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[Cosmic Bus]

I, too, was 20. I can recall being with a group who were Star Wars fans, and one girl said afterwards that she'd rate it "at least a 9.5, and that'll just keep going up." Pretty sure I laughed quite loudly in her stupid face.

 

[Mifune]

I was 22. It was after graduation, and I went to Manhattan with some friends to see it. We all convinced ourselves that we liked it to differing degrees. I saw it five times that summer.

I still think it's okay. Attack of the Clones is where the franchise really went off the rails.

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

I was 18. I know where the worst 3 or 4 hours of my last six years went. It was spent watching both Episode 1 and 2, and I wish I could have that time back.

 

[Winged Creature]

was 16

 

[captmcblack]

I had just turned 16 that year.

I just turned 22 a few weeks ago.

6 years? Damn. :|

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

13. Wow time has flown.

 

[GSG Flash]

I was 10 and I loved the movie (and for some odd reason I liked Jar Jar Binks). I still think it's an OK movie, I like it more than the AOTC.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Yup i was 20...funny as i got married/commited on the same day although when i was 23 or was it 22....

DCX

You... don't remember when you got married?

 

[demon]

17

24 this september.

 

[borghe]

24.. didn't feel old until half the thread said they were under 15 at the time

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

24.. didn't feel old until half the thread said they were under 15 at the time

16. And I didn't feel old until I saw how many responses were 10, 11, or 12.

 

[Iceman]

22.

 

[Guileless]

21, drove up with a lot of friends to see a midnight showing in Memphis. I still remember how excited I was that whole week--literally like a kid at Christmas.

The disappointment came over me gradually, starting with when those trade federation guys starting talking. I still think the ending lighsaber duel salvages a lot, but I remember just looking around kind of stunned during the fart jokes.

 

[Crag Dweller]

I was 35 when The Phantom Menace came out. I was 13 when Star Wars came out.

 

[GaimeGuy]

35? You're fucking old.

 

[AirBrian]

I was 20 -- going to be 27 this September. O_O

 

[Naked Snake]

i was 21

Ditto

 

[Matrix]

I was 19.

 

[DMczaf]

Matrix, get on AIM! Important stuff!

 

[gstaff]

18

 

[Evenball]

I was 24 when TPM came out. I was 8 when I saw ROTJ in the theater.

 

[JackFrost2012]

19 and in college. You people were 12 and 13? Jesus Christ, that explains how so many of you can delude yourselves into thinking it's not terrible.

 

[Ironclad]

I was 11 at the time. How I did hate that movie, and still hate it. I wanted to punch Anakin in the face.

 

[Bobety]

I was 12 too, damn there are a lot of other 18 yr olds here

 

[CrystalGemini]

I was 14. I loved it because Ewan McGregor was in it. Therefore, I watched the movie three times a day when it came out on DVD. Back to back when I got home. True story.

 

[ScientificNinja]

22. I remember we declared it an office-wide holiday that day. About 12 of us deserted the office, jammed ourselves into two cars and hauled ass to the local cinema. 6 people were in my car - one actually agreed to curl up in the trunk.

Since then I've moved house twice, changed jobs twice and increased my salary by about 150%.

*sigh* seems like a whole other life...

 

[DjangoReinhardt]

I was 16 and caught a midnight showing with a bunch of friends. I remember thinking it might've been halfway decent if they'd edited that middle hour on Tatooine down to five minutes or so. :lol

 

[SickBoy]

For some reason, it surprises me how many people weren't alive when the original Star Wars came out. I really don't know why, I think it's just one of those weird age-ism things like how it always struck me as "weird" in high school the idea of being born during the 80's.

Anyhow, I was 24 when TPM came out. That put me at a measly two when Star Wars came out, but I still got to see it in the theatre thanks to a double-feature with Empire sometime in 1980-81.

The best theatre Star Wars experience for me, though, is without question Jedi. May not be my favorite of the movies, but I got to see it in a classic local theatre (sadly long gone) complete with balcony and ice-rinky floors resulting from years of spilled, buttery popcorn.

 

[aoi tsuki]

i was 18 when it debuted in theaters. i remember waiting to see it for a few months because i wasn't thrilled to see it after seeing the trailers. Saw it at the dollar show and still felt a little ripped off. i've kept myself out of the spoiler threads and have only seen three trailers. i'm really not that hyped about seeing it now, it's more of a "let's get this over with" sort of feeling.

 

[Espio]

13.

It's funny because I was thinking earlier how Ewan McGregor would have been in his twenties when he started TPM and he's now 34. He was saying in an interview how in TPM he would do the fight practice all day but on Episode 3 he had to stop all the time to rest

Amazing where the time goes.

 

[robertsan21]

i was 19

and man i hated that fucking movie, me and my friend had been so damn hyped up about it since we first heard it was coming out.

i am a die hard Starwars fan, seen the old films maybe a thousand times and i was totaly crushed after that TPM ended and i relised that this film sucked so much ass that even buttman couldnt stand a chance.

lets hope the last one will rule all, if not i hate lucas for fucking up the saga!

 

[sefskillz]

17. i thought it was alright and fucking loved the darth maul battle at the end. ended up seeing it again

 

[radioheadrule83]

I actually went to see it over 12 times because they played it right through summer. Whenever I was bored and had £5 I went, usually with a friend. I've still got all of my tickets. In fact right after my first viewing, I came out and just bought another ticket straight away.

In some respects TPM > AOTC. No humans riding CGI animals. No horrible banking clan character. But the other way around? Excess Jar Jar. Rediculous amount of time and exposition on tatooine. Breaking up the Maul fight with ascension guns and other crap. They're not perfect movies -- but they are fun. If I were a kid today I know I'd love them. I don't know why people expect Tolkien-esque genius or post 90s bad-assness when these are meant to be Space-Opera-Western-swashbuckler-samurai-flick-meets-Flash-Gordon-style-serial-hammyness.

The new one looks fucking hot btw...

 

[Outcast2004]

I was 20, 3 months shy of 21. Damn you people are young.

Me too.... I feel so old.

Even at 20, watching it in the theatre I thought it was pretty good. I feel people were expecting WAY too much.

 

[aparisi2274]

I was 24 years old that fateful year when TPM was released and I lost 2hrs of my life...

 

[Manics]

I was 29 going on 30, now I'm 35 going on 36. I'm old.

 

[Deku]

The Phantom Menace was actually a much better movie than I remembered it. I came to appreciate it more after rewatching it on DVD recently.
Yes, Jar Jar is annoying, and the kid can't act, but it was a much better movie than Episode 2 (which was so full of fanservice and bad editing).

Had it not been for the crushing disappointment of expecting something which was not possible, which was basically replicating the freshness and magic of the original trilogy, it would have been remembered as a solid and perhaps even a good space opera.

The general weakness of the prequels that many haters don't get is that it's not meant to be as simple as the OT. The OT was the rebels vs. the empire. The PT is about how the emperor got to where he was. And politics behind it is actually very interesting.

 

[blahness]

i was 20 and still in the army

 

[Sjoerd]

Wow I was 16 when it came out. I'm from the Netherlands and the movie wouldn't be shown here until september or something near that month

I went to london too see it, I was so tired from the bustrip I almost fell asleep during the movie.

It's insane now that I think of it, I saw that movie 6 times in the cinema. Once in London, once in a cinema on gibraltar and 4 times in different cinema's in the Netherlands.

 

[The Shadow]

I was 20 when it came out. I'll be 27 in October.

I think the little jewel on my palm is turning black.

 

[BojTrek]

I was 28 years old in May of 1999 and will be 35 in July... WOW!

My ass is old, but I can still keep up with the 20 year olds on the basketball court... that is how I judge my age... my athletic ability... YES!