I'm not sure how many times I've seen New Hope but the first time was before it was called that 😉 It was when it originally came out in the theaters. I vaguely remember that it was already being lauded as a big hit by the time I did so it wasn't opening weekend or anything. I loved it at once and was very excited to hear there would be sequels. I don't recall who I went to see it with, but I know that I saw it more than once in the theater. So I'm thinking I may have gone with my parents the first time and the second with friends. I remember that neither of my parents liked it as much as Star Trek but they both quite liked the element of the Force in it.

I later owned the original trilogy on VHS, before the later tampering/improvements. I haven't seen it in some time now but still recall it so well I could probably recite most of the dialogue as we go along. Plus, there are so many elements of that film that have callbacks in other SW content.