Yes, I'm A Big Dork

**C.B.Cebulski** · 05-26-2007, 11:11 AM

Yesterday was the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars. Thirty years?! I was six years old on May 25th, 1977 when the movie was released. And to this day, I still remember going to see it in the theater. And as cliche as it sounds, Star Wars did deeply affect my life.

So like so many other Star Wars fans around the world, I celebrated the anniversary on my own. I woke up and actually put on a Star Wars T-shirt, I hit the post office to buy the newly released stamps, I popped in the Star Wars DVD and watched the original theatrical version, then I watched the live coverage of the Star Wars Celebration in L.A. on G4, caught up on all latest issues of all three Dark Horse comic series, then I watched the original theatrical version of Empire Strikes Back. Yes, I'm a big dork... and proud of it!

There was one thing I didn't do though...

As you can see from the pic, I still own a full box of unopened packs of the original Star Wars cards, third series for anyone who cares, and I pondered opening a pack just for nostalgic value, to make me feel like I was a kid again. I actually did it about 15 years ago and even went so far as to eat the gum, which made me sick. But nausea aside, I remember it took me forever to find a pack to replace the one I opened back then, and while it might be a little easier to find now with eBay and cons, still I decided against it. But I took out and opened the box to have a look, and I have to say, the sight of the box sitting there, filled to the brim with unopened packs, with the smell of the wax and paper and gum still lingering... it made me feel like I was six years old again!

Happy Anniversary, Star Wars! Thanks, George!!

**scott sackett** · 05-26-2007, 02:01 PM

When I meet someone and I find out their age, I always divide them into one of two groups: Saw Star Wars at the theater or Too Young to see Star Wars at the theater.

The thing that always amazes the 'whippersnappers' when I tell them about seeing Star Wars is that I remember seeing ads in the paper for the 2nd annivesary of Star Wars and it had been in the theaters for two solid years.

Most young people cannot comprehend no DVDs, much less no VCRs or even no HBO. If you didn't see it in the theater you might never see it again!

When was the last time you saw a line for a movie around the block?

Btw, I doubt that gum tastes any worst now then it did back then! That stuff was terrible.

Scott

**beta-ray** · 05-26-2007, 11:20 PM

Man I'm old. Was 9 when Star Wars came out (so I am in the "saw it in the theaters" category 23x over)....

Those were the days!

**ClintP** · 05-27-2007, 06:34 AM

I fall in the too young category. I didn't actually see them until they re-released them in the 90's. I enjoyed them alot when I saw them in the theater. So does that mean I am an official saw-it-at-the-theater for the first timer?

**Thudpucker** · 05-27-2007, 11:50 AM

I don't have the self control to leave card packs unopened. Do you have an open set already?

**scott sackett** · 05-27-2007, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by ClintP

I fall in the too young category. I didn't actually see them until they re-released them in the 90's. I enjoyed them alot when I saw them in the theater. So does that mean I am an official saw-it-at-the-theater for the first timer?

Sorry, but if you saw the '90s version you missed out because (and I know C.B. agrees)...

HAN SHOT FIRST!!!!

(Or as we refer to it 'The Pussification of Han Solo"!)

Actually Star Wars was so mind-blowing at it's time that you had to be there. There had been no science fiction movies since 2001: A Space Oddessy and Star Wars was really something different. While it's cool that you saw it on the 'Big Screen' I think the impact on guys my age was we had never seen anything like it.

Scott

**ClintP** · 05-28-2007, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by scott sackett

Sorry, but if you saw the '90s version you missed out because (and I know C.B. agrees)...

HAN SHOT FIRST!!!!

(Or as we refer to it 'The Pussification of Han Solo"!)

Actually Star Wars was so mind-blowing at it's time that you had to be there. There had been no science fiction movies since 2001: A Space Oddessy and Star Wars was really something different. While it's cool that you saw it on the 'Big Screen' I think the impact on guys my age was we had never seen anything like it.

Scott

Damn old fogies!

**tdaniel** · 06-08-2007, 07:33 AM

CB - take a hot iron on a medium setting, rewrap your opened pack, cover it with a thin cloth towel. quickly run the iron over the unsealed area and bingo, restored wax pack...sneak one for me will you?

**Thomas Mauer** · 06-08-2007, 07:35 AM

I don't know why, but I still have an unopened 1.5L Pepsi bottle from the 1997 Special Edition promotion.

**ClintP** · 06-08-2007, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by tdaniel

CB - take a hot iron on a medium setting, rewrap your opened pack, cover it with a thin cloth towel. quickly run the iron over the unsealed area and bingo, restored wax pack...sneak one for me will you?

Before I colelcted comics, I was a baseball card kid. I bought one of those grab bags of cards once and won a full set of unopened Topps cards from like 1990 or something. A couple of year later (they were old to begin with), I wanted a piece of that gum. I opened a pack and almost threw up from the nasty paint chip like gum. It took me a while to track down another pack of that same set of cards so I could have another unopened set. I still got those damn things.

I also won another set of unopened packs from some minor league card company.