Generation Gap
Kiki was watching Star Wars: Attack of the Clones today. 10 is an impressionable age and so I took a quiet moment to talk to her about good relationships and bad relationships using Anakin and Padme as an example. During the course of the conversation I mentioned how Anakin made lots of bad choices which led him down the path to becoming Darth Vader. Kiki’s jaw dropped “You mean Anakin is Darth Vader!?” she gasped. She has yet to see Revenge of the Sith and apparently is unfamiliar with the dramas that unfold in Episodes 4-6 because not only did she not know Anakin was doomed to become Darth Vader, she also didn’t know that Darth Vader was Luke’s father.
Apparently I’ve been appallingly lax in my children’s Star Wars indoctrination.