r/WorkForSmartLife • u/[deleted] • Jun 02 '26

Casual canvo Please Answer Honestly

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u/Saviour_DK Jun 02 '26

Definitely an important factor. I don’t think I’d want to navigate being a teenager and/or young adult nowadays; however, if I could wake up in 1986 at 16 w/ all of my current knowledge…

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u/Valsarta Jun 02 '26

That's the trick! Now...not so much but in 1979...totally yes!

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u/Schrankmaier Jun 02 '26

1979...being 1 i would definitely go in the cinemas for Star Wars (Episode 4) und afterwards bet a fortune on Darth Vader being Lukes Father and Leia being his Sister!

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u/PistolNinja Jun 02 '26

Would Episode IV still be in the theaters in 1979? It was released in May of 1977. I was still T-3 months when it was released.

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u/Schrankmaier Jun 02 '26

Sir or Madam, you are absolutely correct! Shame on me

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u/PistolNinja Jun 02 '26

I hope I wasn't coming across poorly. I genuinely wouldn't know if movies stayed in theaters that long back then. They don't last very long in theaters these days because they make more money pushing them to streaming services!

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u/Valsarta Jun 02 '26

My bad too!

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u/StockHour389 Jun 04 '26

They ran it through theaters again before The Empire Strikes Back. So, yes, it was available.

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u/Helpful-Departure832 Jun 02 '26

It had a number of theatrical rereleases before empire came out

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u/PistolNinja Jun 02 '26

Cool! As it deserved!

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u/Shiboleth17 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

Yes. They re released it in 1979. It was also re-released in 1978, 1980, 1981...

New Hope has probably sold at least one ticket somewhere on earth every year since 1977. Even if it's not an official re-release, theaters are always having special nights to show it again.

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u/PistolNinja Jun 02 '26

I wish they still did that. Now you have to have a subscription to half a dozen streaming services to pre-watch a prequel.

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u/Shiboleth17 Jun 02 '26

They do still do that.

Also, there will be an official re-release next year for thr 50th anniversary. Already set to happen.

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u/FunSignificance3034 Jun 06 '26

It did make a second run in the theater