The first time my kid saw Star Wars, when Darth Vader comes walking through the door, my wife said "That's Darth Vader" to which my son responded "And those are his friends" referring to the storm troopers.
My kids watched the Clone Wars show a lot, and when they saw SW 4 they said: The two most awesome people in Star Wars are Anakin and Darth Vader. It was delicious to show them SW 5 and watch my eldest daughter puzzling it together. :)
Originally shared by Jonathan Tweet Tonight, my "Lethal Damage" 13th Age campaign draws to a close. Meanwhile, the guys are work have talked me into running a couple D&D sessions for them. That was the day 13th Age was announced, and they're happy to play 13th Age instead. That will be my "Great Center" campaign, based in the imperial capital of Axis, the center of the world. It's my opportunity to explore the setting from yet another perspective.
From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Originally shared by Curt Thompson This is an interesting theory, but I notice the author has to omit one of the most important Heinlein novels to make it work. Time Enough For Love was written in the very early 70s and was a straight (heh) extrapolation of the chaotic and frenetic zeitgeist of that era. http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/11/the-joke-is-on-us-the-two-careers-of-robert-a-heinlein/
Oh Coop! Wise beyond his years!
ReplyDeleteDarth Vader is just too cool.
ReplyDeletesending hugs
ReplyDeleteHe'll change his tune when he meets the Ewoks.
ReplyDeleteThe first time my kid saw Star Wars, when Darth Vader comes walking through the door, my wife said "That's Darth Vader" to which my son responded "And those are his friends" referring to the storm troopers.
ReplyDeleteCoop flys Lego Vader around rescuing his stormtrooper friends. ”They're on the same team!”
ReplyDeleteMy kids watched the Clone Wars show a lot, and when they saw SW 4 they said: The two most awesome people in Star Wars are Anakin and Darth Vader.
ReplyDeleteIt was delicious to show them SW 5 and watch my eldest daughter puzzling it together. :)