Although Quintana has seen the trilogy "many, many times," she said she felt that the audience of fans will enhance her experience.

"I'm sure there will be people in costume...it'll be an exciting group thing," she said.

In fact, Nanda said he might dress up for the movie.

"I've got a nuclear power plant suit that I might wear," he said. "It's not from Star Wars but it's still kind of from the future."

"Maybe it's what a storm trooper would wear on his day off," Shaw suggested.

The Harvard Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSA) did not make any specific plans for the movie's premiere, said Chris R. Hall '99, the group's treasurer.

However, Hall said that approximately six members of the group attended an 8:15 a.m. showing yesterday at the General Cinema in Burlington Mall.

"The new scenes are stunning," said HRSA President Kyle W. Niedzwiecki '98, who also attended the early showing. "I was really impressed by the computer graphics."

He said the digitally improved scenes depicting dogfights between X-Wings and Tie Fighters impressed him.

"Those [dogfight] scenes were almost completely redone so they're just amazing," he said.

But it's no surprise that Niedzwiecki enjoyed Lucas' production so much.

"I have seen it maybe 20 or 30 times on tape," he said. "I'm obsessed with Star Wars."

May the Force be with you