In 1997 the original Star Wars movie was re-released in theaters, 20 years after it was originally released. I already owned the movie on VHS at that point — several copies, in fact — but there’s something about seeing movies (and those movies in particular) in a theater with a huge screen, loud speakers, and a room full of Star Wars fans. Waves of toys and re-releases of the original trilogy into theaters in the late 90s were all designed to drum up interest for the Star Wars prequels, Episodes 1-3. The first of those movies, The Phantom Menace, opened… (read more)