I like Star Wars. I do. I've seen 4 out of 6 of the series and as a child I saw the three originals in the theatre. EJ and I even went to the re-release of Episode IV in 1997. Growing up my brother had all the cool toys. All the ships, fighters and characters. I had to be Princess Leia, always. I wanted to be her. I wanted her dress and bagel bun hair and to be captured then saved by Luke and Han. It was all really cool and we had fun with it but it's not the kind of thing that consumes my thoughts every waking minute. I don't really care all that much about Clones, or even what they are. I don't really know the names of all the characters or what their purpose is. Again, I don't really care and I'm not all that worried about the fact that I haven't yet seen Episodes II and III. I've planned on seeing them someday.
Apparently, that someday is coming very soon. My boys are obsessed with Star Wars. It started about a year ago when they decided to be Jedi Knights for Halloween. It was cute, they had glowing light sabers and played in character for months afterward. Then over the year we allowed them to watch Episode IV, the obsession grew. Then Episode VI (yes we skipped V). The obsession grew more. Until finally the viewing of Episode V was allowed. In the last month they have checked Episode I and II off the list and have passed EJ's and my viewing experience. The only remaining episode is III. It is THE Episode. Although haven't seen it, I can summarize the story pretty well at this point. The main point being that Anakin Skywalker transforms into Darth Vadar. Big stuff! But we won't let him watch it until we've seen it first.
Now, when this movie was released in 2005, G-man was at the sweet age of 5, attending Kindergarten and still fairly naive to the more intense PG-13 movies. However, many of his friends were allowed to see the movie in the theatre upon release. Although G-man knew about it, it wasn't troublesome to keep him away. This decision was strengthened after his friend's parents informed me that seeing it was a big mistake! At the time it was the right decision and I have stood by it now for 3 years. So here I am with an obsessed 8 year old boy, who as far as I can tell is the only one of his friends still not allowed to see Revenge of the Sith because 3 years ago it was too scary for a 5 year old.
Then there is our current 5 year old Kindergartener who tends to fall into the category of, "Okay, you can watch it because your brother is." Roo has had to wait a much more minimal amount of time to see movies than his brother. He is equally obsessed and adamant about wanting to see this movie. At this point, I suspect this sweet 5 year old will be the one filling in all his friends about Anakin's transformation to the dark side and giving their parents a headache as they beg to watch Episode III.
I leave you now with G-man quizzing his current play date as to which Episodes he has seen and trying to talk him into watching one now...on a beautifully sunny fall day.
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