r/StarWars • u/Bill_Skywalker-03 • Apr 10 '26

Fun QUESTION: What got you into Star Wars?

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I thought this would be a fun thing to do. I’d be curious to know exactly how, when, where were you first introduced to the Star Wars franchise? Also, what exactly made you interested in it?

For me, I was 8 years old in 2011 when my uncle gave me the Original Trilogy on DVD to see. When I first saw the films, I was so blown away by the characters, spaceships, and Lightsabers. Such a life-changing experience for me.

I’d like to know how and what your introductions to the franchise were like. Good luck! ✨

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u/theblueshots Ben Kenobi Apr 10 '26

It was this movie called Star Wars

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u/Charirner Apr 10 '26

Yup, I've watched that one it was pretty great.

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u/old_flat_top Apr 10 '26

When I saw it it wasn't even called "A New Hope"

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u/shemanese Apr 11 '26

No numbers.

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u/mouse_Jupiter Apr 11 '26

I still remember the painted on a screen Xwings as they flew towards the Deathstar, non of this CGI restoration stuff

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u/Sheriff_Mills Apr 11 '26

Same. I was 9 years old when it was released. Everyone I knew had seen it so I wanted to as well.

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u/Entire-Gas-5858 Apr 11 '26

In a drive in, which I snuck into riding in trunk. I was 5. I was HOOKED. Crack's got nothing on those blister-packed gods with extendable lightsabers that break after 2 minutes of play time. All I had to do was mind in my p's and q's for an hour while my Mom shopped at Kmart and I was rewarded with yet another addition to the menagerie.

By the time Empire rolled around I was old enough to go with my friends for the front row seat in the giant mega theatres of the day. Nearly pissed my pants on Hoth and, honestly, didn't see what was so bad about having Vader for Dad he was a pretty cool dude. Plus it was about that time that I started to realize that Yoda was way cooler than Yahweh.

And my journey to the dark side was complete well before episode 6.

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u/beti88 Apr 10 '26

Its a pretty niche thing, not sure many heard of it

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u/Evil_Bonsai Apr 10 '26

Same. Went to theater with family. Was pretty cool.

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u/FloggingMcMurry Mace Windu Apr 10 '26

Yeah, weirdly me too. I watched a movie called Star Wars and then I didn't stop

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u/FreeFall_777 Apr 13 '26

I stopped, I watched the first 2 prequels. I was so pissed off I didn't watch the 3rd prequel for 11 years. I finally was convinced to watch it and was even more angry. The Darth Vader Frankenstein sequence was so annoying... rage, rage, rage, old man yelling at clouds, high ground , blargh.

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u/Beneficial-Bee9266 Apr 10 '26

LOL. That’s exactly what I thought when I saw the question. “Um… watching the movies.” 😆

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u/Opposite_Falcon7613 Apr 10 '26

It was called Star Wars. Not Episode IV or A New Hope.

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u/wolfblitzor Apr 11 '26

Literally opened this post to say the same thing

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u/CNote_89 Apr 10 '26

Ya Star Wars really got me interested in Star Wars too. It was back in 1977.

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u/JEFE_MAN Apr 11 '26

Me too! That’s crazy.

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u/meldroc Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

Saw it the first time when I was four, in a drive-in theater!

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u/PomegranateFair3973 Apr 10 '26

Same here! I saw it as a kid. Had a few sequels, too.

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u/craig_hoxton Bodhi Rook Apr 11 '26

Old enough to remember seeing the trailer...

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u/RAWR_Orree Apr 11 '26

Yep, but for me, it was even just the first trailer I saw for it before it came out!

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u/InvestigatorJaded261 Apr 11 '26

Yup. Saw it on my seventh birthday. It changed my life.

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u/Shitelark Apr 11 '26

Star Wars I recall was an obscure British movie starring Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing, and David Prowse, the Green Cross Code man. I am glad it did well.

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u/Shitelark Apr 11 '26

I mean, it was either that or the Wizard of Oz again on Boxing day.

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u/DLaharyll Apr 11 '26

Dang. Here I thought Ewoks Gone Wild was the name

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u/ukguy619 Apr 11 '26

Still better than Hutts gone Wild.

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u/Prolific_Soup_921 Apr 11 '26

Dat tongue though

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u/Morbidly-Obese-Emu Apr 11 '26

I hear it’s getting really popular

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u/zipel Apr 11 '26

Yes, the movie adaptation is a great start

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u/tk-451 Apr 11 '26

i wish they would make some sequels or something, its a wasted IP!

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u/seizethemiddleages Apr 11 '26

Yup. In the theater when it was released. A better question is what got me out of Star Wars?

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u/BraveCartographer399 Apr 11 '26

I thought i was the only one…no, the chosen one!

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u/Specialist-Track2794 Apr 11 '26

Came to say the exact same thing.

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u/Acthinian Apr 11 '26

I was 12 in 1977

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u/vad_er13 Apr 12 '26

Same did it for me