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Liveblog of my 8-yr-old and 5-yr-old daughters watching ROTS (L8wrtr Version) for the first time — Page 2

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When Anakin calls out Palpatine for being the Sith Lord…
8yo: Wait, is he really the bad guy?
Me: Yep.
5yo: And no one else knows?
Wife: (with sad look at me) Yep, he’s the only one smart enough to figure it out.
5yo: No wonder he knows the dark side!
8yo: Yeah, he’s trying to get Anakin into the dark side.

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Obi vs. Grevious fight continues…
8yo: (as Obi is winning) He’s good!
8yo: (as Obi is now getting the crap kicked out of him) But not good enough!
5yo: (when Obi kills Grevious) Actually he is good enough!

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When Mace tells Anakin to stay behind while they confront Palpatine…
8yo: Why is he (Mace) the Master? I thought Yoda was the cool one.

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When Anakin takes off in his ship to go help the Jedi:
8yo: No Anakin, don’t do that.
5yo: That’s a bad idea!

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When the Jedi with Mace get cut down in two seconds flat by Palps:
8yo: Those guys must not be Jedi Masters.
Wife: Yeah, they were, unfortunately.
8yo: That’s why I’m surprised they died.

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When Anakin cuts off Mace’s hand:
5yo: Is he mean now?

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When Palpatine uses the force lightning and becomes wrinkly:
8yo: Hey, he’s the Emperor! That’s why he uses the blue sparks.

When Yoda is upset:
8yo: Did Yoda feel that with the Force?

When Palps is talking to his new apprentice:
8yo: He’s creepy.
5yo: Especially with his white face!

Also:
8yo: Is he going to get his red lightsaber now?
Wife: Not yet.
5yo: When does he get it?
Wife: I don’t know.
8yo: That’s disappointing. I don’t want the bad guys to have red lightsabers because it’s such a cool color.

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More clones fighting insects and droids and who knows what else:

5yo: What’s happening now?
Wife: I really don’t know…

When Palps gives Order 66:
5yo: Are the clones mean now?
Wife: I guess so.
8yo: Yes, they are turning into Stormtroopers.

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5yo: Is Chewbacra going to turn mean?
8yo: Of course not, he’s good in The Force Awakens!

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When Jimmy Smits is turned back by the clones:
5yo: Is he a mean guy?
Wife: No, he’s good.
5yo: But…(trails off)

When Obi climbs out of the water:
5yo: Where’s the lizard?
Me: He died when he fell in the water.
8yo: Star Wars is serious! Everyone is dying!

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When Yoda says goodbye to Chewbacra:
5yo: I’m glad they said goodbye.

When Anakin is telling Padme what happened:
5yo: So he’s nice again?
Wife: Well…he’s nice to her.
5yo: Is he going to be mean?
Wife: Let’s keep watching.

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When C3PO tells Padme he feels helpless:
8yo: I like C3PO.
5yo: Me too. Poor C3PO.

Also:
5yo (referring to Yoda) he’s a small Jedi knight.
8yo: He’s not a knight, he’s a master.

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First shots of Mustafar:
5yo: Is that a lava place?
Wife: Yes.
5yo: Is it where bad guys live?
Wife: Uh, kind of?

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When Anakin comes to Mustafar:
5yo: (with a grin) He’s a bad guy now!

When Palps is giving speech in Senate and the Senate claps:
5yo: (claps)
Wife: But he’s the bad guy.
5yo: Oh.

When Anakin is killing the Separatists:
5yo: Why is he killing the bad guys?
Me: He’s really bad, he’s killing everyone.
5yo: Why isn’t he killing the old guy?
Wife: He’s Anakin’s master.
5yo: Why is Anakin’s eyes yellow?
Wife: It’s a bad guy thing…I guess.

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5yo: Why did Yoda die in the other movie?
Wife: Because he was really old.
5yo: So he didn’t die because someone killed him, but because he was too old to live?
Wife: Yup.

When Obi tells Yoda to let him go kill the Emperor:
5yo: But it will be really hard to kill him, because he’s a really bad guy.

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When Obi and Padme are discussing Anakin:
5yo: So she doesn’t believe him that Anakin is bad now?
Wife: She doesn’t want to believe.
5yo: Why?
Wife: Because she loves him.
5yo: Oh.

More shots of Mustafar:
5yo: It’s probably really hot there!

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When Palps and Ani are talking via hologram:
5yo: Why is he blue?
Me: They’re talking by hologram. Kind of like when we do a webchat.
5yo: Oh. (probably wondering why we don’t look blue during webchats)

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(they haven’t said a word as Padme confronts Anakin on Mustafar, and then Obi confronts him)

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As Obi and Ani fight:
5yo: Which is the good guy?

When Yoda pulls out his lightsaber…
8yo: See, I knew he had a lightsaber!
(note: L8wrtr edited out all previous instances of Yoda using his lightsaber)

When Yoda and Palps fight as they rise into the Senate Chamber:
8yo: Why is no one there?
Wife: I don’t know, they all went home or something.
8yo: So they rose up into that room by accident?
Wife: Something like that.

When Obi and Ani are facing off with the force, and fly apart:
5yo: That was funny!

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Wife: If you could use force lightning, do you think you would use it right away instead of fighting with a lightsaber?
8yo: Yeah, that makes more sense!

As Anakin and Obi Wan are fighting and the lava planet is lava-ing all over:
8yo: They need to get out of there. Stop with the fighting and get to the surviving!

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As Obi and Anakin are swinging on ropes and fighting:

8yo: (giggles)
Me: What are you laughing at?
8yo: They’re swinging on vines and using the lightsabers.
Wife: Pretty silly, huh?
5yo: Yeah!

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As Palps visits burned up Anakin on Mustafar:
8yo: I think he’s thinking “I can repair him.”

As Padme is in the medical center:
5yo: Is she going to die?
Wife: We’ll have to see.
5yo: What about her babies?
8yo: They will be ok, they are Luke and Leia!

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As Vader’s helmet is lowered down and he breathes in.
5yo: How does he breathe so hard?

When Luke is shown:
5yo: So cute!

When Vader speaks:
5yo: Why is his voice so different?

During Padme’s funeral:
5yo: Are those her parents?
Wife: I don’t know…
Me: Yes, but you have to see the deleted scene to know that.
5yo: (starts fiddling with her stuffed animal bunny)

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When Degobah is shown:
5yo: That’s a sloppy place!
Me: Swampy?
5yo: No, sloppy!
Me: And swampy?
5yo: Yeah.

When Luke is given to Beru:
5yo: Did he never get to know his really parents?
Wife: Nope:
5yo: That’s sad.
8yo: But he knows his father in Empire Strikes Back.

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Me: Did you like it?
8yo: Yes, except the part where he looked sick.
Me: You mean when Anakin’s eyes were yellow?
8yo: No, after he was on fire.

Me: Did you like it?
5yo: Yep!
Me: Was anything scary?
5yo: No!
Me: Are you sure?
5yo: Well, except for the one part.
Wife: The Emperor?
5yo: Yeah, he was scary!