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.