I went to see Star Wars the original episode at the downtown Wilshire Theatre with my family when it first came out. I sat with everyone on my right with the closest person being my dad. During the movie I thought it was melodramatic. I laughed to tears because it was so funny. My dad thought, “this is insane.”
There is a special cohort of people who laughed during Star Wars. Some of the movies since have been for those people that thought Star Wars was funny.