Several weeks ago we visited with my father who is slowly clearing out our family home as he begins construction on a new house. I spent several hours going through closets, cabinets, and storage spaces uncovering many things I had either forgotten about or didn’t even know existed. When we came across the box of the old Star Wars figures that my brother and I spent hours and hours playing with as kids, my children thought we hit the Mother Lode.
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| The SWU invaded the MetroPark Zoo in 2008 |
So the Star Wars figures have been at our home every day since. I must admit there is a fun sense of nostalgia watching my kids play with the toys and action figures I had when I was there age.
In honor of rediscovering the Star Wars of my youth, I thought I’d point out a key lesson learned from the canon of The Original Trilogy: Let the Wookie Win.
For those unfamiliar or who need a slight refresher, as C-3PO and R2-D2 are engaging in a futuristic chess game with Chewbacca, R2 makes a fair move to take out one of Chewie’s pieces. As the wookie expresses his unhappiness with the move, Han Solo points out wookies have not been known as good losers and can become violent, thus prompting 3PO to recommend a new game strategy: Let the Wookie Win.
I found this clip on You Tube if you need a reminder of the scene and no, this was not something I made with the newly discovered action figures!
