My 4 year old daughter has recently expressed a big interest in SW, her two best friends are twin boys who are really into it. I was born in 80 so I grew up with it and have always been a huge fan. So today I started thinking that whenever I do show her the whole films (several years from now at least) I want them to be what I saw, the much less adulterated versions on Vhs from my childhood. You know where this is going. I have always resented the stupid things Lucas has added over the years so sat down today to find out where I could get the originals, at least without all the stupid cgi additions and reediting he’s done, in a high quality format with good sound. Impossible. So after hours of research, including finding my way here via Harmy’s stuff and spending a couple hours reading most of this thread, I’m here posting. I don’t have my hands on the files yet, but I just wanted to say thanks to NJVC, Harmy, and all the other people who have made it possible. I can not wait to watch these in my home theater!
One question- before I purchase a bd burner for my MacBook Pro, can I just play the files from my computer on my tv if I have a thunderbolt to hdmi adapter and run it into my onkyo receiver? Thanks in advance!
Re: 4 year old watching in a few years.
Watch them now! This will give her 2 extra years of viewing pleasure!
What I did with my girls (then 4 and 6, more so for the 4yo) was to break up the movies in 30-45 min chunks. After each we would talk about what was going on. (I’ve done the same with the Harry Potter books, a chapter or two each night with discussion the following morning). With my two I didn’t feel there were any scenes that needed to be skipped from any of the movies.
They are 9 and 11 now and are big fans, the 9yo a rabid fan.We did finally get to the Prequel movies (ugh), but they both read the novelizations first. Funny thing is that about 15 min into Phantom Menace they both noted how silly it was and that the book is much better.
Yeah I just think there are some things in it that are a bit much for a 4 year old, at least my 4 year old. Violence, some scary stuff, etc. It’ll be one of those things where we might watch scenes and bits here and there for a while.
I like the idea of reading the harry potter books to her one chapter at a time though, thats great!