A long time ago...

In a state far far away (well, 550+/- miles) I watched Star Wars Episode IV, A New Hope. (I didn't realize until my web search just now that the "original" Star Wars movie was subtitled "A New Hope" - interesting.) I, along with many other kids was mesmerized with the film. My brother and I had gobs of Star Wars toys - action figures, X-wing fighters, etc. We even had the "Deathstar" with the trash bin and monster. It had little pieces of foam for trash. Endless hours of FUN!

At any rate, what reminds me of all that is that Randy and I went to the "Fabulous Fox" theatre Tuesday night to watch Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith. It was great! One of these days, when we have both time *and* an uber-cool home theatre of our own, I want to get the entire set of movies to watch over several weekends. It would be very interesting to see the original trilogy produced with today's special effects. I can remember folks clamoring over the effects back in the seventies - (eek! Did I say that???). Now they look like a high school movie project made with iMovie and a digital video camera. Amazing. (I mean, I could have made that in high school with today's tools... you believe me, right???)

Here's a picture of one of the Storm Trooper's walking around while we were waiting for the film to start:

Fun, eh?