My son Daniel is obsessed with Star Wars although he has never seen it. I may have seen it once but I can’t really say that, despite my interest in sci-fi in general, it really held my interest. I think that’s because it was really bad. Daniel has never seen the film but, perhaps, over Christmas, that pleasure will be granted to him.
In the interim, he brought this tome home from the library. It’s a list of all of the Star Wars plastic figurines ever made. He showed it to me proudly and said, “I brought this home for you, Mummy.” “Why?” I asked warily. “Because you love Star Wars,” he said happily. We spent quite a while going through it. What can I say, if you love “Star Wars”, then the plastic figurines are endlessly fascinating. In other news, my daughter compared me to Jabba the Hut. You can see a figurine of him on page 146 along along with a piece of dialogue from the film which shows why it makes the heart sing: “There will be no bargain, young Jedi I shall enjoy watching you die.”
Here’s something I have in common with Daniel: I have never seen Star Wars either.
He may be getting something in his stocking (supplies permitting). WIll keep you posted.
Gosh, I always liked Star Wars. I think because it was one of the few films we went to see in the cinema as children (nearest cinema closed down when I was about seven or eight). We never went to see the Empire Strikes Back so I had to wait for years to see it on television – I think it didn’t actually show up until the middle eighties. Star Wars used to be on every Christmas for a few years before that but I reckon my real reason for watching it unbeknownst to myself was a crush on Harrison Ford.
The prequel films are really really terrible.
Eimear, I did not see you as a Star Wars fan…
QoP, I’m sure that would be very welcome. I understand lego do something desirable, should you be looking for inspiration.