re: FACT. JJ Abrams saves this trilogy as much as possible.

Same goes for you!

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Leia's brother?

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They don’t reveal that in “Empire.” After all, Leia makes out with Luke in the beginning of the plot.

Took my 9 year old to see it tonight.

He’s been obsessed with Darth Vader since he popped in to this world but never really liked the movies, cartoons, etc. The idea of DV and his image just made him cool to my boy.

In steps The Mandalorian and baby Yoda and he’s hooked. I didn’t really think he’d want to go with me this evening but had to ask. He answered with an excited “yes”.

I had fun with the movie and the fact that my boy whispered questions in my ear about characters and plot, made this an especially enjoyable movie for me. The movie had a bunch of memorable, jaw-dropping moments for him (and me).

As a kid born in the early 70’s, I enjoyed Star Wars and ROTJ a lot. While I consider ESB the best of them all now (followed closely by Rogue One) the only thing I liked about it as a kid, was Yoda and the lightsaber dual.

And for all the OT purists out there, ESB isn’t really all that great of a movie when you consider the entire movie only spanned a couple of days. In that time, Yoda taught Luke everything he needed to know to become a Jedi? Really? Y’all are talking about plot and a farm boy bullseyeing womprats with his T16 back home is really qualified to pilot an x-wing fighter down a trench and blow up a space station?

Point is, they’re fricking kids’ movies that are made by Disney. Y’all are using “nostalgia” as a reason to explain away the merits of these new movies when it’s that same nostalgia that prevents you from seeing that they’re are all fun, goofy movies.

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How in the world did you enjoy that shlock?

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He's not you. He can enjoy it if he likes it.