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.
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?”