"The Last Jedi" Opening Night!
By StacyB
@Srbageldog (7716)
United States
December 14, 2017 2:41am CST
Tonight Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in theaters. My partner, sister, youngest brother and his girlfriend, and I are all going. We have tickets for the 9:45 p.m. showing but will get to the theater to wait in line probably around 7:00. Hopefully that is early enough to get a good spot in line so we can grab seats next to each other once they let us in.
I always go to see the new Star Wars movies opening day (or night.) This is a tradition my family has observed since the first prequel, The Phantom Menace, was released when I was a freshman in high school in 1999. I have seen all of the new films multiple times in the theater. I have not seen the original movies (other than the first one) on the big screen, unfortunately. When they were rereleased in the mid-90s, the first one (A New Hope) played at the main theater in town, but the other two (The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi) played at a small theater downtown, and my dad would not drive me and my sister there so we could see them. They were originally released before I was born.
I have been counting down the days to see The Last Jedi. I am very excited. It might seem lame, but this is the highlight of my year. This year has been a very sucky one, so it's nice to finally have something to look forward to.
Do you have plans to see the new Star Wars movie?
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
14 Dec 17
I enjoy the Star Wars movies, but the only one I have seen on the big screen was the first one. We went to the drive-ins to see it. Was a good film.
My husband and I don't go to the movies. We did promise one another that we would make time to do fun things together and movies were on our list of fun things. Just not happening. Kind of sad about it.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Dec 17
I used to love going to the drive-in here when I was little. It would have been neat to see the original Star Wars movie there!
I'm sorry you and your husband haven't been able to go to the movies or do anything fun. Hopefully you'll be able to make time to do things like that, and also have the funds to do so also.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
15 Dec 17
@Srbageldog there's always next year.bit I'll just have to start doing things on my own.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
16 Dec 17
@ElusiveButterfly That's a shame. Does your hubby not enjoy doing things together? 
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
14 Dec 17
Nope. No star wars for me. But my brother is going to see it. Just dont think he is til tomorrow (friday).
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
16 Dec 17
@Courtlynn Right lol. Maybe it's better that way.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Dec 17
A lot of people don't care for the movies. I have been a fan since I was 13. I am actually not sure how I feel about the new movies though. I kinda wish they'd just left the franchise alone. Disney is going to run it into the ground.
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
15 Dec 17
@Srbageldog i wouldnt know about that.. from not watching them lol
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
16 Dec 17
@Srbageldog Yes, they did... Now they're waiting for the ninth installment... in 2019? 
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Dec 17
Thank you, I did enjoy it. I hope your sons enjoyed it too!
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
16 Dec 17
@sishy7 I'm in the same boat as them, waiting for 2019...assuming that's when the ninth installment comes out!
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Dec 17
I hope you enjoy it when you do see it. 
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Dec 17
Yes, that is the truth. We rarely go to the movies anymore because it's so expensive.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Dec 17
I have no interest in these new Star Wars movies.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Dec 17
They do not "feel" like they are Star Wars movies...there is just something lacking about them. I am not sure how I feel about them yet. I think I will probably pretend like they don't exist and just stick to the original movies, since the new ones sort of keep ruining things.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Dec 17
@JohnRoberts Yes, I am aware of this. Sometimes cheesy Disney dialogue creeps into the film, which makes me cringe.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Dec 17
@Srbageldog George Lucas sold the franchise to Disney so they are now Disney movies with no artistic input from Lucas.
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@LadyDuck (459514)
• Switzerland
16 Dec 17
@Srbageldog I agree that it has become very expensive.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
15 Dec 17
It is very expensive to go to the theater anymore, so we only go once in a blue moon. After the final movie comes out in this current trilogy, I will no longer see the movies in the theater I think (at least not opening day.)
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