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Lisa Fary's earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She's angry that it's 2011 and she still doesn't have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram. 6 Comments
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We introduced our three oldest to Star Wars this year — and we started with Luke and Vader, thanks very much. They loved it; the 7yo (boy) watched it once a day for the next week. His sisters (8 and 3) would join him for most of the daily showings.
They didn't like Empire very much, but watched it with fascination. And Jedi? They're still geeking out about the Ewoks and Vader killing the Emperor.
I told my husband he could watch the new episodes with them if he wants to (I wasn't going to sit through them). So far he hasn't managed to find the time, hm.
"Those bad guys are boring."
Truer words were never spoken.
Little kids get introduced to Star Wars by the cartoon show now. I've talked to kids obsessed with Star Wars who have never seen any of the movies.
I applaud your experimental curiosity and your fortitude. Bravo to you both. And you're right — Episode I isn't for kids or adults. It's for Lucas and Lucas alone.
When I saw Episode II in the theater (out of obligation and persistent hope), I ended up sitting near a teenage girl and her little brother. The poor kid kept having to ask questions similar to your cousins'. The one that really killed me was "Is that Darth Vader?" I wanted to tell him, "Technically, yes, he will be," but that sure as heck wasn't the Anakin Skywalker I'd been imagining since the 80s up on the screen. After that, I made a point of acquiring the Limited Edition DVDs of the original trilogy with the old laser disc edit on them and have not watched the "remastered" ones or the prequels since.
Speaking of the comparison between Wars and Trek, did you notice how similar the planet core chase in Phantom Menace is to the snow monster chasing Kirk in Abrams' movie? It might explain why your cousins liked that part.
Well, guys getting cut in half (Darth Maul's big finish) and the slaughter of the younglings at the Jedi Academy (the aftermath of which is shown in Ep. III) casts aspersions on GL's assertion that the Star Wars movies are children's fare.
*While I'm thinking of it: Lucas managed to get consistently lousy performances from capable actors.
*Ep. I is long and boring. Ep. II, encumbered by a wooden romance. Ep. III, rushed and truncated.
*As a body, the Jedi are so incompetent in Eps I through III that one wonders how the their forebears managed to defeat the Sith in the first place.
Of the six films, I've only purchased IV and V. By Ep. VI (in production order) it was clear that Lucas saw his movies mostly as a merchandising medium.
My kids love IV V and VI (ie the 'proper' Star Wars) and were bored and confused by the prequels. The Clone Wars are a big hit, though. I can't wait to see what your cousins think of Han, Chewie, Luke and Leia.