Last night Cal and Hannah-Marie watched her favorite Star Wars movie, Attack of the Clones. While they were enjoying the film Cal texted in the family group chat that "HM said that Empire Strikes Back is forgettable." That led to immediate responses from the Heinisch family including a "Boo" from Brett and complete support for Hannah-Marie's opinion from Meg.
The part I enjoyed most from the text was the follow up conversation today about the Star Wars movies. Everyone in our family had an opinion on their favorite movie in the series and ones that fell short in their eyes. Characters were discussed as well as memories of watching the movies. I thought back to when I saw the very first Star Wars movie in the summer of 1977. As soon as I saw it I instantly became obsessed with the film buying all of the toys that I could and even receiving a set of Star Wars sheets for Christmas. It has been fun sharing something that meant so much to me in my childhood with my own children. It was the last film that my brother and I saw together. He loved it just as much as I did. I have wondered many times over the year what he would have thought about the sequels and the hype about the franchise. He at least would be able to refute Doug's claim that my favorite Star Wars character had always been C-3PO, something that Doug made up years ago that the Heinisch children have never let me forget. No matter who my favorite character was then (Luke Skywalker) or is today (Obi-Wan Kenobi), I am just thankful for the bond that the Star Wars series has created in our family.
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