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May 7, 2010 6:31 p.m. billy3esq SuperDork

My 4-yo just asked to watch Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) with no prompting. So far as I know he's never seen it before, although he has seen the various paraphernalia around the house (including the movie posters for all three of the original trilogy hanging in my study).

The best part is that when the theme music started, my 19-mo old said "dar wahr," which translates as "Star Wars," how he figured that out I have no idea.

They're both sitting here transfixed watching it. They seem a bit distressed (simultaneous "uh-ohs") as R2D2 just got zapped by the Jawas.
May 7, 2010 6:44 p.m. cwh SuperDork

Being a Dad is SOOO cool.
May 7, 2010 6:48 p.m. DrBoost Dork

cwh wrote:

Being a geek is SOOO cool.

Fixed it for you.
May 7, 2010 8:18 p.m. RealMiniDriver Dork

That's awesome, Billy. My youngest daughter, 16, still suggests watching (any one of the) Star Wars (six-ogy?) when we're scrolling through the DVD rack.
May 7, 2010 9:31 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork

Interesting how younger fans will take Star wars. To us older fans, it was about Luke trying to save his father, but when viewed in its entirety, its about Vader's rise, fall, and redemption. We were ruined because Lucas started in the middle.
May 7, 2010 10:24 p.m. Keith SuperDork

No, they were ruined because it's no longer a trilogy to them, whereas the olders know that it was really only three films...
May 7, 2010 11:47 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork

I look forward to the day I can do that.
May 8, 2010 1:30 a.m. HappyAndy HalfDork

Just the other day my three year old son asked if a tractor-trialer that passed us on the road could change into a robot! Then he said "Lets Roll!". I know I didn't teach him that, but I was quite proud, and massivly amused at the same time.
May 8, 2010 2:10 a.m. Appleseed SuperDork

I've warped my nephew into liking Thundercats, Voltron, GI Joe and Transformers.
May 9, 2010 9:58 a.m. Toyman01 Dork

We should all be kept away from children. We are turning them into geeks that will be beat up in school.
May 10, 2010 1:38 p.m. 81gtv6 HalfDork

cwh wrote:

Being a Dad is SOOO cool.

That is the truth. From my 2yr old son saying "Vipers loud" with a big smile on his face for a week after I took him to Mid Ohio for a PCA track day to my almost 7yr old checking all of the Star Wars books, and the one F1 book, out of the library at school life is good.
May 10, 2010 2:36 p.m. monark192 New Reader

81gtv6 wrote:

cwh wrote:

Being a Dad is SOOO cool.

and the one F1 book, out of the library at school

There was actually an F1 book in the school library????
May 10, 2010 3:27 p.m. 81gtv6 HalfDork

I could not believe it either. It is from the 80s, talks about terminology and such but on a very superfical level.
May 10, 2010 5:08 p.m. billy3esq SuperDork

Toyman01 wrote:

We should all be kept away from children. We are turning them into geeks that will be beat up in school.

My sister has teaching my sons show tunes. If they're going to get beat up for something, it might as well be Star Wars.
May 10, 2010 5:51 p.m. aircooled SuperDork

Do them a favor, don't let them watch the last three (first 3) until they fully understand the meaning of the word: Disappointment

Or, I guess it would be a good way of teaching them the meaning...
May 10, 2010 6:56 p.m. novaderrik New Reader

i'm going to introduce my cousin's kids (4, 8, 10) to the wonderful world of MST3K one of these days. i have a whole bunch of them on VHS tapes. maybe i might have to watch Star Wars with them, too. i already got them hooked on Weird Al videos on Youtube.
May 10, 2010 7:12 p.m. Morbid Reader

My 2 year old is obsessed to the point that I had to get the lightsaber app on my phone so I could have lightsaber fights with him
May 10, 2010 10:04 p.m. billy3esq SuperDork

aircooled wrote:

Do them a favor, don't let them watch the last three (first 3) until they fully understand the meaning of the word: Disappointment

Or, I guess it would be a good way of teaching them the meaning...

I can't imagine that Episodes 1-3 will ever be allowed in my house. I may soften with age, but probably not.

I may also have confused my older son with my rant about how Han shot first.
May 10, 2010 11:35 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork

novaderrik wrote:

i'm going to introduce my cousin's kids (4, 8, 10) to the wonderful world of MST3K one of these days.

Careful, they may never be quiet during any movie again.
May 11, 2010 12:22 a.m. novaderrik New Reader

Appleseed wrote:

novaderrik wrote:

i'm going to introduce my cousin's kids (4, 8, 10) to the wonderful world of MST3K one of these days.

Careful, they may never be quiet during any movie again.

not my problem- they are my cousin's kids and i'm the "cool uncle". i don't have to deal with them after they get all wound up... and they already have problems sitting still for more than 5 minutes unless they are watching either Dora, Monster jam, or Motocross- and even then, they use the dvr to skip past all the commercials and go crazy if it's live and they can't fast forward..

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