Happy Star Wars Day
The Los Angeles City Council declared May 25, 2007 as Star Wars Day, in honor of the May 25, 1977 release date of the first Star Wars movie
The film wasn't supposed to do what it did—nothing was supposed to do that. Movies were meant to stay on the screen, flat and large and colorful, gathering you up into their sweep of story and releasing you back into your life at the other end. But this movie misbehaved. Star Wars leaked out of the theater, poured off the screen. A lot of people were affected deeply by it, requiring talismans and artifacts, merchandising and sequels. On May 25, 1977 there was was a line-around-the-block sensation at Mann's Theatre in L.A. (Photo:
LucasFilms LTD)
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The Los Angeles City Council declared May 25, 2007 as Star Wars Day, in honor of the May 25, 1977 release date of the first Star Wars movie
The film wasn't supposed to do what it did—nothing was supposed to do that. Movies were meant to stay on the screen, flat and large and colorful, gathering you up into their sweep of story and releasing you back into your life at the other end. But this movie misbehaved. Star Wars leaked out of the theater, poured off the screen. A lot of people were affected deeply by it, requiring talismans and artifacts, merchandising and sequels. On May 25, 1977 there was was a line-around-the-block sensation at Mann's Theatre in L.A. (Photo: LucasFilms LTD)
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Star Wars is amazing