You know. Today is May 4. May the fourth. May the force be with you!
Okay, corny, I know. Normally I am not a fan of puns…but I am a Star Wars fan. Chalk it up to being a child of the 70s…and because Mark Hamill was once a student at the local intermediate and high schools I was to attend. I remember when The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1980. My folks dropped my cousins, sister, and me off at the local mall two hours before it opened. We sat outside the movie theatre in a long line, waiting to buy tickets. Suffice to say that the all the episodes in the movie series had me giddy with excitement at each release.
George Lucas original draft read, ““A long, long time ago, in the not-too-distant future…”
Then I married The Husband, who is a huge sci-fi geek. His knowledge of Star Wars trivia astounds me, and we now own all of the movies. It’s not uncommon for me to find The Husband working in front of the television with one of the Star Wars movies on for background noise. More often than not, I’ll sit down to watch with him.
The same linguist who invented the Klingon language for “Star Trek” invented the languages spoken in the Cantina scene in Episode 4.
We always have a good time quoting well-known lines when the situation merits…and even when it doesn’t call for it! A well-placed Yoda, “Hmmmm?” speaks volumes in this house!
Leia: “Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder!”
Han Solo: “Who’s scruffy-looking?”
Yoda: “Do or do not. There is no ‘try.’”
Elan: “Do you wanna buy some death sticks?”
Obi-Wan: “You don’t want to sell me death sticks.”
Elan: “I don’t want to sell you death sticks.”
Obi-Wan: “You want to go home and rethink your life.”
Obi-Wan: “I want to go home and rethink my life.”
And of course…
Darth Vader: “Luke…I am your father.”
Our kids haven’t yet been introduced to the wonder of The Force, but it will happen soon. I wonder if they will be as enamored with the story of good versus evil as much as we are? They have to be…they are our children after all! And furthermore, one of our kids shares a name as one of the major characters from the film series…but we swear we didn’t choose the name because of the movies!
As much as we love Star Wars, we are quick to criticize what didn’t work as well. Hello, Ewoks? Clone Wars? Jar Jar Binks?!!
Samuel L. Jackson asked that his character, Mace Windu, carry a purple light sabre. George Lucas granted his request.
Last Halloween, I convinced The Husband to dress up as Darth Vader. I wanted to dress the kids as Luke, Chewbacca and Han Solo, or maybe as Yoda, R2-D2and C-3PO. I never got that far in the planning. Maybe this year we’ll do it.
I get to be Leia.
Original DC Metro Moms post.
Michelle doesn’t usually show her geeky, Star Wars-loving side at her blog Wife and Mommy.
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Note: This post is re-posted here with permission from Silicon Valley Moms Group upon the announcement of their dissolution.
