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the_dala at 10:32pm on 12/09/2013
the_dala at 10:32pm on 12/09/2013It'll be short tonight because of an unexpected babysitting gig for my friend C. Which was a happy one because 1. yay money and 2. the little one J, who is 5, is getting into Star Wars. So he and his sister A (8) and I watched "The Empire Strikes Back" for the very first time. They both knew about the Skywalker family drama already, and were mostly quiet and attentive viewers (though A kept asking burning questions such as "how can they DO that" re: the Force and jumping to hyperspace, and also proclaimed that Luke looks like Yoda "if you take off his hair," which made me chuckle. Sorry, Mark Hamill.)
Star Wars will always be special to me not just on its own merits but because it was how I discovered fandom. I didn't see the movies as a young child; I was just turning twelve when the twenty-year QAanniversary rerelease happened and I decided I wanted to go because it was covered in my beloved Disney Adventures magazine. That famous opening note struck me in the theater, the crawling text went on into forever, a Star Destroyer filled my entire field of vision and I was a goner. Not long after that I stumbled upon the ol' shavenwookiee and fanfix.net (get your fix!). The next two years of anticipating the release of "The Phantom Menace" were glorious torture (no matter how the actual movie ended up). I was a part of a global phenomenon for the very first time.
It hit me at exactly the right age and gave me something that made me feel like I belonged when I desperately needed it. Without Luke and Leia and Han and Chewie and Artoo and Threepio and the poor Bothans who died to bring us this information, I wouldn't be here blogging at you fine people.
Share your baby fandom stories in the comments if you like!
Star Wars will always be special to me not just on its own merits but because it was how I discovered fandom. I didn't see the movies as a young child; I was just turning twelve when the twenty-year QAanniversary rerelease happened and I decided I wanted to go because it was covered in my beloved Disney Adventures magazine. That famous opening note struck me in the theater, the crawling text went on into forever, a Star Destroyer filled my entire field of vision and I was a goner. Not long after that I stumbled upon the ol' shavenwookiee and fanfix.net (get your fix!). The next two years of anticipating the release of "The Phantom Menace" were glorious torture (no matter how the actual movie ended up). I was a part of a global phenomenon for the very first time.
It hit me at exactly the right age and gave me something that made me feel like I belonged when I desperately needed it. Without Luke and Leia and Han and Chewie and Artoo and Threepio and the poor Bothans who died to bring us this information, I wouldn't be here blogging at you fine people.
Share your baby fandom stories in the comments if you like!
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