I don't remember when I first saw Star Wars, but the initial time I was going to see The Empire Strikes Back is burned into my mind. The first friend I'd ever had who accepted me for who and what I was, Dustyn C. Halverson, was killed a half hour before we left to see the film, Wednesday, July 16, 1980. Years later, two friends would join me at the head of the line to see Return of the Jedi, on May 25, 1983. Will Goetter, Dan Tranger, and I went to Norm's News to sneak a peek of who the "other" was in the Marvel comic adaptation. An acquaintance, holding our place, got interviewed on the news. For Dusty Halverson Will Goetter Dan Tranger Friendship is forever.