"Dad why does the big black man keep saying 'It is your Gestiny'?" These and other questions were flying thick and fast as I sat down to watch Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back for the first time with my two boys. I got the DVD Box set of Star Wars Episodes IV, V & VI for my birthday on the weekend and have been umming and aaring about when to let the boys watch it. The decision came pretty quickly when I saw them watching Find Nemo and The Lion King recently. For those who haven't seen either Nemo or Lion King, they follow the trend of recent "Kid's Movies" which sees the parents of the main character dying in a dramatic turn of thinly veiled violence, usually while the young character is watching on.

The Lion King sees the little Lion cub standing on the sidelines while a heard of Wilder beast trample his Father to death right before his eyes. He too is then stripped from the rest of his family as he runs into hiding.

So I thought that my kids have already been exposed to copious amounts of violence and pretty adult themes at the hands of Disney and Pixar so Star Wars should be no problem. After all there is no blood, not that much violence and no one important to the story dies or even gets hurt very much.

So on it went and let me tell you sound and image quality are excellent. Especially when you consider it was filmed in the 70's!

The boys loved it to bits and were throwing me questions left right and centre.

"Who is that big hairy, fluffy man?"

"His name is Chewbacca. He's a Wookie"

"Who is that big yellow shiny man?"

"He's a droid called C-3PO"

"Why does he talk like Carson from Queer Eye?"