"Mom, you know what? A long, long time ago, like 30-100-40 years ago, there was nothing. No houses, no grounds-- ooooonly sidewalks. And then the Star Wars guys came down, and they grew up, and they were the first people on the earth." "Wow. And what did they do?" "They fought, and had battles. And then the emperor--well, you know what I think happened? It wasn't just like in the movie. I think what happened to the emperor was, they broke a window and they threw him out."
I think this is a mash-up of the Star Wars trilogy and 2001, of which he has (thankfully!) only seen the beginning. I came in one evening and Henry and Michael were huddled around the computer, watching a movie, and Henry said, "Mom, a gorilla threw a leg bone up into the air and it turned into a spaceship!" And I thought, that can only be one movie...
Star Wars is very important right now. Today I heard Henry sitting on the toilet, contemplating, and reciting all the characters, like a rosary: "Han Solo, Yoda, Lando Calrissian..." What is it with boys and Star Wars? I guess it's knights, pirates, space ships, good vs evil, and origin myths all packed into one. What is surprising to me is that Henry identifies with the bad guys. He plays at being a stormtrooper (his password to enter the boys' fort in our neighbor's yard is Stormtrooper-Luke-Sky) and is apparently always the bad guy in the schoolyard battles on the playground (Carver and Landis are the good guys, in case you were wondering). Should I be worried about that? I always wanted to be Princess Leia, myself-- not that there were many other female options.
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Yes, Star Wars is pretty important. Ian was older than Henry, but we watched and LISTENED to Stars War things a lot. We bought Ian Star Wars sheets, which I think, Zephyr uses now. Amazing! Auntie Grace
Is that so? Wow, that was a good investment! I wonder if Henry's children will someday use his cars and trucks sheets...
However, only Ian, who is both sentimental and frugal, could take those sheets into his adulthood. They were in our back linen closet for a very long time, but he always wanted me to save them--which I did, and now they are in use again. Auntie Grace
Promise, the boy has. A powerful Jedi will he be.
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