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 […]
I’d long wanted to start a Star Wars blog, but every idea floundered in its early stages. But when Elisabeth fell pregnant, the idea for Raising a Rebel popped into my mind fully formed. About a week before our daughter Lorelei was born, we posted our first post […]
Having a baby is like being given a long scroll of milestone achievements, ready and waiting to be ticked off. Many of these you might expect, made up as they are of firsts – tooth, words and steps – but others are subtler, while some aren’t those you […]
There’s a lot to look forward to when your baby starts walking but, I confess, one of the things I’ve most been looking forward to is being able to quote Obi Wan from Rey’s vision in The Force Awakens. So, without further ado, I can finally say: “These […]
My mum always loved this time of year. Because she did, so do I. I have these memories of misty woodland walks through drifts of ruby and amber leaves, jumping into piles of them, kicking them up as if back to their branches, and picnics eaten ravenously in […]
Being a parent is a learning curve, a slow study in how to look after a vulnerable little person. As they begin to crawl, climb and stand, the home becomes its own obstacle course with accidents lurking at every turn. It’s like living in a trash compactor with […]
When Elisabeth and I discovered we were having a baby, one thing became quickly apparent. The baby, be they girl, boy or intersex, was going to be raised a Star Wars fan. Towards the end of the pregnancy, the idea of starting ‘Raising a Rebel’ came to fruition […]
Part of being parent is learning to be patient. For me it’s been a slow study, given I’ve all the patience of Anakin when trying to get onto the Jedi Council. There’s an expectation, too, that childhood developments will arrive one at a time – the first tooth; […]
I’m in the middle of a very normal, adult phone conversation with Dominic, the kind that usually involves trying to scrounge up a plan for dinner, when I gasp. Lorelei is busily munching and slathering on my fingers (again, the usual), but something is unmistakably different. I can […]
