Not sure exactly when it all started, possibly when she started thumbing the vast collection of Star Wars books in Isaac's room. Julia has officially caught the Star Wars bug. It started with innocent character inquiries, then deeper questions about plot and storyline, and finally small snippets of the iconic battles on youtube with Isaac as her guide. She is both scared and fascinated by Darth Vader.
As a teen, Bobby dressed as Darth for a costume party. The costume has long since been lost, but we found the mask/helmet in his parents' basement a few years back when Isaac caught the bug. It is an adult size, two piece mask and helmet that Bobby remembers paying a pretty penny for. Isaac has had it since along with cool light up sabers and all the junk a junkie should have. Now my junkie cannot wait to get over to LaLa's house to play Star Wars with Isaac. We are not in the door for five minutes and she's got the Darth on. It is absolutely hysterical to see that giant thing on her small five year old frame. Pair that with a light saber that when extended is taller than her and you've got quite a sight.
Bobby and I have decided that as soon as summer vacation starts (a time when I won't mind giving up a night of sleep to spend in her room if necessary), we will let her watch most of Part 4.
Meanwhile she all of a sudden has a renewed interest in Toy Story 2. It took the second or so time through lately for me to realize why. The relationship between Buzz Lightyear and Evil Emperor Zurg is a parody (and the closest thing she'll get for right now) to Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. So the other morning the dog beats me upstairs to wake Julia (which is whole other blog topic). Julia swings her legs slowly over the side of the bed but then hops down rather quickly. She looks me in the eye and says, "So we meet again Buzz Lightyear for the last time!" And like a good mother I replied, "Not today, Zurg!" Unlike the movie, however, a battle of giggling and kissing ensued.
For her birthday, she received Super Mario Bros for her DS. This bookends Star Wars nicely. When she is not playing or taking about Star Wars she is madly pursuing Bowser. These are her two greatest obsessions of the moment.
I am certain that if you asked Bobby what he loves most in the world, after God, his family and his work, he'd say video games and Star Wars.
Julia has crossed over to the dark side.
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