I was 7 and thought it was the coolest thing ever. At that time, with very very very few exceptions, science fiction (albeit star wars is fantasy but that's a seperate thread ;p) special effects and credibility was mostly limited to flaming toilet paper tubes on strings serving as rockets to spaaaace and here came star wars, which, to us kids seemed totally real. I remember I had to wait for a second release of the film into theaters (which never happened back then except for this runaway blockbuster) because my mom refused to stand on the 4-block long lines snaking around the theater. And yeah, the words "a new hope" were not there back then.