Darth Erika demands treats! Halloween 1979

Erika is dressed as the fearsome Darth Vader, armed with her lethal Light-Saber! She demands treats, or the tricks will be bad…really bad! You better hand over the Baby Ruth bars now!…

James and his new Star Wars comic! Christmas 1979

James remembers the vital details, “This is me on Christmas 1979 with my brand new ESB Annual”. Pure Star wars joy comes in all forms!…

Darran and the droid cake! 1979

Darran shows off the cake he had for his 9th birthday. 1979 was certainly a strong year for Star Wars goodness, so what better way to celebrate a birthday than with a cake with See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo on it. Oh …

Do we all agree Star Wars is AWESOME? Darran 1979

Darran certainly agrees that Star Wars is about the coolest thing ever! The trick is to convince everybody in the room…that might be a tall order.…

Kelly’s Troop Transport is ready for service! Christmas 1979

Kelly feverishly opens what looks like another star Wars toy Christmas 1979! Troop Transport has already been unpacked and is ready for some playtime! I hope Kelly got some troopers for that new Transport?…

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Ryan and Greedo 1979

I’m not sure how a photo can personify the childhood experience with Star Wars but this photo above does just that. Seeing this photo is amazingly nostalgic for me! The simplicity in the image is so great! A boy and …

Young Rob gets ALL the Star Wars for Christmas! 1979

Look at this amazing photo? That poor store Rob’s parents got all this Star Wars stuff from was cleaned out! Erm…I mean Santa, Santa was cleaned out. Merry Christmas doesn’t even cover the joy that’s going on over there!…

Stormtrooper Frank reporting for Halloween duty! 1979

I never get enough of this ridiculously amazing Ben Cooper trooper costume. Think how much cooler it could have been with the armor details instead of a self portrait on that crappy smock? Oh well, Frank still looks pretty bad …

William and George celebrate a Star Wars Christmas! 1979

William gravitates immediately to the new Death Star! If I were in the same boat Christmas 1979, I would have done the same! Fun was had by all I’m sure; Christmas 1979.…