Lit Star Wars through the eyes of a 4 year old!

I am a nanny for my 2.5 year old nephew right now and they have a Star Wars counting book that we read all the time. I also am teaching him about Yoda since he is a neat kid friendly character. He picked out a Yoda hat at the store the other day so I think it is working. Though he does call Yoda a Jedi Monster instead of Master so I still have some work to do. No movies or tcw yet.

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I showed my kids 4,5, and 6 first because that was the way I saw them. Also, depending on how much your kid can understand, you won't lose the impact of "No, I am your father". I started when my oldest was 4 - he's now 12 and venturing into the EU. My youngest is 4, and has watched them all - except ROTS - which my oldest refuses to watch. We also play a lot of Star Wars Lego on PS3 with my youngest, and she loves it. She tells everyone at preschool that her best friend is Darth Vader.

The other mothers look at me in horror.

 

i started liking star wars in 97 when i was 6 after getting a vhs box set of the special editions. you guys are going to cringe but the first eu book i read was the glove of darth vader. i had 2 hardcovers collecting 3 of those books each. honestly i liked them at the time. it wasn't until nearly 10 years later i heard people bashing them, and found out how much hate there is for them.

 

I like "Jedi Monster"

 

Pity the small child introduced to the Emperor in ROTS or ROTJ. That could be pretty damn scary....

 

Well 1-6 is the story of Anakin, 4-9 will be the story of Luke, and 7-12 will be the story of whomever. So on and so forth. But 12 at most, before starting Saga 2...

 

Last Christmas family get together my older cousins (they are both huge SW nerds despite both being in their 30es and one being in upper management of a major international company) both bought SW toys for their kids and then had a light saber duel right before the Christmas tree, whilst the kids (4 and 6) were trying to pick which one looks more like young Vader and which more like Obi-Wan.

 

Oh, I remembered how much my brother loved Star Wars when he was four.
He teared up my copy of The Unseen Queen.

 

you read TUQ to a 4 year old... the book with Killiks in all sizes oozing tasty drug black membrosia slime while rubbing arms with human joiners in an orgy? you are braver than I thought!

 

Well, my brother had complete and unlimited access to my bedroom, and he picked up that particular book, for reasons unknown. (Since he usually go for my picture books from forever ago)
Not to mention that my brother also tored up my copy of Star Wars: The Adventure of Luke Skywalker. Here's the destruction:

 

yeah cause in ROTS he's definitely a nice guy...

 

I don't really remember my first impressions of the movies except ROTS and remembering after TPM or AOTC yelling when I got home, Best Movie Ever! I do remember not wanting to watch Empire Strikes Back for the longest time. I was 7 or 8 when I first watched the movies I think.

 

anakinfansince1983 wow that is entertaining. I won't be having kids for a long while so I don't real have to think about those questions yet but sometimes I do wonder if my kids will like the movies and EU like I do.

 

show her the TV series "Droids" and "Ewoks", i think that those are pretty good for a 4 year old girl.
And then, show her Star By Star

 

Kids, too much TCW is bad for the brain.