A few friends and I watched the original Star Wars yesterday (aka non-Special-Edition-Star-Wars, Han-Shot-First-Star-Wars) and I imagined what it would be like to sit in the theater in 1977 and see it for the first time. And OMG, what a fucking achievement- from sound effects editing to costume design to John Williams’ score to Alec Guinness’ performance to the love between C-3P0 and R2D2 and so much more.
When George Lucas was pitching the idea of Star Wars to studios in the 70s, he was consistently turned because it was “a little strange”– now everyone is a believer.
Join us at the next Nerd Nite, we’ll be celebrating Star Wars. Mark your calendars for Thursday, December 10th: https://www.facebook.com/events/553640828135096/
-Ricardo Williams
Nerd Nite Orlando
