Koona t'chuta, Solo?

You might be getting a little tired of the Star Wars references around here. Welcome to my galaxy. Today Lowell and I were playing Rebel Fighter vs. Stormtrooper with Tinkertoy blasters (for the hundredth time) and he got the bright idea to reenact the Solo versus Greedo scene. You know which one I'm talking about, right?*

I started in on my Greedo impression (which is good but not nearly as good as Matthew's) and Lowell narrowed his eyes, sneered at me and said "Did you think I HAD A CHOICE?" Perfectly, just like Han in the scene. I was dumbfounded since the kid has seen Star Wars now maybe 3 times from start to finish. I had no idea he was memorizing dialogue. I started laughing and he got upset with me for breaking character so I taught him the phrase "Over my dead body!" (Which actually took some doing "Thanks for my dead body!" was a fave) and then we shot at eachother over and over as the sun set in the breakfast nook window.

*Pretty sure the Internet was invented just to keep a catalog of Star Wars information. It's pretty scary the volume of stuff out there.

Comments

[Julia]

So who shot first in your version? I can't believe Lucas changed that in his re-done version.

Am nerd.

[kara]

Sometimes I wonder if I was adopted. Then I look in the mirror and think, um, no chance. So then I wonder if maybe YOU were adopted...

[LetterB]

I WAS adopted! My real parents were Native Americans but I was a white throwback to an ancient ancestor so they decided to give me up so I wouldn't be shunned. (This was an actual fantasy I had as a kid.)

Also, Julia, as you can imagine this is a point of contention in the household. Lowell insists that Greedo shot first because he really knows no better (although he saw the orginal original first before my husbands VHS tape finally shredded). When we play he always stage whispers for me to shoot before he will shoot back. I try to do it the original way but he is adamant. I guess we'll have the whole "Solo's moral ambiguity" talk when he is ready for it.

[LetterB]

Also the "Actually, Lucas is a total douche" talk too. When he's ready.

[Lea]

Kara is just weird. All the cool people in our family love Star Wars and will be able to recite lines until our last breath...at least I hope so anyway. So, Lowell pretty much rocks.

[bingsom]

you were both adopted