Ava has turned out to be quite the fan of Star Wars.  She's watched Episodes 1 and 2, we've seen the Clone Wars movie and have been following the series ever since.  It's our time to bond.

Ava was in the bathtub last night and she held two donut-shaped toys to her ears and thought that was hilarious.  I told her she looked like Princess Leia.  She had no clue who this was since we hadn't made it that far in the series.  I told her she was Anakin's daughter.  This led to an explanation of who Luke was, that they were Amidala's kids which naturally led to the question of how Anakin and Amidala managed to have kids together.

Realize, I'm telling this story to a five-year-old.  This twenty minute process generated many questions and required numerous re-warmings of the bathwater.

When I got to the part about Anakin becoming Darth Vader, there was a long silence while she processed this information.  The mood became very serious.  She knew who Darth Vader was and the process of connecting those dots was troubling because Anakin in Clone Wars is a good guy.

I've hesitated to show her the third episode, but she seems to want to see this whole thing play out.  I'm curious to see how this goes.