When did your kids learn/hear/see Star Wars?

[8675309]

Excuse me for the lame post but I was curious because I don't know much about Star Wars. ((((*DUCKS*)))) I watched the first one when I was maybe 11 or 12. I know. I know. That is an American tragedy in itself.

Anyway, my 4yr old DS asked me for Darth Vader shoes yesterday and again today and won't let it go. I asked him if he knew who Darth Vader was and he said the bad guy from Star Wars.
The kid has never seen Star wars. I kind of assumed it was for bigger kids no? When I asked him more questions he said that he and his friend Luke play star wars at school. When he said his friend's name I kind of chuckled a bit because I am guessing his parents are fans. 

So now he talks about Star Wars and wants to watch Star Wars and play Star Wars. 

It's cool to let him watch a couple movies right? Any movies to avoid?

[ijack]

My 4.5yo has seen most of them (including the new one) but mostly because her sister, cousins, and neighborhood kids are into them.

[jeaniebueller]

I think he started watching the original Star Wars around age 4. And has been hooked ever since.

[oliviapope]

My kid knows all about Star Wars, he has DV shoes and Storm Trooper slippers. He's never seen it and neither have I.

[lostrn]

I feel like our ds has always known star wars, at least in some form. When he was a toddler all he knew was the wii star wars lego game but I'm sure by the time he was 5 he'd seen the original 3 movies. He's seen them all by now (7) including watching the newest one in the theater twice.

[textbookcase]

3-4

[Deleted]

My kids (almost 3 and 5) haven't watched any of the movies. I'm not against it, though. I'm sure Theo would love them.

[friendz4eva]

My 5 (almost) and 7 (almost) DDs watch it with DH (he was never into it until recently). Even my 2 year old DS loves it.

[litebright]

My youngest saw all of the originals and The Force Awakens at age 5, I think. Maybe 4 for Star Wars? 

I don't think my girls have seen all the prequels. Partly because they suck, partly because some of the subject matter in the third one (Anakin killing small children -- though not on-screen -- and basically being burned alive in that last fight with Obi-Wan) isn't something I'm really gung-ho about making a point for them to watch just so that they can see them all.

[cbwm1]

I think DH started him in on Star Wars at birth. LOL

For real though, maybe 3.5? 4?

DH *really* loves Star Wars.

[cookies]

My son is 4 and he watched all the movies in December so he could go see the new movie with his dad.

My H is a huge Star Wars fan and our son has been obsessed with everything related to Star Wars since forever (starting with his Star Wars ABC book). A lot of his friends at school (mostly the girls) are really into Star Wars too.

It's like a big thing now with the kids these days.

[partiallysunny]

Birth

Hes 5 and we watched The Force Awakens the night it came out on DVD together.

(i saw it in theaters the night it came out. But I wasn't taking my then 4 year old because he would have been whining for potty breaks and snacks)

[8675309]

Apr 14, 2016 12:18:02 GMT -5 @rennido said:

There is a star wars cartoon on Netflix, thats how my DS learned about it. We let him watch the movies after.

Awesome, I had no idea. I will turn that on tonight for him.

[mtngirl]

My nephews (6 and 4) have been obsessed for the past ywo year. It probably startrd with lego star wars? And the huge influx of star wars merch/toys. They got lightsabers, etc. Then they "accidentally" bought the movies on Apple tv and watched them, probably not inderstanding a whole lot, but they love them.

[fluffycookie]

Apr 14, 2016 12:21:33 GMT -5 8675309 said:

Apr 14, 2016 12:18:02 GMT -5 @rennido said:

There is a star wars cartoon on Netflix, thats how my DS learned about it. We let him watch the movies after.

Awesome, I had no idea. I will turn that on tonight for him.

One of the disney channels also has star wars cartoon.s


I think DS was about 4 when he started watching them. There was a marathon on FX on Thanksgiving weekend and him and MH started watching it with him and that Christmas we got the collectors Blue Ray complete trilogy. He's 7 now and saw the Force Awakens in the movie theater, but the non-3D because he gets headaches.  We pre-ordered the Blueray and he's already watched it about 3 times and last night he watched all of the extended footage which was actually very good.

[spindle92]

I am laughing at the part where you said that the parents must be Star Wars fans because they named their kid Luke.

[meganew]

Ollie watched his first one at 3.5. I thought he'd be bored since it wasn't animation, but he loved it. H was so fucking proud. Lol.

He's seen all of the originals and went to the theaters to see Force Awakens in his storm trooper costume- it was his first time in a theater, which will be a cool story for when he gets older : ) Like a pp said, we haven't shown him episodes 1-3 because I think the third one is too much for him. And according to H they don't even exist ::eye roll::

[8675309]

Apr 14, 2016 12:30:49 GMT -5 spindle92 said:

I am laughing at the part where you said that the parents must be Star Wars fans because they named their kid Luke.

I know. I am actually mad at myself for thinking that. My daughter's name is Presley and it has NOTHING to do with Elvis. LOL

[papie]

We just saw them all over the last month. They are 8, 5 and 2. The 8 yo was scared but she is also scared of scoobydoo.

[papie]

Oh and yes episode 3 was probably a mistake but all their friends had seen them. We rented 1 to 3 because seeing them once is enough, lol. We bought 4 to 7.

[thebuddhagouda]

Ethan was 3 because he had already seen the original 3 before he wanted a Star Wars 4th birthday party.

MH still has all of his old toys from the 70s, so Ethan inheriting those probably fed into it.

He's seen the 3 prequels because when he gets obsessed with something, he goes all in. The 3rd one is a little dark, but he was fine.

We took him to see the Force Awakens in December when he was 5 and a half.

[gennyu]

I guess I'm the voice of opposition here bc I don't think my five year old is close to ready for the "real" Star Wars movies but there are *tons* of age appropriate alternatives. His favorite is the Lego Star Wars series on Disney XD. We have also going a ton of Star Wars books at the library that are just right for preschoolers.

[spwspw]

3.5 yrs old, MH is a Star Wars fanatic.  We've let her watch all of them except for Revenge of the Sith and The Force Awakens.  We just got TFA on dvd and will let her watch this weekend.

ETA:  In retrospect, I probably wouldn't have let her watch that young, but I was in a haze just trying to hang onto my sanity with DS who was a super cranky, refluxy baby at the time, so I let a lot of things slide.

[8675309]

Just scored these on Amazon for $14 with Prime.

I am going to have one happy boy on Saturday. 

[badtzmaru22]

DD is 4, and just getting into Star Wars because we are. The original ones are rated PG, although, DD doesn't like the one where Yoda dies. She is really becoming aware of death (my BFF's dad passed last year) and so she randomly brings it up "It was a really busy weekend. All I remember is Yoda dying." "He's dead. Like Yoda." Stuff like that.

We just got The Force Awakens, and we will let her see it, even though it's PG 13. We've seen it before, and chances are DD won't sit through the whole thing anyway. I really like the idea of her seeing Rey's character though.

[cinco]

My kids all watched them last Summer, and the new movie when it came out. They were 8, 7 and 3.5 (she doesn't have the attention span and is in it for the popcorn) when they were introduced, but DS had been into the characters before.

[Mrs. ChanandlerBong]

I'm probably going to catch a ton of heat for this, but my h first showed them the movies when my youngest was 3 so the oldest was 5.5. I was pissed (I wasn't home at the time). However, they are now both fans of the original 3, the lego sets and the new movie. We don't own the "prequels" so they've never see those.

[looksgood]

My kids (7 and 4) are obsessed.

[ThirdandLong]

We let our kids watch Star Wars for the first time this past summer, in order from episode 1 to episode 6. G was 6 years old, and E was 5. We skipped BIG parts of episode 3 ~ the entire part where Anakin goes dark, the Jedi are betrayed, the fight on Mustafa with the burning legs. We skipped the attack on the Tusken Raiders in episode 2, as well. We answered a lot of questions as we went along, sometimes pausing and talking about things at length. It was a fun time, and something we looked forward to each week with a big bowl of popcorn.

[cajunmom]

My kids are a bit older (10 and 13) but they have seen all of them at least once. They've seen The Force Awakens at least 3 times. DD2 had a Star Wars themed birthday party in March and only one person (my mom, lol) said "Star Wars for a GIRL???"