Against all odds, there are people on Earth who haven't seen Star Wars. And I'm not talking about hunter-gatherers in the Amazon rainforest. I'm talking about people who enjoy indoor plumbing, like my colleague Christine Erickson.

For 24 years, she's been bombarded with quotes, jokes, memes, toys, commercials, sequels, prequels, parodies, marketing and countless cultural references that fly right over her ignorant little head like the Millenium Falcon making the Kessel Run. (She has no idea what I'm talking about there.)

Today is auspicious. Thirty-five years ago, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope debuted in theaters, blowing the sideburns off countless '70s sci-fi nerds. George Lucas created an institution — dare I say, a cultural prerequisite — upon which all subsequent sci-fi owes a debt.

How dare you, Christine Erickson, work at a nerd emporium like Mashable having never seen this seminal space opera. Do you think you're better than us or something?

Well, do you?







To remedy this affront on humankind, we've locked Christine in a windowless storeroom asked Christine to watch Episode IV for the very first time and share her experience live on the web. At 2:00 p.m. ET, we launch her into a galaxy far, far away, and you can follow her journey right here in this very post.

Behind the Scenes of the #StarWarsVirgin Live Blog

You can also play along on social media:

Follow Christine's tweets: @christerickson.

Follow the official hashtag: #StarWarsVirgin . Lots of awesome people will be chiming in!

Follow the plot of the movie in real time as it unfolds: @StarWarsPlot.

Lots of people have RSVPed for the event on Facebook . See what they're talking about!

Check in to Star Wars and follow along with Mashable on GetGlue. Be sure to use the hashtag #StarWarsVirgin when you share your updates.

We want to hear from you! Are you shocked that someone has never seen this movie before? Are you a Star Wars virgin yourself? Every tweet with the hashtag #StarWarsVirgin will be seen by our team, and the funniest, nerdiest, craziest ones will be included in our live blog, right here on Mashable.

So, fire up your hyperdrive and join us for this special, social experiment.

A huge thanks to Nick McKaig for providing the soundtrack to our video above. If you haven't checked out his amazing acapella arrangement of the Star Wars theme, you're really missing out. You can also download the track from iTunes. What better way to geek out on this holiest of holidays?