Not so long ago in a living room not so far, far away...
The night after our Star Wars date, Daniel wanted to do it again. "Daddy can we watch Star Wars again?"
"No, sweetie, Star Wars isn't on tonight."
"But I like Star Wars! Can we watch it again pleeeease????"
I thought this was too cute and how many more years will I get of my boy begging to watch a movie with me? So, I dug out my DVDs and put in The Empire Strikes Back, thinking that since he was such a fan of Yoda in Attack of the Clones, this would be a good introduction to the original series.
I fast forwarded to the Yoda parts. Daniel loved the part where the big fish ate R2D2 and spit him out on the shore. "Daddy, it's just like Jonah!" He loved Yoda teaching Luke how to stand on his head. He loved Yoda smacking Artoo with his cane.
But, somehow he found a new favorite. We ended up watching Darth Vader and Daniel loved it. He was enthralled by the light saber fight. Then at the climactic scene he said "Daddy, what's Darth Vader saying?"
He said, "I am your father"
"Why is Luke yelling? Why did he jump in the hole?"
We watched parts of the movie a few more times that week. Daniel always wanted to see the part where Luke is yelling "Artoo! Artoo!" at the water. And especially, "Let's watch the sword fight with the Father part. Where Luke jumps in the hole."
I don't think he understands though because we were watching the beginning, where Darth Vader is chasing Han and Leia out of the base and Daniel says "Don't worry Daddy. Darth Vader is going to save them." I couldn't break it to him that Darth Vader is the bad guy. He's Daniel's favorite. Maybe he sees the good in him. :)
"No, sweetie, Star Wars isn't on tonight."
"But I like Star Wars! Can we watch it again pleeeease????"
I thought this was too cute and how many more years will I get of my boy begging to watch a movie with me? So, I dug out my DVDs and put in The Empire Strikes Back, thinking that since he was such a fan of Yoda in Attack of the Clones, this would be a good introduction to the original series.
I fast forwarded to the Yoda parts. Daniel loved the part where the big fish ate R2D2 and spit him out on the shore. "Daddy, it's just like Jonah!" He loved Yoda teaching Luke how to stand on his head. He loved Yoda smacking Artoo with his cane.
But, somehow he found a new favorite. We ended up watching Darth Vader and Daniel loved it. He was enthralled by the light saber fight. Then at the climactic scene he said "Daddy, what's Darth Vader saying?"
He said, "I am your father"
"Why is Luke yelling? Why did he jump in the hole?"
We watched parts of the movie a few more times that week. Daniel always wanted to see the part where Luke is yelling "Artoo! Artoo!" at the water. And especially, "Let's watch the sword fight with the Father part. Where Luke jumps in the hole."
I don't think he understands though because we were watching the beginning, where Darth Vader is chasing Han and Leia out of the base and Daniel says "Don't worry Daddy. Darth Vader is going to save them." I couldn't break it to him that Darth Vader is the bad guy. He's Daniel's favorite. Maybe he sees the good in him. :)
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