Melinda Wolf looks at the end of a personal era as her kids move into another era of their lives without Star Wars at the center of it.
Erin and Caitlin grew up on Star Wars. ? I want to go on the record saying that while I hoped the girls would embrace the space fantasy that their dad and I always have enjoyed, it would have been okay with Tom and me if neither of the girls gravitated to Star Wars. I know there are many Star Wars parents whose children never became interested in the Skywalker Saga – but always hoped their younglings would. I can understand their disappointment. From a young age, both Erin and Caitlin immersed themselves in Star Wars – watching the movies over and over and over again, creating their own elaborate scenarios with the immense array of action figures [yes, we opened them!] and enjoying their own small collections of their favorite facets of the film franchise. By the time Erin left for college [in 2007; she was a film student at George Lucas’ alma mater], her deep affinity for Star Wars had waned [although she still considers herself a fan – just not as intense as she once was], but her younger sister still felt as strongly about it as ever. Whew! I still had Caitlin with whom to enjoy everything Star Wars.
