For this week’s Parents and Padawans, we chatted with Kristie about bonding over Star Wars, family Halloween costumes and why Ezra Bridger is the franchise’s best role model. Did you make a conscious decision to introduce your little one to Star Wars, or did it happen more […]
Star Wars means a lot of different things to different people and one of this fandom’s great joys is in seeing how they all tesselate together. For some it’s all about the story’s mythic underpinning, while others hunger for space fights and lightsaber battles. There’s no right or […]
Casey Winters, father of two and co-host of the geeky fiction-themed podcast Hello from Elsewhere, tells us about how Star Wars has become central to his family and why his little ones love Leia. You can chat with Casey directly on Twitter @icecreammanatee. Did you make a […]
Names in Star Wars range from the ridiculous to the sublime, combining marketing fun and in-jokes – Elan Sleazebaggano, I’m looking at you – with the pantomime stylings of Sidious, Grievous and Tyrannous. From a linguistic perspective, many names across the saga offer subtle clues and insights […]
In this week’s Parents & Padawans, we chat with Matt from the Star Wars Sessions podcast about his young daughter’s porg obsession. You can catch up with Matt over on Twitter @StarWarsSession Did you make a conscious decision to introduce your little one to Star Wars, or […]
The original idea behind Raising a Rebel was to chronicle our parenting misadventures in bringing our daughter up to be a Star Wars fan. Although the site has evolved over the last year – with exciting plans in the pipeline – I didn’t want to lose sight […]
Whenever we’ve been struggling a bit with the whole parenting thing, something seems to present itself to make us feel competent again. After a handful of unsettled nights and grouchy days Lorelei had her 12 month check-up, and I feel so proud of how she’s grown up and […]
For our inaugural Parents & Padawans, we spoke to 501st member and dad of three Todd Hoffman from WSTR Galactic Public Access. Be sure to check out the podcast and visit @wstrmedia on Twitter and Instagram. You can also find Todd at @Tizzzzod. Did you make a […]
I have a confession to make. Last week, I took most of my carded figures out of their packaging and you know what? It was liberating. It’s a decision that’s been building in the back of my mind for a while now. I started collecting all things Star […]
It’s been about a year since becoming a father and in that time one thing has become abundantly clear to me – parenting is case of one step forward, two steps back. Sometimes it’s more like three steps back, but you get the general idea. After recently spending […]
