WATCH: 3-year-old boy loses it as he watches 'Star Wars' for the first time

A father taped his 3-year-old son's reaction to watching Star Wars: A New Hope for the first time, and the resulting video has gone viral.

The child tries to read the film's opening text as it scrolls up the screen, then stares rapt as he catches his first glimpse of C-3PO and R2-D2:

He can't contain his excitement for long, though, as the video -- "Darth Vaders, a Storm Woopers and a People!" -- quickly makes plain: