Quick poll...

[masterghoti]

How old was your kid when you introduced him to Star Wars? I've got a hankerin to let Evan watch. 

Comments

[olletho]

Well I don't have a kid but I vividly remember seeing Empire in the Theatres.

I was born in 76.

[masterghoti]

me too. I'm just wondering how old Evan should be when I introduce him to it. That and should I start old school or start with episode 1?

[olletho]

You should start with NEw Hope. You want him to relate to you right? let him see them in the right order.

[the_pirate_show]

Any lady that I knock up is going to have to work with me on this one- I insist that my child see the original films in utero.

Except for the Holiday Special, of course. The kid should be at least eight before he/she sees Chewbacca's dad have a noisy Wookie orgasm.

[masterghoti]

Some days you frighten me, then again frightening me some days is a good thing.

[spike20]

I honestly don't remember... four or five? We introduced him to Nightmare Before Christmas pretty early too ;).

[masterghoti]

Evans only two but we're getting itchy about watching it again.

[spike20]

I would humbly suggest that two is a bit young for Star Wars, even "A New Hope". It's not so much the mild violence in that movie, but the threat and chance of a character you start to like and care about *potentially* getting hurt that can terrify a young one and give them nightmares, and it's that sort of threat that make the action scenes exciting to older audiences (the droids getting captured by jawas, the shooting scenes as our heros fight stormtroopers, the garbage disposal scene, etc.).

Then there's the graphic imagery of Luke's charred and dead parents, which only happen for a second, but it'll be a fast, scary and confusion second for a real young guy, opening all kinds of "I could lose my parents?!?" nightmares on top of things.

Jen always deferred to me on judging appropriateness for Iain when he was younger, and nearly always admitted that I had an unerring talent for thinking of the single scene that might scar or be age inappropriate ("Look! a boobie!" ;).

[masterghoti]

That's the answer I was looking for. I just wasn't sure and neither was Steph. Thank you. We'll wait till next year to introduce him to Banthas and the like.

[misskitty_79]

I saw Return of the Jedi at the drive in, with my parents & my little brother (who, I think slept through most of it)... It came out in '83 & I was born in May of '79, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't that young, since, I think it was a double feature, with La Bamba (1987) being the second flick, so, who knows!
Personally, I'd say, give it another year or two. No matter how innocent we may feel the movie(s) is(are), you wouldn't want a kid having nightmares over a film that you love.

[masterghoti]

I'm beginning to think you guys are right. This is something we're going to have to wait for. Maybe make it a movie night next year or two. BTW I can see how RoTJ and La Bamba can go so well together at a drive in. That's something else we should do next year. Steph and I went to the drive in once this year and we plan on doing it again next.

[misskitty_79]

There's a drive in here in Toronto? Where? I used to love going to the drive in, but they closed down the last one in Montreal ages ago (& then left it vacant, with the screens falling apart & just looking decrepit. :(

[masterghoti]

It's out on Cherry road just off of lakeshore at the Docks.

[jl_williams]

I actually never did -- though she does want to see Clone Wars.

(*shrug* I live in a world of glittery nail polish and Disney Princesses. I'd call this a win.)