todayinhistory:

May 25th 1977: Star Wars releasedOn this day in 1977, the iconic film &lsquo;Star Wars&rsquo; (later retitled &lsquo;Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope&rsquo;) was released. It was the first in a six film saga, and was written and directed by George Lucas. It was not expected to be a huge success, but when it was released it earned $460&nbsp;million in the United States and $337&nbsp;million overseas, thus defeating &lsquo;Jaws&rsquo; as the highest-grossing film (surpassed by &lsquo;E.T. the Extra Terrestrial&rsquo; in 1983). Star Wars was a groundbreaking piece of cinema and its popularity endures.

I saw this in a theater in Fort Wayne IN during the summer of &amp;#8216;77. It was either this or The Eyes of Lara Mars and I wasn&amp;#8217;t old enough for that one. Ahhhh band camp memories.