The Force Awakens and Rebels are both phenomenal Star Wars stories that will suck you into the universe, and they have a great modern storytelling sensibility. Many kids will watch it and love it, but kids used to that quick-edit style of storytelling might get very antsy.
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It has a different pace than modern movies, and kids who aren’t used to that kind of movie could get bored. JG: I want to, but there’s long stretches of talking in that movie. JG: For parents who aren’t super fans, if it’s a five or six year old, I’d start with Rebels. But what would you recommend for a parent who isn’t a Star Wars fan, or just a casual fan? MM: Obviously, we’re both looking at Star Wars through our very passionate lens and wanting to share that experience with our kids.
We’re careful about age appropriateness, and there’s a fine line between our desire to share something with our kids that we’re so passionate about and doing so when they’re ready. The curiosities that it sparked - “what does utinni mean?” - were endless. There were questions the day after, and more questions, then more and more. There was space and robots and aliens, and he didn’t know what it was, but he was in love. I’ll never forget the look on my son’s face when the crawl start to roll. I knew there’s some tough scenes in that movie that, as a parent, you have to cover a little one’s eyes, but nothing too bad. So, I decided to skip right to A New Hope. So, as we were waiting for that to come out, I tried introducing him to The Clone Wars, but I was reminded of how dark and violent The Clone Wars is. This?” He wanted to watch it again and again, and it shows the magic that trailer captured, and the magic T he Force Awakens captured, as well. I still showed him the trailer, and his mind was blown. I knew, though, at four years old he’d be too young. I wanted him to experience it, and with me, so bad. I remember when The Force Awakens was announced, and I immediately did the math in my head to see how old he’d be when it came out. MM: My older boy, who’s five, has seen A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and bits and pieces of The Force Awakens. Now, what about your kids, have they seen the movies? JG: It is! Rebels came at the perfect time it was before The Force Awakens, and we were all hungry for Star Wars, and it was great. MM: I honestly can’t believe how good Rebels is. My daughter connected to it, she connected with the characters, and she really wanted to watch the movies then.
But, getting to Rebels - I think it did work. It was a magical place, alive in her imagination, so I held off showing her the films. And I knew once she watched the movies they’d become the ultimate vision they’d replace what was in her head. She had built up in her imagination what these characters and events looked like. We have a lot of the books and stuff from the original trilogy, and I intentionally held off on showing her the films because I wanted her to keep the magic in her head. She hadn’t seen all the films, but she knew the story. MM: Did you find that Rebels, in a vacuum, delivered the Star Wars experience for a first-timer? After Rebels, we watched the movies, dug into the books, started The Clone Wars, and she really became a big fan. She was obsessed with it, she fell hard for Rebels, and we used that as a stepping off point for exploring the universe. But what really made her a fan, what really brought her into the Star Wars universe was Rebels. Her initial exposure was on the big screen, the way it should have been, the way most of us were introduced to Star Wars. Afterward, we didn’t race home and watch the other films.
It’s this beautiful old theater, it was a packed house, and we had great seats. She was probably three at the time? I took her, realizing she was three, but thinking she’d be blown away - I mean, it’s Star Wars. There’s an AFI theater near here, and they were showing A New Hope. JG: The first time my daughter ever saw Star Wars, the original, was on the big screen. MM: Let’s start with the basics: When did your oldest child first encounter Star Wars? In the following discussion, contributors Jamie Greene and Michael Moreci talk about what it was like introducing their own children to Star Wars and offer helpful advice to parents - casual and obsessive alike - looking to welcome their kids to a galaxy far, far away… With that in mind, Star Wars parents often find themselves eager to extend and re-create those happy memories with what we cherish most of all. Parents who are Star Wars fans (and even parents who aren’t) face the same difficult choice: When do you introduce your little one (or ones) to the universe you hold so dear? Most of us will agree that Star Wars is a communal experience we all remember not only what it was liking experiencing Star Wars, but who we experienced it with.
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