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I was pretty much in love with Carrie Fisher growing up(as well as Dawn Wells(Mary Ann from Giligan) and Joyce DeWitt(Janet from 3's Company)). I never got to see the first Star Wars in a theater. But I did see it at my friend's house on one of the first HUGE VCR's. You literally push a button in(manually) and the whole top raised up and you could insert the tape. Then you had to manually press down the top again.

Anyway, I had so many toys. Yoda's Degobah(sp?) system, the rebel base, land speeder, Falcon... ah memories.

Yep, I had probably 60+ action figures, including multiple versions of Han, Luke, Vader, etc. Probably the funniest thing I noticed as a kid was that the Hoth Rebel Base playset was just the Tatooine playset painted white as opposed to beige.

I remember seeing all three movies in the theaters, watching _Star Wars_ on HBO about 20 times when it premiered, borrowing the videotapes from the local library (we didn't have a '70's style VCR like Shane, but ours had a wired remote...). Somewhere at my mom's house is the original original trilogy on VHS (in fullscreen, though - I kept the widescreen Special Edition trilogy just because it was widescreen).

Man, the wayback machine is turning; I, too, adored Carrie Fisher for quite a while, especially after ROTJ. She is still a good looking lady.

I'm sure we rented the tapes at several points, but I didn't own a copy of the movies until my Special Edition VHS set. My old roommate Dan had bought the original re-issued (1995?) trilogy VHS set so there was no need. Can't wait for the "real" DVDs to sit alongside the "next gen" ones. ;)

Edit: I guess I should say "previous gen" when referring to the prequel films! :)

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I prefer the original format the best. Star Wars is the first film I remember seeing in a movie theater. That is how cool of a movie it was. I am not sure if it was the first film I saw, but I recall seeing that film and nothing before. I was six years old when it was out.

I had a ton of toys as well. I believe all of them are still at my mom's house in the attic and in the basement. I mostly remember my Darth Vader case, the one of many cases I had filled with figures.

I was really hoping for the original theatrical releases (non-SE), maybe with the THX sound enhancements if anything. I really can't stand the SE enhanced scenes, especially the Jabba dance scene...I really feel that they take away from the movies. I guess I'll be hanging on to my VCR after all, as I only have it to watch the widescreen VHS original trilogy that I have.