I was in a toy store and couldn't believe they are still selling the figures, like 20 years or more later...except now they are way more expensive, and bigger
2007-11-08 22:35:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
That's 30 years. I saw it in the movie theater in 1977. Star Wars, like many other great movie classics, will never fade in popularity. Since they made other Star Wars movies through the years, the legacy of Star Wars covers decades and people will buy things that represent the movie for years to come. It all amounts to what makes money.
2007-11-08 22:43:20 · answer #1 · answered by Summer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this a trick question? Why wouldn't people remember "Star Wars"? I'm quite confused by that notion!
Did you realize that George Lucas was totally unprepared for the success of "Star Wars"? He hadn't even thought of merchandising. The first merchandise that showed up were prints of the movie poster, which were sold for $1 each in the lobby! I loved the film so much that I bought a number of these because~well~I'm a hoarder. I'm not a packrat because a packrat swaps. I hoard~like a Hobbit~like a miser with his gold. Some people toss out; others... Well, you know which you are. Except, that was a GOOD thing as I found out about 15 years later when I made a lot of money on all of my extra posters of "SW IV".
I remember going into stores to find ANYTHING about this film, and it was quite awhile before I happened across some items: lithographed scenes from the film~five I think; and T-shirts! Besides the album, that was it~the full extent of merchandising.
We've certainly come a long way from such meager beginnings! I expect children and adults to be buying an array of items as the love of this saga is passed on from generation to generation.
It reminds me of seeing "Star Wars I" in the theaters. Some children behind us were being noisy, and I dreaded getting through the movie. Then, their father shushed them and said three words that kept them silent throughout the film: "It's 'Star Wars'!" That's nice.
If you couldn't tell: I was there at the beginning, just as I was for "Star Trek". Yes, I'm a sci fi geek and proud of it! I was born the year science fiction made its big comeback with "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "The Thing from Another World".
2007-11-08 22:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by MystMoonstruck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do remember Star Wars. I was about nine years old when Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace appeared in theaters. Since then, I became a fan and although I couldn't collect all the toys and figures I wanted to, I was able to keep a few posters and even pencil toppers! :))
2007-11-08 22:49:14 · answer #3 · answered by stealth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really is precisely what i have been saying! thanks! those videos make no experience with all and sundry understanding all and sundry. And WHY changed into it mandatory to have the droids in each and each and every freakin' movie? And as for individuals that continually arise with the excuse "properly, there have been multiple droids round... so, Vader doesn't recognize one from the different...." Uh, they kept their unique names via the flicks (C3PO, R2-D2 and compared to R5-J4 or the different identity or markings). it really is like saying he doesn't understand Chewbacca on a planet finished of Wookies even notwithstanding he's the purely Wookie answering to the call Chewbacca. edit: I completely accept as true with Logan17. George Lucas is a lazy, fat azz who spent extra time with the particular FX dept. then absolutely sitting all the way down to position in writing a good tale for the prequels. it extremely is why Empire is the great out of each and every of the chapters. because George did not write it. Leigh Brackett did.
2016-10-23 22:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't George Lucas a clever man keeping the rights to all Star Wars merchandise...30 years on and he is still raking it in
2007-11-08 22:45:11 · answer #5 · answered by hanz2602 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the re-release a few years ago kids today still have interest in the toys.
2007-11-08 22:39:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try 30 years. It came out when I was a kid and I still remember seeing it at the drive-in in Cleveland.
2007-11-08 22:43:49 · answer #7 · answered by Top Alpha Wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also they aren't worth as much. As long as little boys and girls dream of being astronauts, there will be popularity with Star Wars.
2007-11-08 23:28:22 · answer #8 · answered by pipi08_2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was there a movie named "Star Wars"?
2007-11-09 01:37:13 · answer #9 · answered by wilsonaj101177 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think star wars will always be a collectible! even maybe a hundred years from now, it would be something everyone will fuss about!
2007-11-08 23:18:31 · answer #10 · answered by stargirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋