Lightsaver Battles in Star Worse
Ok, so given Eli's recent Star Wars obsession, we've had Star Wars on the brain quite a bit around Casa de J lately (yes, yes, more than usual, thanks for asking). Here are a few little Star Wars-related smidgens from today (WARNING: geekery ahead):
-Eli apparently did not realize until today that the movies are called "Star WARS" and not "Star WORSE". I discovered this after he asked me this morning "why is it Star Worse? What's worse?" This goes along with my other recent discovery that he thought those long glowing swords were "lightsavers" not "lightsabers". I admit that I laughed at my own kid. (This is the same kid who also thought it was "Dark Vader" for awhile, and who asked the famous question "What's under a stormtrooper?", to which, in my infinite snarkiness, I could only reply "the ground".)
-The more I watch the movies, the more holes I see in the logic of the Star Wars universe. For example, after watching A New Hope for the zillionth time this evening with Eli, here are today's questions: 1) Why in the world would Luke's uncle Owen need to buy an R2 unit for his moisture vaporator farm? From what I understand, R2 units are astromech droids, used to, you know, help fly fighter pilots. It doesn't make any sense to me. 2) Why wouldn't they serve droids at the Cantina at Mos Eisley? If droids are stupid enough to want to buy something they can't actually consume (e.g. food and drink), why not let 'em? Is it just that they're taking up space that paying customers might?
-You have to check out this funny little article about "how lightsabers work". I especially like the pictures towards the end of the article that show common household uses for your lightsaber.
That's it for now. I'll try not to do any more Star Wars geeking until Ep III is finally out (and yes, I'll be going to the midnight show, thanks to Lisa, who's graciously agreed to babysit). But if Eli keeps coming up with more good lines, I might have to.
Oh yeah and by the way, Isaac was much better tonight. Hence the silly blog post.
The reason they don't serve droids is because some of the old veterans of the trade federation and clone wars remember the ruthless employment of battle droids, and don't trust anything mechanical.
You've made my husband (He Who Is Machining His Own Light Saber From Scratch)laugh very hard by pointing us to that article. Geeks unite! (ok, I'm done). -rbp