Hoth

Yesterday, after church, when my siblings and I were putting on our coats and waiting for our parents to exit, I saw an older lady with her back to us in an enormous, shaggy white fur coat. (It wasn’t mink…frankly I’m not sure what it was...I've never seen one like that before.) “Yikes, look at that coat.” I whispered to my brother and sister. (We’re obviously such kind and sweet people.) My sister made a face and then my brother calmly said, “She looks like a Wampa!” And you know, she…um…actually kind of did. :-D



P.S. If you’re not Star Wars nuts like me and my siblings, then you might not know that, “Wampa ice creatures were carnivorous predatory reptomammals indigenous to the Outer Rim Territories ice planet Hoth.” (According to http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wampa anyway... And what in heck is a reptomammal? :-D Who comes up with this stuff?)


:-)

Star Wars in the Desk Drawer

One summer, while on vacation with my two cousins, my siblings and I introduced them to Star Wars. (Episodes IV-VI…not the prequels.) At one point when we stopped for lunch (we were watching them in the car on the long ride there and back) and had this conversation. (We were testing to see how well they were paying attention.)
Me: “Who is Luke related to?”
Cousin Tyler: “I don’t know, Obi Wan?” (This from the kid who stopped watching New Hope during the escape from the Death Star and doesn’t even know what happens to Obi Wan…. *sigh*)
Me: “Josh, who is Luke related to?”
Cousin Josh: “C3-P0!”
(Entire table dissolves into hysterical laughter)
Me: “No!”
Josh: “Leia?”
Tyler: “Is Leia his aunt?”
(This conversation went on and on…)

Josh’s speech (he was eight at the time) was especially startling/amusing since he was completely enthralled by both New Hope and Empire Strikes Back―we have rather amusing pictures of him staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the TV during both of them. However, about fifteen minutes into Return of the Jedi, during the Jabba’s Palace scenes, he got a very funny look on his face and said, “This is Star Wars??!!” :-D But…don’t we all think that during the Jabba the Hut scenes? (and for most of the prequels?)