From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Sith and before
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:33:19 -0400

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From: <MarkLFischer at aol.com>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 7:07 AM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Sith and before

> 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.

Yes, I recall the first STAR WARS, and you're right.  The "Chapter IV" bit
wasn't originally in it.  I saw that movie in a screening room and my
review (in the UNICORN TIMES) was the first negative review that movie
received.  (The one in the VILLAGE VOICE was the second.)

--Ted White