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" Notes: Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to watch the original trilogy when it was first released. In fact, I wasn't even born yet when the first movie came out but, of course, like most of the kids growing up in the 80's, I watched them countless times with my dad when it was broadcasted on TV. To be honest, after all these years, I still think the whole thing is much more enjoyable if you watch it with the eyes of a 12 year old kid. Indeed, at that age, you don't notice all the sm"

" Notes: Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to watch the original trilogy when it was first released. In fact, I wasn't even born yet when the first movie came out but, of course, like most of the kids growing up in the 80's, I watched them countless times with my dad when it was broadcasted on TV. To be honest, after all these years, I still think the whole thing is much more enjoyable if you watch it with the eyes of a 12 year old kid. Indeed, at that age, you don't notice all the sm"

" 2014: 21 2013: 20 2012: 16 2011: 14 2010: 12 2009: 11 2008: 12 2007: 14 2006: 14 2005: 14 2004: 12 2003: 10 2002: 5 2001: 2 2000: 2 1999: 1 1998: 1 1997: 1 1996: 6 1995: 10 1994: 15 1993: 17 1992: 12 First seen in 1990 "

" 2014: 21 2013: 20 2012: 16 2011: 14 2010: 12 2009: 11 2008: 12 2007: 14 2006: 14 2005: 14 2004: 12 2003: 10 2002: 5 2001: 2 2000: 2 1999: 1 1998: 1 1997: 1 1996: 6 1995: 10 1994: 15 1993: 17 1992: 12 First seen in 1990 "

"Wave goodbye to Alderaan everyone! Hope that you weren't too attached to it!"

" 2013: 20 2012: 16 2011: 14 2010: 12 2009: 11 2008: 12 2007: 14 2006: 14 2005: 14 2004: 12 2003: 10 2002: 5 2001: 2 2000: 2 1999: 1 1998: 1 1997: 1 1996: 6 1995: 10 1994: 15 1993: 17 1992: 12 First seen in 1990 "

"LUKE SKYWALKER'S LIGHTSABERPRICE: Mark Hamill's lightsaber goes for $240,000 (in 2008) "

" 2012: 16 2011: 14 2010: 12 2009: 11 2008: 12 2007: 14 2006: 14 2005: 14 2004: 12 2003: 10 2002: 5 2001: 2 2000: 2 1999: 1 1998: 1 1997: 1 1996: 6 1995: 10 1994: 15 1993: 17 1992: 12 First seen in 1990 "

" Points: 40 Chosen by: kathy (10), Leader Vladimir (9), terriblepuns (7), Bollyver (10), Lucretia Butterfly (4) Previous rank: 7 (↓11) IMDB top 250 rank: 25"

"Even after close to 40 years of exhaustive reckoning, it’s hard to overestimate the cultural and economic significance of George Lucas’ pulpy, pop-inflected space opera. While it nostalgically riffed on Flash Gordon serials, Greek and Anglo mythology, and Leni Reifenstahl-cribbed triumphalism, the filmmaker was nevertheless prescient about both world and market building. That we’re about to receive a third trilogy based on characters first introduced in 1977 certainly speaks to the film’"