This Friday, May the 4th, is a day I look forward to every year. The day has quickly become an unofficial holiday for both hardcore and casual Star Wars fans, and it carries with it a little more weight for me personally.

Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope, was the first movie I saw in a movie theater. My father took me, and I remember every minute detail. The deliciously buttery smell of the movie theater lobby. The not-so-pleasant mildew smell inside the theater. The awe-inspiring size of the actual movie screen. And yes, the confusing but inspiring story born a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

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