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Darth Vader – Why is he so cool to kids?
Jul 26 2007

I remember when I first saw Star Wars as a kid and as I recall Darth Vader was a bad guy so I’m always wondering why kids (including our son) wants to have Darth Vader stuff.  Maybe it’s because the “new” Star Wars series shows Darth Vader as Anakin…making him more human?  To date we have not gotten our soon to be 5 year old son any Darth Vader stuff.  Actually, I don’t think we’ve even gotten him any Star Wars stuff.  He has asked for a light saber and if he didn’t have a 2 year old sister that he might ‘accidentally’ hit with it, we might have given into his pleas for one.

A few months ago I came home after getting a pedicure and for the first time in my life I decided to have them draw something on my big toe: a little white flower.  My son looked at it and said “Mom, can I get my toes done too?”  I said “Well, usually girls get their toes done but if you want to, you certainly can some day.”  He then said “Cool, I want to get Darth Vader on mine!”  I started laughing and of course he started laughing with me.

What I find curious though is that for all other movies/superhero stuff he wants the good guy (e.g., Spiderman, Batman – he dressed as Batman for Halloween last year, Power Rangers, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime etc.).  How he even knows about the Transformers is beyond me since we definitely haven’t and won’t take him to see the movie.  He has probably seen the previews on TV or most likely my husband has shown him the preview on the Apple Movie Trailer site.

Via Engadget:

Darth Vader children’s laptop for your little Sith Lord

Yesterday, July 18, 2007, 7:39:00 PM | Joshua TopolskyGo to full article

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If you’re like us, you want to encourage your children to harness the power of the Dark side and use The Force for their twisted, megalomaniacal schemes, but you also want them to learn something while doing it. Luckily Oregon Scientific understands your plight, and has delivered the Darth Vader laptop to help. Of course, calling it a laptop is a little misleading — it’s more like a Speak & Spell with a glowing lightsaber stylus and accompanying sound effects, but with 50 games for training “reflexes, typing and rhythm,” at least it will keep Palpatine Jr. out of your hair.

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