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Star Wars Collectors Unite!

I have been collecting Star Wars autographs since 1998. Not all of my signatures are on Star Wars memorabilia. For example, when I met Warwick Davis at a comic convention in New York City, I had him sign a Willow photograph. I also have publicity photos of Sir Alec Guinness and Christopher Lee from the 1970s, and a Natalie Portman signed The Diary of Anne Frank theater poster from her performance on Broadway back in 1998. My current wish list includes Peter Cushing, Terence Stamp and John Williams. I am interested in knowing about the collections and wish lists of other members.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on December 20, 2015 at 5:00pm

I was 20 when Star Wars premiered in 1977. It wasn't that big of a thing at first. I didn't see it until August when I was in Atlanta for the main coin convention of the year with my then-girlfriend/later ex-wife. We had to drive far into the suburbs to see it by then.

How far? So far that we saw the local high school softball team in the restaurant we had lunch at and they pretty much all looked alike. And a few had one leg shorter than the other.

We see the movie and I am dumbfounded. I had never seen anything like it. What we called primitive special effects in the 1990s had never been seen before until Star Wars, at least that well produced. Realize, Pong was a state of the art video game back then. And for the most part, if at all, special effects were not made by computer.

So I know some people diss Return of the Jedi, but realize that for those of us around back then, particularly adults who grew up watching Star Trek on TV, Star Wars was beyond belief.

I liked Empire Strikes Back better than Return of the Jedi, but all three were as exciting as getting a night with Selina Gomez for your birthday would be today.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on December 20, 2015 at 5:09pm

I was nine when ANH premiered. I distinctly recall waiting in a line around the outside of a theater on Wolf Road in Albany to buy tickets with my brother and a neighborhood friend. We were really into comics and had already seen the Marvel Star Wars #1 comic book, which pre-dated the movie release by a month.

Going to take my kids to the new one the week after Christmas when they are off from school. Can't wait.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on December 20, 2015 at 8:03pm

I was 18 when I saw Star Wars when it first came out at the drive-in and was amazed I had never seen a movie like it before. The special effects were spectacular especially for the time. I personally prefer non-computer generated special effects. I agree with you about the two sequels.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on December 20, 2015 at 5:02pm

I have the correct title for Episode VII

ANNH

A New New Hope:

The Force has to awaken... it's having a recurring nightmare!

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on December 20, 2015 at 5:24pm

I won't spoil this for anyone here, but if you want a bullet point list of my Ep7 review, let me know and I will email you or message you.

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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on December 20, 2015 at 5:26pm

Thank you Pete ! Dead on.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on December 20, 2015 at 5:49pm

Fans who complain about the PT as well as TFA will never be happy. That is just my two credits. Let's at least hope that the price of Star Wars autographs does not remain where it is today for a very long time. That would certainly be a disappointment for all of us.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on December 20, 2015 at 7:51pm

Fans won't ever complain, but people who take something seriously enough (seeing as the basis for the word is fanatics,) will have no other choice.

As a fan, I can plug in my suspension of disbelief and enjoy this film just like the other 2+ million people that bought their tickets.

As someone who has spent decades researching info about the people who made these films, tracking down leads, meeting these people and hearing their stories...

I see it a bit differently maybe.

The general public, the people who think it's cool to go to a film with their family to be entertained, they will love this movie.

Then there are the people who know every word of dialog, every plot point... in and out of the films, every note of the score. We will be happy when we aren't fed yet another planet destroying super weapon, another droid lost in the desert with plans the rebels need, another shield that has to be knocked out so the little fighters can shoot their lasers at the exhaust port......so we can for a third time watch the big bad DeathStar, oops I meant StarKiller Base, go boom.

I guess I'll never be as happy as some people.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on December 20, 2015 at 8:04pm

But there's always Xanax.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on December 20, 2015 at 8:09pm

Trying not to show my wife or the people I went with, how completely torn I was after seeing it , I could have used some.

Loved seeing Harrison Ford do his thing....even if his thing now has become turning both Indy and Han into deadbeat dads.

Daisy, Oscar and John were great and they will continue to be great in future films with real writers that won't steal their own stuff from decades past.

Maybe Thorazine is a better idea.