Post by rootbeerfloat on Apr 14, 2016 13:42:42 GMT -5
DS watched them at 7, which meant DD was 4, but she didn't fully pay attention. They have seen several more than once. They've also watched Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels on occasion.
I like that I have cartoon and lego versions to start with. It's been so long since I've seen the original Star Wars so I wasn't sure what kind of violence was in each episode. I just knew my brother loved it but don't remember him being younger than 10 or so when he got into it.
Post by melodramatic26 on Apr 14, 2016 15:58:00 GMT -5
3.5 for both.
We aren't even huge Star Wars fans. DD1 found dh's VHS tapes and wanted to know what it was and was HOOKED. She wanted to see them all. Then she discovered the Disney Star Wars cartoons. Even more love. She had a countdown that started after our vacation in September until #7 came out. She was so excited. Now little sister interested because she thinks BB8 "is just adorable".
When he was 2.5 I got him the HA Star Wars PJs on clearance & showed him all the characters. This past year we rode Star Tours at Disney & asked for a lightsaber.
He does NOT want to watch the movies, so I'm not pushing him. He does tell me he is a Jedi every once in a while.
He is very confused hoe Darth Vader is a Bad Guy & a Daddy. It's what keeps him away from the movies.
When he was 2.5 I got him the HA Star Wars PJs on clearance & showed him all the characters. This past year we rode Star Tours at Disney & asked for a lightsaber.
He does NOT want to watch the movies, so I'm not pushing him. He does tell me he is a Jedi every once in a while.
He is very confused hoe Darth Vader is a Bad Guy & a Daddy. It's what keeps him away from the movies.
I don't remember when my youngest first saw it but my older one (age 9) saw 4-6 several years ago. He likes the Disney cartoons too and the clone wars cartoon. They both also did Jedi Academy at Disney a year and a half ago.
My son is into it, but my daughter is obsessed with the new one. She loves Rey and bb8; we saw it twice in the theater and have watched it three times since our preordered copy arrived.
My kids have also seen all of the Avengers and MCU movies, and we took them to see Age of Ultron in the theater last May, when my daughter was 4, so we are probably bad parents when it comes to movies. She saw the first Avengers movie when she was like 2 because MH let her watch it with him and our son. She was kind of scared of Hulk but got over it quickly (thankfully so I didn't have to murder my H).
DS is almost 2. He's never watched the movies but he recognizes Star Wars. He knows Kylo Ren, R2D2, Chewy, and Yoda. I'm sure it'll be one of the first full movies he watches.
We introduced DD to star wars as an infant with Star Wars board books (abc, 123 and colors) She is now obsessed. She's saw latest movie in theaters with us opening weekend when she was 3.75 She watches the cartoon on Netflix with DH a lot. We have shown her two of the other movies but didn't watch them in entirety. She did watch the whole one in the theater though
DS is 20m and can say (his version of) storm trooper and chewbacca Haha! My H is a Star Wars fanatic. I like it but not as much as him or DD
We aren't even huge Star Wars fans. DD1 found dh's VHS tapes and wanted to know what it was and was HOOKED. She wanted to see them all. Then she discovered the Disney Star Wars cartoons. Even more love. She had a countdown that started after our vacation in September until #7 came out. She was so excited. Now little sister interested because she thinks BB8 "is just adorable".
Omg! That dress is adorable! Do you still have it? I will buy it from you if you're not planning keeping it
There is a lego star wars "Droid tales" which is basically C3PO recapping all the movies in a condensed version. It's like 2 hours long. I picked up a copy at Target for our nephew because he is into it but my SIL and her husband are kind of conservative and not familiar enough with the real movies to be comfortable letting him watch them. I figure the 2 hour version is easier to pre-screen and maybe a good way to introduce major plot points without all the adult subtleties.
Post by thecatinthehat on Apr 15, 2016 3:32:26 GMT -5
DS is almost 3, he's seen episode 1-3, no attention span for most of 4-6, started the force awakens but got scared when the squid looking aliens almost ate Finn (refuses to see it again). He has seen all the lego star wars and a couple clone wars episodes. DH is a huge Star Wars geek (I am as well but not nearly as into it as he is). It's pretty much the only movie more adult movies we let him watch. It's like kids shows/movies and then SW.