The Vader reveal. You only get this once.
16I was going through some old files and found this gem. I had my daughter watch ‘Empire Strikes Back’ at the exact same age I was when I saw it in the theater. I’m pretty sure her heart skipped a beat, but I was happy to capture it. You only get to do this one time 
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My wife (before we were together) was waiting in line with friends at the theater for the next showing of just-released The Empire Strikes Back. The crowd from the previous showing was exiting and (yep!) some clueless clown says to his buddy “I can’t believe Darth Vader is Luke’s dad!” As you might guess, this was not well received by the waiting crowd.
@macromeh I hope someone used their light saber on that turd!
I recall not being surprised at all, given that it was telegraphed earlier in the movie, but I tend to be an outlier on stuff like that.
@werehatrack I also recall thinking “Oh FFS, are you going to start retconning this early?”