Empire and Return of the Jedi, the Star Trek films, Superman, James Bond, and of course, Raiders of the Lost Ark. But Star Wars was the first, and in many ways the best.
Beautifully written Amy! And I completely agree! I was in the fourth grade when A New Hope came out! My mom took me and my two cousins to see it at Chapel Hill Mall in Cuyahoga Falls!! It was packed! We couldn’t all sit together but we didn’t mind cause the movie was AWESOME! Thanks for bringing back this special memory! ♥️
A great read, my friend! Thank you for sharing this story with us.