As some of you may know, the plans for J2's B-Day party are well underway. As such, his interest in watching the saga (and the Clone Wars) has grown. The last couple of days, he's really been into "the scary Star Wars" (Ep III). I knew it was okay for him to watch when he told me (many months ago) that "Anakin turned to the Dark Side and then got burned." Of course, I only knew that after I let him watch it.

He had another gem today. He was explaining that if I was good I could get the purple lightsaber that I want for my birthday (I don't think he's going to ask for one). Then he told me, "That guy with the purple lightsaber said, 'He's to dangerous to be kept alive.' He's mean, Daddy."

I instinctively responded that Mace Windu was his name and he's a good guy. To which the boy replied, "Oh, Mace is a good guy, but he's still mean sometimes." And his statement made me realize that Palps also told Anakin that Dooku was to dangerous to be kept alive when they were aboard the Invisible Hand. Do you think JKelly2 realizes the parallel dialogue structure? I didn't really get it until he pointed out that Mace was mean.

I imagine that Master Windu wasn't in charge of the Padawan Preschool Program. Truly wonderful the mind of my youngling is ...