https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:53:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869818 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:51:36 +0000 erinbaderin 2869818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: That makes sense - thanks for taking the time to explain it to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869805 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:21:59 +0000 irene 2869805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Hmm, you may be right. </p> <p>@erinbaderin: DS used to be 200% into LEGO, but I think it hits a wall as he can build everything all on his own as long as he has the instructions coming out from the box (I always joke he has a bright career building furniture at IKEA). He hasn't really CREATE anything on his own that is really substantial yet, and I think he is frustrated because there were no one giving him pointers and no inspiration. Therefore I want to enroll him to 1 week of LEGO camp to hopefully inspire him again. To us, LEGO develops creativity and engineering / problem-solving. I am a designer and DH is an engineer. So we do value LEGOs.</p> <p>The reason I wanted to introduce him to Star Wars is because the one LEGO camp that matches our schedule is a Star Wars LEGO camp, which he said no immediately as soon as he sees Star Wars. To him Star Wars is "scary" even though he knew nothing about it. Hence I want to introduce him to it not via the "scary" movies. Hopefully if he knew what it is about then he'd be excited about the camp and know what things are when they are building them. That's all. </p> <p>Now that I talked to DH a bit more, he said we could enroll him in the Minecraft LEGO camp, which, again, we all know nothing about (haha, y'all must think we live in a cave lol). DH pointed out that all models are prebuilt in Star Wars, but Minecraft you are more free to design your own space. So maybe indeed I don't have to make the books work as now I realize they are really different from how Harry Potter is. I may still borrow some of the books mentioned here if I could find them via the library, and see if DS is interested to read them on his own.</p> <p>@Mrs. Pickle: Thank you for all the info!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869640 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 09:28:25 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2869640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m a huge SW fan. It’s one of my favorite things. The movies are the best way to introduce someone to the universe. The books build on the movies. When Disney bought the rights to Star Wars they decided all the books published prior to them were not cannon. There have been a few books published since. The Ahsoka book is young adult, but for teens. You do risk spoiling the movies by reading the books. The Clone Wars cartoon and Star Wars Rebels are both kids shows that might not be scary. Really though I would wait until he’s interested and show him A New Hope again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869630 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 09:06:00 +0000 erinbaderin 2869630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>B is five, and has never seen Star Wars, but he’s picked up enough stuff at school that he has a general idea - he talks about Kylo Ren, he knows about Stormtroopers and Darth Vader (although the other day he told me that Kylo Ren is Darth Vader’s grandfather), etc. So I don’t think he has to have seen it at a young age to pick stuff up about it. I especially think he doesn’t need to be super familiar with the Star Wars universe for a LEGO summer camp. </p> <p>That being said, if your son isn’t that into LEGO or Star Wars, why are you pushing Star Wars LEGO camp? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869619 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:24:55 +0000 looch 2869619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband and I know nothing about SW, and neither does my son, but honestly, I don't think we're missing out on a big piece of pop culture in the US...if he's not interested, he's not interested. There are so many other things to explore. Why not let him decide? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869602 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 07:06:33 +0000 erinbaderin 2869602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There’s a LEGO Star Wars tv series - you can get it on iTunes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869580 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:03:47 +0000 irene 2869580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sams Mom: Thank you so much!!! I will check them out! :happy: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869577 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:40:29 +0000 Sams Mom 2869577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: his 9 y/o niece loves the junior novels. If you search Star Wars Junior Novels on Amazon the books for the movies come up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869576 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:28:10 +0000 irene 2869576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sams Mom: Hahaha ! Thank you !!! :heart: :heart: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869575 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:26:53 +0000 Sams Mom 2869575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: he said he wasn't a fan of the chapter books, I'll see if I can get some young adult-ish level recommendations from him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869573 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:23:35 +0000 irene 2869573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you so much all! I will check them out!</p> <p>I just assume all kids all watch the Star Wars movies (at least 1 or 2 of them) when they were really young! My DS is super sensitive and he was traumatized even watching Finding Dory a few years back lol. He just successfully watched the first movie (The Grinch) in the movie theater a few months ago without crying and being traumatized and having to leave. I think to him, it isn't the concept that is scary, it is how dark the movie is (literally, color-wise) and the imagery, I think.</p> <p>@Sams Mom: How about chapter books -- are they even kid friendly / well written / worth reading ? If they are OK which one(s) would your friend recommend to start with? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869571 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:05:09 +0000 Sams Mom 2869571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: he says the 5-Minute ones are great, there is a kids series on Amazon also? and Disney XD I think has a series too.</p> <p>Also Galaxy of Adventures is a YouTube kid series </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869570 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:03:05 +0000 lady baltimore 2869570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are literally thousands of Star Wars books. Graphic novels, leveled readers, chapter books, choose-your-own-adventure. Just head to the section of your local library that has the type/level of book he normally likes and you should find tons of options. </p> <p>That said, if he says Star Wars is too scary for him, I would respect that. At 7, I don't think he is missing out on anything by not having this cultural reference. If it's really important to you, there are picture books to introduce some of the characters without any of the war/violence/etc.</p> <p>My LO (3) knows who many of the original characters are, and can hum the Imperial March, but she won't see any of the films for a long time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869566 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:49:34 +0000 Sams Mom 2869566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: I am not sure, but a close friend is a Star Wars fanatic! Like he probably knows/owns all the books and comics and collectables and movies...</p> <p>I'll ask what he recommends </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869565 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:49:21 +0000 BadgerMom 2869565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DS loves Star Wars, he’s only 4.5, but he LOVES the 5 minute Star Wars stories. They would do a good job introducing him to the characters and the major events. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869561 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:46:01 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2869561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: see if you can find Star Wars lego books. My son brings them home from school. And there’s lots of star wars lego sets too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869560 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:43:43 +0000 irene 2869560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: Yes, but I want him to go to the Star Wars LEGO camp! haha. I want to introduce him to at least the basics so he would actually enjoy it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869557 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:40:43 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2869557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son has a Star Wars comic book and he loves it. </p> <p>But I haven’t seen any of the movies and know nothing about it. Same with my brother. I do not feel like I’m missing out on a big part of life. My husband likes it and has seen them all. If he doesn’t like it, I wouldn’t worry about it.</p> <p>ETA: there’s tons of lego Star Wars books. And we even got some of those Little Golden Books. I am a Jedi, I am Darth Mal. From the dolar store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/introducing-star-wars-in-books#post-2869554 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:36:49 +0000 irene 2869554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This may be completely not doable but I need advice from this knowledgable community!</p> <p>DS is a 7 yo boy and we are not Star Wars fans. To be honest I don't think I ever finished a whole film without walking away or falling asleep :meh: . DH attempted to introduce DS to the basic Star Wars world by inviting him to watch Star Wars with him, which DS always declined claiming "it is too scary". So in a way, he missed out on quite a lot of references for the past few years. For example, he first learned what a Jedi means / is when he went to a classmate's Jedi training birthday party 2 years ago. </p> <p>No big deal right? But I'd hate it if he continue to miss things out as this is a big part of the US pop culture. He used to love LEGOs a lot, recently it died down a little, so I want to sign him up on a LEGO summer camp for a week to hopefully bring back up the interest. Our school offers a Star Wars LEGO camp which he didn't want to go because of, well, Star Wars. </p> <p>I am thinking, can I even contemplate introducing him to Star Wars through reading? We have just started reading Harry Potter in November (I read to him at bedtime -- the real chapter books with no pictures, not the illustrated versions or comics), and it was a major success! We finished reading the first book a few weeks ago, watched the first movie, and DS insisted to start with the 2nd one. If I were to introduce him to Harry Potter via the movies he definitely would not have been interested. So I started looking up Star Wars books. Apparently the film is not based on books, and I read that it was ghost-written by Alan Dean Foster after the movies were in production. Did any of you ever read the Star Wars book and if so, was it even friendly to 7 yo kids? If this is a doable concept, where would you recommend me to start to introduce the most basic interest of Star Wars to DS? Which chapter book should I start with? (is that even how it works?)</p> <p>Thank you so much in advance! </p>