if i could erase one movie from my memory so i could see it again for the first time...
[This is for Ryan John and his accurate post about why the initial beauty of watching Star Wars for the first time has been all but ruined for anyone who still has not seen the movies]
I remember sitting in the darkened theater. Words on the screen:
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…..
The music kicks in. John Williams’ Main Theme.
The opening crawl starts up.
It is a period of civil war….
I felt it. Knew it. I was seeing something special. Maybe it was the music. I don’t know. But I felt a sudden anticipation.
My jaw hung open the rest of the film. This was it. I was in love with a movie. I fell really hard. The second it was over I wanted to see it again. And again. And again.
I still to this day get chills when I hear the opening music and see the first glimpse of that Destroyer.
Even better than that was when they re-released the trilogy in theaters. I took my son to see it, he was just four but already obsessed with all things Star Wars. He had the same reaction as me when he saw that opening sequence. This was something he had only seen on our small tv before and to see it up there, larger than life, the look on his face was priceless. One of my favorite shared moments with him.
I would love to experience that feeling again. I would love for to share that experience with someone else who has never seen A New Hope but I don't think it could match the experience I had because Star Wars and everything about has become a part of us, like it or not. Even if you have never seen one of the movies you know. You know about the opening crawls, you know the characters, you know the stories.
Like Ryan, I almost want to tell people who have never seen the films to not bother, because there is no way it could match up to the hype and lore at this point.
[also curious what your answer would be to the title]