My kids are really enjoying the Wii Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga game. Okay, not a challenge for you older kids, but my oldest is seven so he's in the game's target demographic. He's beaten all of the levels and now can engage in 'free play' where he can change his character to any other character in the game. Having watched all of the movies it's kind of weird watching Darth Maul or the Emperor Palpantine teaming up with Ewoks or Luke and Vader fighting clones in episode II.
But why, in the entire franchise, is everything always on? Spiderman has Peter Parker and Superman has Clark Kent. Can you imagine showing up at the grocery store as Darth Vader? ("These tomatoes are not as fresh as I would have hoped" "Ack- Ack- I just run the register, Lord Vader…" "You are a traitor and a spy. You and your rebel friends will not be so lucky next time. Take her away!" looks around, breathes with respirator. "Oh, right. Sorry… I have coupons. And I believe the beans were 'buy one, get one free'. ") Who wants to be super all the time? Ya gotta get real, hang out with the peeps sometimes. Hear what I'm saying? Of course, what do I know: P Diddy might actually show up as P. Diddy at the grocery store and the emperor might need a day job now that the whole evil galactic empire thing has gone south.
The Power of the Dark Side…
My kids are really enjoying the Wii Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga game. Okay, not a challenge for you older kids, but my oldest is seven so he's in the game's target demographic. He's beaten all of the levels and now can engage in 'free play' where he can change his character to any other character in the game. Having watched all of the movies it's kind of weird watching Darth Maul or the Emperor Palpantine teaming up with Ewoks or Luke and Vader fighting clones in episode II.
But why, in the entire franchise, is everything always on? Spiderman has Peter Parker and Superman has Clark Kent. Can you imagine showing up at the grocery store as Darth Vader? ("These tomatoes are not as fresh as I would have hoped" "Ack- Ack- I just run the register, Lord Vader…" "You are a traitor and a spy. You and your rebel friends will not be so lucky next time. Take her away!" looks around, breathes with respirator. "Oh, right. Sorry… I have coupons. And I believe the beans were 'buy one, get one free'. ") Who wants to be super all the time? Ya gotta get real, hang out with the peeps sometimes. Hear what I'm saying? Of course, what do I know: P Diddy might actually show up as P. Diddy at the grocery store and the emperor might need a day job now that the whole evil galactic empire thing has gone south.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo!