Today Sophie and Jessica watched Star Wars for the first time. I’m not really sure what they made of it. It took a LOT of explaining, as we went along. This wasn’t a case of geek instistence on my part, either. I’d mentioned the movie to Sophie a while ago, because it had a princess in it. She picked it as a video rental, then insisted on watching it. I had to sit and explain, as the film went on. I think they kind of liked it, even though Sophie said it was maybe for older kids and they might wait to see the sequels. For me – I was surprised how watchable it was. I saw it when I was 13, and have a special place for it in my heart, but it’s seemed awfully dated the last few times I’ve seen it. Oh, by happenstance Return of the Jedi was oin free-to-air TV last night and I saw ten minutes of it. IT looked awful. Strange how time changes so many things.
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My Sophie (and her little brother Nathaniel) just watched EMPIRE for the first time last night.
They’d seen eps I and II, and knew in III Anakin becomes Vader, so I figured there wouldn’t be much to explain.
Then, in front of Han Solo, Leia plants one on Luke.
Both kids look at me and say, “Isn’t Luke her BROTHER?”