h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

No, not because it was particularly good, nor because I felt sorry when Darth Maul died. No, the moment it moved me is when I was sitting in the theatre, 23 years after the first Star Wars, and the lights went down and there was that funky Lucasfilms logo, half western, half not. I had been waiting SO LONG for this movie, and here I was, one of the first people in the nation to see it. I felt moved, sad, old, young, silly and sentimental all at the same time. There have been a lot of movies that have made me cry, like Forrest Gump, Steel Magnolias, Jerry Maguire...but all of those were intentionally tugging at my heart strings. Phantom Menace was something beyond that, a way for me to return to my childhood, my innocence.

I know, silly, isn't it?

i felt the same way.. some kind of inexplicable and impossible 'returning to youth' however briefly.. the cheers that went up @ the opening notes of the theme.. on opening night were unbelievable..

but shockingly, star wars lovers were remarkably considerate.. it was like the difference between football(european) or hockey fans compared to golf fans.

the whole experience was very surreal (i hate using that word--it is very much abused and over-used) .. but it was like experiencing something of unreality..