Coming Not-So Soon to a Theater Near You!

We all know that Benjamin has some big ideas. A few months ago he was talking about building a boat, sailing to the Caribbean and finding pirate gold with a metal detector. He also has ambitions to attend a Santa school and become the next Santa Clause, build a full-sized totem pole, and audition for the part of Darth Vader when the current actor dies.

 

So it should come as no surprise that he is now planning to make a movie—and not just a home video or a made-for-TV presentation. Ben wants to make another sequel to Star Wars, which will premier only in theaters.

Benjamin says his movie is going to have “a lot of changes” from the original film, and he already has the ending planned. I don’t want to give too much away (and sabatoge my only son’s film debut), but it involves the Dark Side celebrating at a big party—rumor has it that Darth Vadar and the Emperor (who apparently are going to come back to life) will even be dancing. It is going to be quite a show!

 

Yesterday we were driving in the car, and Benjamin was talking about his movie. Then he asked, “Mama—how long will it be until I am a grown up?” (Ben knows he has to wait until he is a grown up to make a movie of this scale.)

I did a quick calculation and said, “About 12 years.”

Benjamin said, “On my movie, I will say it is coming out two days after 12 years.”

So, we definitely have something to look forward to!