When The Crystal Method's Scott Kirkland first saw A New Hope as a small child in a packed theater one summer evening in 1977, he discovered a fantastical galaxy full of droids, stormtroopers and cantina aliens that would forever change how he gazed upon the night sky.

"No memory is as powerful as the first time I saw Star Wars," Kirkland says. "My parents took me to see it on my seventh birthday. It was amazing; I remember being hypnotized by the screen. The themes of good and evil strike to the core of every human being and the characters George Lucas created stay with you. For me Star Wars fed my imagination. The night I walked out of the movie theater in the summer of 1977, I looked at the stars in a very different way. The minute it was over I begged my parents to bring me back. I think I saw it about ten times that summer."

Kirkland became obsessed with the film and the endless collectibles associated with the characters and vehicles seen on the big screen. "I had all the action figures, toys, cards, sheets and everything else Star Wars," Kirkland continues. "I just wish I would have taken better care of it all. But, I had fun with it all at the time. I did start collecting again when the original series was re-released and continued to collect from the prequels. It was like visiting the child in me that could not wait to go to the toy store and find the new action figures. Unfortunately for my wallet, the Internet made finding Star Wars toys so much easier."

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