How'd You Ever Track Me Down?
It occurred to me in the shower today that someday soon I will get to show my son "Star Wars" and wondered how I'd do it. If you show it chronologically, the special effects kind of dworp out after Episode III, which may confuse him. It would be like reading Shakespeare and the last half of the book be covered in Dr. Seuss cartoons.
Also, Episode V would lack the suspense it held before we knew the full arc of the story. No. (Fist) I am your father. Well duh.
Then it further hit me, not that I was especially dirty and needed an extended shower but rather that things tend to hit me quickly in rapid succession like when I came up for the idea of drawing black lines on a Legg's carton and taping a soda can pull tab to the top to make it look like a grenade for my oral report on Potassium in the 8th grade and during the report I'd "accidentally" pull the pin and freak out and hold up a sign on a stick that read "BOOM!" and get a big laugh and
where was I
ah yes, water hitting me, long galaxy far ago, right. It occurred to me that if Obi-Wan had anything above the mental capacity of a bucket of Rancor drool, when he hid the baby on some random planet where his father was from, he might have considered changing the boy's last name to "Smith" or something.
(Fist) "Scour the galaxy! I must find my child. He could be anywhere!"
Random nobody with a British accent: "There's a Skywalker here in the phone book, do you suppose...?"
P.S. I realize that Darth makes the (Fist) when he says they can rule the galaxy as father and son, but it was best to visually include it here.
P.P.S. dworp. /dworp'/ (fr. dworper) v. 1. to pitter out unexpectedly; a sudden sufferment in quality. 2. (archaic) n. a small rubber hat for show ponies.
Also, Episode V would lack the suspense it held before we knew the full arc of the story. No. (Fist) I am your father. Well duh.
Then it further hit me, not that I was especially dirty and needed an extended shower but rather that things tend to hit me quickly in rapid succession like when I came up for the idea of drawing black lines on a Legg's carton and taping a soda can pull tab to the top to make it look like a grenade for my oral report on Potassium in the 8th grade and during the report I'd "accidentally" pull the pin and freak out and hold up a sign on a stick that read "BOOM!" and get a big laugh and
where was I
ah yes, water hitting me, long galaxy far ago, right. It occurred to me that if Obi-Wan had anything above the mental capacity of a bucket of Rancor drool, when he hid the baby on some random planet where his father was from, he might have considered changing the boy's last name to "Smith" or something.
(Fist) "Scour the galaxy! I must find my child. He could be anywhere!"
Random nobody with a British accent: "There's a Skywalker here in the phone book, do you suppose...?"
P.S. I realize that Darth makes the (Fist) when he says they can rule the galaxy as father and son, but it was best to visually include it here.
P.P.S. dworp. /dworp'/ (fr. dworper) v. 1. to pitter out unexpectedly; a sudden sufferment in quality. 2. (archaic) n. a small rubber hat for show ponies.
posted by Dan at 9:18 PM
6 Comments:
Alabamoron.
I think Lucas covered it: in a Galaxy Far Far Away "Skywalker" is the new "Smith"
You meet TWO. In 25 years. Luke, Annikan. Should have stayed with the original name for Luke: "Starkiller". Just some pre-movie slideshow trivia I read.
You seem to be limiting yourself to the six motion pictures. There's an entire Star Wars universe out there in books, computer games, role playing games, card games, comic books, fan fiction, etc. etc. etc.
So you go read, play, play, play, read, and read those, and give me the lineage and court documents that show when and to what his name was changed. I need to be educated so I sound cool for the boy and his little friends at sleepovers. We can have only so much fun with the Atlas.
Why don't you just follow the model of our own parents and MAKE UP STUFF.
I mean, if they can come up with the Tooth Fairy and St. Nicholas, why can't you imagine Bubba and Francine Skywalker?
No PERMANENT PSYCHE SCARRING THERE, let me tell you.
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