Din Djarin (AKA The Mandalorian) is the latest in a long line of positive parental figures in Star Wars. Okay, so a gun-toting bounty hunter is hardly what you’d call conventional dad material, but his love, affection and need to protect Grogu is obvious a lightyear away. I’ve […]
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 […]
Craig Sutton was the perfect age to catch the Original Trilogy in theatres and now he’s passing the torch to his own kids. In this week’s Parents & Padawans, Craig tells us about themed birthday parties and how he named one of his daughters after a certain princess. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]