Every six months or so, I have to buy new clothes for my daughter. Usually this means a trip to the supermarket and, every time, there’s a clear divide between the ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ shelves. I’m not just talking about pink and blue – which continues to a […]
Although the Jedi Code was introduced to audiences as recently as The Phantom Menace, it stretches much further back in Star Wars history and, today, remains one of the key lynchpins on which the saga’s entire lore is built. This code provides the framework for how Jedi should […]
For a species that can reach the ripe old age of 900, it makes sense that their young would take their sweet time reaching maturity. So while Grogu is fifty, everything from his appearance to his behaviours screams toddler. And, having spent the pandemic living with a toddler, […]
Hard to believe it’s been a whole six months since the last time I posted an update about how fares our baby raising. Initially, the ‘Daddy diaries’ were marking major development milestones but, at this age, they come so thick and fast that we may as well have […]
Attending a convention is a rite of passage and I still recall my first time, gawping at geeky celebrities from afar and bemoaning how damn expensive everything was. Aside from a trip to Destination Star Trek a few years back, I’ve limited my con-going experience to smaller events […]
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 […]
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 […]
For her first birthday (man does time go at lightspeed when you have a kid) we bought our not-so-little girl the charming Chewie and the Porgs and an Amidala vest. It’s not her first piece of Star Wars apparel, nor anywhere near her last if we have our […]
In the last week or so, Lorelei has been making some solid attempts at mastering her first word. I’ll give you three guesses what it could be. Vader? Lightsaber? Midichlorian? No, it’s “star”. On the cusp of being one year old and she’s already halfway to saying “Star […]
