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Star Wars is 30 Years Old

Posted by Zonk on from the how-old-does-that-make-you dept.

javipas writes "On May 25th, 1977 the first film of the Star Wars Saga was released to theaters. Thirty years later, and celebrations are being held all around the globe. Wired has a series of articles entitled The Empire at 30, and many fans are posting about this particular birthday. For example, you can see the best 30 clips made by fans to celebrate this anniversary. The BBC is chronicling the journey of one man who had never seen Star Wars before. IGN has a rundown on some of the highlights of the Celebration convention, running this weekend."

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  1. Ha by Mycroft_514 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    On this day 30 years ago, I took a girl to go see it as my first date. We were all riding back from our high school senior picnic, and she asked about the book I was reading (the novelization), so I took her to the movie.

    The second movie I took my fiancee too, and by the third movie we were married.

    So much for your theory.

  2. Despite Still Being Overhyped, To This Day... by morari · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The films have at least aged rather well. The effects and general cinematography don't feel all that dated. Of course, I tend to think that the sloppy CGI in the "special remastered" version is what looks old. Then again, I'm one to shun CGI in almost any instance, so biases persist.

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