Meeting Darth Vader

Stuart, Nicholas, and I went to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History to see their Star Wars exhibit. Nicholas just loves the Star Wars movies and he asks to watch them all the time. The exhibit was great and we all enjoyed seeing the characters' costumes, movie models of the ships, and weapons up close.

Nicholas meets a Jawa. Mommy has always liked the Jawa...such cute little things!



Towered by Wookies...



Captain Nicholas and the Millenium Falcon.



Walking like a robot...



Nicholas meets Darth Vader. Look at that smile!



What was Nicholas' most favorite part of the exhibit? It was the little speakers attached to each exhibit. You could push a button, put the speaker to your ear, and hear a narration about the particular Star Wars character or ship that you were looking at. Nicholas loved pushing the buttons and standing there endlessly listening to the story. He often took more interest in playing with the speaker than he did the actual character that he was standing in front of.





Of course at the end of the exhibit you find yourself in the middle of the "Star Wars Store" where you can satisfy every child's Star Wars wish list. Nicholas didn't see much that he wanted except for two Star Wars light sabre toys. He said that he needed the blue one and Daddy needed the red one. They were really neat looking but at $32.00 each we suggested that he put them on a wish list for Santa Claus. He whined for a minute but soon found something else to look at and then we quickly maneuvered him out of the store before he found something else that he just had to have.

All the way home from Fort Worth, Nicholas wanted us to "play" Star Wars. He told me to "sing the bad guy song" so I had to try to remember and make the music that's played when Darth Vader is on screen. He said that he was Luke Skywalker and that Daddy was Darth Vader. It was fun because Stuart remembers a lot of the lines from the movie so as I'm doing my "dah, dah, dah, da-da-dah" in the background, Stuart is talking like Darth Vader saying things like, "Luke, I am your father!", "The force is strong in this one." etc. Nicholas, still in his car seat of course, then pretended to fight Darth Vader with his imaginary light sabre. Sometimes we were told to change characters but Nicholas decided I was best on music because I couldn't remember lines as well as Daddy. This game continued ALL THE WAY home (45 minutes!).