Rich and Yoda chill by the mall’s X-Wing! 1980

Here’s Rich, and his new friend Yoda. This mock-up of an X-Wing is really cool and pretty close to full size!

Keep an eye on Yoda though Rich, he’s known to pick-pocket kids for their Orange Julius money.…

Vader was EVERYWHERE! 1980

John remembers the day like this. “Summer 1980 – Morganton, NC. Our church youth group prepares to go to Hickory, NC to see “The Empire Strikes Back”. One of the college students at our church dressed up as Darth Vader …

Chris and friends recreate some Halloween Star Wars awesome! 1978

Vader, Leia, and Han meet up in a school hallway. I don’t blame Han’s watchful eye on Vader, I mean he does have his light-saber ignited. He could easily poke an eye out with that thing.

 

Happy Halloween everybody!…

Gary and Vader meet! 1980

Gary meets Vader, and so does everybody else in town! Look at the kids who came out to see Vader? That must have been amazing! Gary remembers “I’m the kid with the wide collar and shorts to the right of Mr Vader. Blackpool …

The day Gary met Darth Vader! 1980

Gary meets Vader, and so does everybody else! Look at the people who came out to see Vader? That must have been amazing! Gary remembers “I’m the kid with the wide collar and shorts to the right of Mr Vader. …

Gary gets Vader’s autograph in 1980!

Here is the autograph Gary got on the day he met Vader! He remembers “I’m the kid with the wide collar and shorts to the right of Mr Vader. Blackpool UK, 1979/80 we went into the Lewis’s Department Store after …

Seth as Yoda foresees Halloween fun! 1982

…either that or he’s about to dump that Jack O Lantern on the ground because you’re taking too long to take that photo. Either way, Seth has nailed that costume! It’s amazing what you can do to spruce up a …

Seth visits some familiar Star Wars friends! 1978

Seth visits with some rather well known Star Wars celebrities. Artoo seems friendly enough, but Vader? Not so much. Maybe he’s overly conscience of that ridiculous  looking belt? The last thing Vader needs is to be laughed at by a …

Derek is my hero! Vader looks terrified! 1980

Derek is a kid I admire! Derek went Head to…head to belt and hung with the Dark Lord of the Sith. Derek is a warrior! A STAR WARRIOR!

Seriously though, if I had this photo but it was me with …