Brian’s new Star Wars Give-A-Show Projector! 1978

Brian looks to be pretty excited by this awesome gift! Back in 1978, if you wanted to see Star Wars you either went to the theater, or you had one of these give-a-show things! Either way, Brian isn’t complaining!…

Page prepares to tear into his X-Wing! 1978

Page needs to get that X-Wing out of there! It’s been in that box far too long!…

Seth and the Death Star Trash Monster! 1978

Seth gets chummy with that spooky, gross Trash Monster that lived in one of the Death Star’s many trash compactors. It seems like a weird place for a monster to live….how the heck did it get there anyway?

Seth remembers, …

There was always at least one Star wars shirt in the crowd! Thomas 1978

Everywhere you looked shortly after the release of Star Wars you saw at least one kid wearing a Star Wars shirt! It was inevitable! The golden age of Star Wars was a great time to be a kid. What better …

Two Vaders, a skeleton, and the Six Million Dollar Man walk into a school cafeteria… Kevin and friends 1978

Two Vaders, a skeleton, and the Six Million Dollar Man walk into a school cafeteria…the start of a joke, or did it actually happen? Photographic evidence proves that this went down for real!

The boys are all set for Halloween! …

Brent and his Star Wars birthday! 1978

Brent, upon his 11th birthday receieved a bounty of Star Wars goodness! So much good stuff in this photo…man I miss the early days of Star Wars.

Happy Birthday Brent! 🙂…

When you have a Star Wars birthday! Eric 1978

Everyone is all smiles on Eric’s birthday! Please take a moment to soak up Eric’s gifts there…yeah, that’s good!

Eric recalls,”Here’s a fun one from my 6th birthday November 1978. I got a huge jump start on my collection and …

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Tom as the Jawa! Halloween 1978

This is an amazing Jawa costume!

Tom remembers, “Here’s me (Tom) dressed up for Halloween (1978 or 1979).  My dad bought a Ben Cooper Tuskin Raider mask, painted it black, then installed red lights onto the ’tubes’.  He wired the …

Tom and the Death Star! 1978

Tom’s getting some serious fun out of his Death Star!

Tom remembers, “Here’s me playing with my Death Star playset.  Based on my age it would probably be 1979 (since I’m pretty sure I got my death star playset for …