How Fans Reacted to The Empire Strikes Back in 1980

December 23, 2017

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It’s funny to see how fans have reacted to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, at least here in Brazil, we have divided opinions, some adoring, some hating. And from what I realize is something global this. The guys from A Critical Hit decided to dig up the Starlog archive, that is all open on archive.org, and see in the chart sessions what the reaction from the people at the time of the launching of The Empire Strikes Back.

And to surprise, at least my own, the opinions from people were also very divided. Want to take a look then, go to the link and see for yourself.

Funny how history repeats itself.

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Sergio Lopes

Nerd, geek, garage musician, gamer and father. He was the editor of the São Paulo Jedi Council, currently editor in two blogs, at Comix Revenge where he writes about comics and Geek culture and also Star Wars, and also in the Sociedade Jedi where besides talking about Star Wars, is a bridge between what happens in Brazil to the world.

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