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Last month, R downloaded the Angry Birds: Star Wars game to her cell phone, and M has been playing it non-stop ever since. She has been asking me all sorts of questions about the storyline. So a couple of weeks ago, I started showing her the original trilogy (episodes IV-VI). She has now seen each of these movies at least twice.
But she still has questions, like how the Empire became "the bad guys" ("corrupt" is a better word, but not exactly in a 10-year-old's vocabulary), and how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. So I tought about showing her the prequel trilogy (episodes I-III). After 5 minutes of episode I, M got bored and said she wanted to see episode IV again.
(Yes, I'm aware of the "machete order" that one fan has proposed -- showing the episodes in this order: IV, V, II, III, VI.)
( As I was watching the movies with her, I was reminded of a different, much older story: The Hero's Journey. )
But she still has questions, like how the Empire became "the bad guys" ("corrupt" is a better word, but not exactly in a 10-year-old's vocabulary), and how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. So I tought about showing her the prequel trilogy (episodes I-III). After 5 minutes of episode I, M got bored and said she wanted to see episode IV again.
(Yes, I'm aware of the "machete order" that one fan has proposed -- showing the episodes in this order: IV, V, II, III, VI.)
( As I was watching the movies with her, I was reminded of a different, much older story: The Hero's Journey. )
