Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3-D!

Lou, Kira and Josh in the theater waiting to see The Phantom Menace

Today we saw our second movie in the theater as a family! Our first movie was Winnie the Pooh (in the Fall) and today we saw the Phantom Menace in 3D!

Diana and Josh waiting in theater.

Lou loves Star Wars like loves it.  I had never really paid attention to Star Wars movies I remember seeing Episode 4 on KBYU as a kid but I usually fell asleep or didn't really pay attention when it was on the TV.  When I was a Freshman in college I had a TA that thought it was so funny how little I knew about Star Wars that during our review class he had a category  (we played a jeopardy like game) called DF and it was questions all about Star Wars.  This all changed when Lou and I married. I sat and watched the movies with him and because lou loved them so much I began to love them too.  Episode II came out when we had been married about a year, we went to a private screening with the Provo Library (where I was working at the time). We still had to wait in line but just for a few hours so not too bad. We went with our friends Ben and Kerry Hammond. Ben was dressed as a Jedi and let Lou borrow a robe and they did a Light Saber fight in front of the screen while we were all waiting, they were quite the hit! I don't remember how many times we saw Episode II in the theater but it was quite a lot.

When Episode III came out two years later I was pregnant with little Joshy.  I remember so vividly how much Josh wiggled and kicked anytime the Imperial March (Darth Vader theme) would play.  Despite having Kira who was just a year old we again saw Episode III many times in the theater together and with friends and I even saw it with Sandi when we went down to St George.  We spent that night with Sandi talking and theorizing about Anakin's turn to the Dark Side, the strengths and weaknesses of the Jedi Council among other Star Wars topics.

That summer (2005) we bought the Star Wars new Trivial Pursuit game. Our friends Kenny and Jessica often came to our house back then to play games and watch movies.  Lou and Kenny who are usually very chill would get pretty dang intense playing that game, trying to claim their Star Wars knowledge supremacy.

This Christmas Lou introduced the kids to the Star Wars movies (all but Episode III) and they instantly fell in love.  All Christmas break they watched, and played Light Sabors, build things with our Star Wars Legos.  It was very  much a Star Wars Christmas break. When we saw that the Phantom Menace was coming out to the theater in 3D we knew we had to see it with the kids. There is just something special about seeing the Star Wars movies on the Big Screen.

Josh and Lou in front of movie poster 

Josh posing as Qui Gon Jinn

Josh sporting his 3-D glasses, Kira in my Star Wars shirt 

Today was the day we took the kids. It was so fun. When asked what their favorite parts were they both replied all of it, just all of it!