John has been fascinated with Star Wars for a few months now. The funny thing is that he has never seen the movies. We own them, but he has never gotten around to watching them.
He has developed an interest in this topic because he has read about ten novels on this futuristic Science Fiction fantasy. Some of these books we own and were originally purchased for and read by Jeff and Greg when they were younger.
Others he has borrowed from the library which has an extensive Star Wars collection. Like Star Trek, Star Wars has a lot of fans of all ages.
The only video game he plays, when he is allowed to, is a Star Wars game set in a Lego's world. He has been introduced to many obscure characters of the series in this game, which apparently follows along the movies closely. He has a couple of Star War's Lego sets of his own with which he acts out the battle scenes he has played in the game or read about.
I appreciate that Star Wars has had the staying power to fire the imaginations of these young people across the span of many years. Their cousins also seem to enjoy these characters. Some of them have borrowed and read our aforementioned books, and others have their own collection of Star War's costumes. I WILL encourage John to put a couple of Light Sabers on his Christmas List, so that these dangerous ski poles can be put away!
