From: MarkLFischer at aol.com
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 07:07:47 EDT
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Sith and before
To: WSFAlist at WSFA.org

In a message dated 6/12/2005 7:12:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
MJW at press.jhu.edu writes:

>29 years... jeeze.

Everybody forgets that the "Chapter IV: A New Hope" bit was added to the
opening crawl later, it wasn't there in the initial release.

I did it, I promised myself I'd make the local opening shows of all the  Star
Wars films, and I did.  I'm not doing that anymore, it's too much like  work.
 Granted, showing up 90 minutes early for a 12:01 AM show isn't as  tough as
pitching a cot under the ticket window and guarding that first-in-line  spot
for 16 hours (Empire Strikes Back).

Yeah, that first Star Destroyer flyover made the whole house go  "whoa!"  Say
what you like about Lucas, he knew how to make things look big  on screen.

I tripped over organized fandom (and went to my first con) later that year,
in San Diego.

Not long after that, I went with friends to see Beatlemania at the very
chichi Fox Theatre in San Diego...everyone dressed to the nines, very  fancy.
After the show, George Popa suggested driving out to Ocean Beach to  catch Rocky
Horror, and I made the mistake of saying "What's that?".   Everybody else, of
course, had planned ahead and brought casual clothes.   My suit was a real hit
with the Rocky crowd.