My sons call today “Star Wars Day.” As in, “May the fourth be with you.” Actually, May 25 ought to be Star Wars Day. The original movie, “Star Wars IV: A New Hope” was released May 25, 1977. I was just days from my high school graduation when I first saw the film. I was absolutely blown away by the opening shot. It wasn’t just the soundtrack or the visual effects. Every movie I’d ever seen up to that point had begun by rolling credits. It was like reading the program before a play begins. But Star Wars didn’t start that way. The audience was just settling in their seats, a handful of popcorn halfway to their mouths, and suddenly we were all in space. A bit of back story rolled by and we were thrust into a heated battle. It's a bit trite now, but at the time it was ground breaking stuff.
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