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    Star Wars fans stand up and be counted.

    I will admit I am a Star Wars Nerd. I have loved the series for over 35 years. I am excited for the new show to come out. Over the years Star Wars has reminded me of times in my life. I remember my first girl friend took me to the original Star Wars show. First time I saw a Wookie I thought it was a girl I use to date in high school. May the Force be with you.
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    My parents didn't have higher paying jobs until I was well into my teenage years, so some of my fondest memories from when I was real young are of getting 2 or 3 Star Wars figurines on my birthday and maybe getting one big piece like the Millenium Falcon at Christmas. The hours I spent fighting epic battles across the living room...simpler times I suppose. So yes I am still a fan now that I have more gray hairs than colored ones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by StolzerandSons View Post
    My parents didn't have higher paying jobs until I was well into my teenage years, so some of my fondest memories from when I was real young are of getting 2 or 3 Star Wars figurines on my birthday and maybe getting one big piece like the Millenium Falcon at Christmas. The hours I spent fighting epic battles across the living room...simpler times I suppose. So yes I am still a fan now that I have more gray hairs than colored ones.
    same here!

    Me and my brother outlined our wanted birthday and xmas gifts for years to come with action figures, play sets, and space ships after star wars came out. We planned it from the Sears catalogs. Funny though it never materialized. We did grow a small collection and I just showed it off to my 11 yoa daughter a couple weeks ago while in the attic for xmas decorations .

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    Somehow, I have managed to never watch it all these years, maybe one day.

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    thanks to havin' kids that needed totin' to the movies, I've seen a couple of these. never did see what the big draw was.

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    I have seen them back when the first ones came out but after that it fade out because of of the times it did came out was some thing new then now it is not.As for what was the big draw the way it look to me was Carrie Fisher.
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    Definitely a Star Wars fan. We are going to see the new one tonight

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    I liked the first few movies....then they got strained. I will watch them but not a great fan.

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    Star Wars fans stand up and be counted.

    I've read all the books. And this is where the new movies have screwed up. The canon was already written and they chose to go their own route. Which is a shame because excellent writers, not Hollywood hack screenwriters, wrote well developed characters and great stories. They should have made the "Heir to the Empire" trilogy into movies. These were the first books that Lucasfilm allowed to be written. They set the stage for all the other books, both before and after time wise.

    The new movies are nothing but a money grab. Looks like a JJ Abrams movie from the trailers. His style is unmistakeable and I've grown tired of it. That being said, I will go see the movie. But it will be weeks from now when I'm stuck in some small town in the middle of nowhere for work. I will not wait in any sort of line to see it.

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    We saw the original movie in LA while I was in grad school. I guess this dates me. Have no memorabelia, do not stand in line to be the first to see the new movie, but we haven't missed any of them.
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    I was 7 when the original Star Wars came out, so yea I was a fan. Now my son is 7, and is into all things Star Wars now. We will be going to see it next week. He has a the pack of the 1st six movies under the Christmas tree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dragon813gt View Post
    I've read all the books. And this is where the new movies have screwed up. The canon was already written and they chose to go their own route. Which is a shame because excellent writers, not Hollywood hack screenwriters, wrote well developed characters and great stories. They should have made the "Heir to the Empire" trilogy into movies. These were the first books that Lucasfilm allowed to be written. They set the stage for all the other books, both before and after time wise.

    The new movies are nothing but a money grab. Looks like a JJ Abrams movie from the trailers. His style is unmistakeable and I've grown tired of it. That being said, I will go see the movie. But it will be weeks from now when I'm stuck in some small town in the middle of nowhere for work. I will not wait in any sort of line to see it.
    I've read most of the books, and was definitely bummed out when they threw that all out. Hopefully they do right by this one though. As long as they are better than Episode 1-3, I think I'll be ok lol

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    And the "Heir to the Empire" Trilogy was awesome!

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    When we went to one years ago it was curious to see the effects the film had on the audience.
    By the time the movie was over there was a blurring, not good guys, not bad guys and the kids were clearly unsettled.
    Don't remember which one of the "episodes" it was.

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    I am not a rabid fan but it is easy to get caught up in it in my family. My oldest daughter is a true Star wars geek. She is a member of the 501st and the Black Death Crew. We have tickets for tonight at 7pm. The hard cores recognize episodes 4 through 6 or the first three. These are her Glocks, pretty much sums it up.



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