Why 'Star Wars' still fascinates many boys - continued

What I Episode 3 of our family saga: the second view. After three years of lobbying, Paul and I decided that Simon can manage to watch the first movie "Star Wars" again. (My kids say Lucas and call 1977 original fourth in the series.) Simon twice the age he was in this ill-fated first meeting, and he, as he has already stated many times, they are currently the only known children who have not yet seen at least the previous trilogy. We promised we would get from Netflix Simon after 6 th birthday. Last week, the magic disc arrived. Paul and I decided Saturday morning show. Thus, Simon would be a day to unpack.

The boy swallowed their breakfast at the hunks and wrapped in a blanket on the living room orange sofa. Paul popped in the movie. I went ahead. When I returned, Eli friend Dylan arrived. We came only to trash-compactor scene. Eli Max nodded to Dylan. Simon sat rapt, his eyes fixed to the screen. I checked to see if he blinks. Although Luke dove into a basket, a small creature popped periscopelike and looked around.

"Hey, this is the eyes," said Paul commended.
"This is one dianoga", said Dylan.
"What?"
"A dianoga. It turned out that the color of his eats."

Eli, Dylan, and Simon, which must be equitable, as well as concern about the film a deeper theme. Bear with me for some of the review here: At the climax the movie, Obi-Wan duels with Darth Vader, to gain time for Luke to go, and Han Solo that he had to flee their ship. Obi-Wan said Vader, that dear Alec Guinness British accent: "If you strike me down, I became more powerful than you can imagine, is possible." * He sees Luke, read, and Khan apparently, and then holds his light sabers to his forehead, namaste type. Vader strikes. Obi-Wan disappears, leaving his ratty old raincoat. Luke calls in horror as he and his friends make it to the deck of his ship, which is actually very close to the fight.

Simon, in the heat of the moment: "Why does Obi-Wan dies?"
Elijah: "He could be on the battlefield. It could have been over."
Dylan: "He could not have received the death star."
Simon: "But he could have killed Darth Vader!"
Dylan: "Then, Palpatine would have killed him. Palpatine and Vader with a more powerful".

The boys had to explain to me who Palpatine (and ally of Vader). In those days, because we often returned to the issue of Obi-Wan sacrifices. Paul suggested that the meta interpretation: the myths, the old wise to make way for his young protégé. Gandalf leaves Bilbo for a while, I said. Dumbledore leaves Harry. (Bad Simon: He knows the whole story of Harry Potter before he became a one-page or seen in movies. But that is another issue for another day.)

Simon did not totally agree with this explanation. He wanted Obi-Wan is dead because he had no choice. But he definitely got the idea that Luke is training to be an apprentice Jedi Knight: He taught me to Luke in the interim period between the corner: padawan. "As a landlord," Simon put it. I think maybe he is too padawan. He spoke of the "Star Wars" more than ever this week, but he does not lose his sleep. So what do you think, if we are brave Empire strikes back?