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my childhood watching the films over and over with
my brothers, pretending to be Princess Leia, losing
to my brothers in lightsaber fights with wrapping
paper tubes, pretending a punching bag was R2D2, going trick-or-treating as Darth Vader. Even if
you didn’t have the same level of obsessiveness,
a child’s imagination can do wonders with those
films. The potential stories you can create with those
characters in that universe is literally endless.

“THE FORCE WILL BE WITH YOU, ALWAYS”:
SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES OF STAR WARS

When you watch the films as a child, you watch
them through a child’s eyes. When I was little, I never
understood the ending of Return of the Jedi when

guys look scary, wear armour or uniforms, and talk

Darth Vader threw the Emperor down the reactor

funny (in other words, they have British accents.)

shaft – Darth Vader was a bad guy. I didn’t understand

The good guys look normal and friendly, and talk

By M. H. Bryan

how he could turn into a good guy. Redemption isn’t

properly (at least to the ears of an American kid).

really a theme a child processes very well. You see

You watch the good guys win, as you know they

love Star Wars. Deeply, passionate