Today is 5-4-26, aka May the 4th. To those of us who have know and loved the Star Wars series it is also known as Star Wars Day because of the well know line in the movies "May the force be with you."
I have been a fan of the Star Wars series since the very first one, originally simply called "Star Wars," came out in 1977. The subtitle "Episode IV A New Hope" was added to the title for a re-release in April 1981 to align with the release of the second Star Wars movie "The Empire Strikes Back." A series was born.
My first husband and I took our children to see the original movie when it first came out because we wanted to see it ourselves and thought our kids might enjoy it. We were hooked from the first blast into hyper-space, but the true joy was watching our son. He was five at the time. Our daughter (three years old) slept through most of the movie but our son literally sat on the edge of his seat through the entire show. He was hooked.
Over the years we've enjoyed all of the Star Wars movies together, but more than that. That first taste of 'space travel' led to 12 years of involvement with Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama first as an attendee, then as a counselor. Since college every job he has had has been space related. He never became an austronaut but he has experienced weightlessness, and helped countless children enjoy learning about space.
If he called me tomorrow and said "There's a new Star Wars movie coming out. Do you want to go see it?" My answer would be an instant "Yes!"
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