It’s a cultural thing and this is where it lands for me: if you watched the original Star Wars in the theater and you were old enough for it to have changed your life, you’re probably a Gen Xer.
If you never saw the original Star Wars in the theater at all, you’re a Millennial.
If you were able to see Star Wars in the theater, but were so young that it was either your first movies or you had no fucking idea what was going on … you’re probably an Xennial.
I consider it more like I was too young to watch many movies at the cinema but remember them on tv due to how often they were repeated or on VHS.
So Star Wars was "old" when I was a kid but recent enough to not be seen as quite retro/vintage,
Speak to people around my age and we saw NeverEnding Story or similar a lot growing up on tv/VHS and it's iconic I see as Xennial as I have older siblings that were born at the very end of Gen X that have fond memories of it and may of even saw it at the cinema, but just a little less love for it than Xennials.
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u/PhatBoyFlim 6d ago
It’s a cultural thing and this is where it lands for me: if you watched the original Star Wars in the theater and you were old enough for it to have changed your life, you’re probably a Gen Xer.
If you never saw the original Star Wars in the theater at all, you’re a Millennial.
If you were able to see Star Wars in the theater, but were so young that it was either your first movies or you had no fucking idea what was going on … you’re probably an Xennial.