Star Wars has a special place in my heart. I know that seems dramatic and clichéd but it’s true. It was the first fandom that I ever became a part of. Its the first franchise that I ever fully submerged myself in and geeked out with. Even before comics!

I have a very vivid memory of when I first realised that there was a connection between Luke Skywalker and Anakin Skywalker. You see, I grew up watching the Star Wars films. All of them. My parents owned the original trilogy on video (remember those?) and then I became old enough to enjoy the prequel films in the cinema. By old enough, I mean I was still young enough to enjoy them and not old enough to realise how flawed they were. Not The Phantom Menace though, it was a video ordeal (which is probably for the best, I wouldn't want to be sitting next to the extremely upset nerds). It's weird to think that there was once a time when I didn't hate Jar Jar Binks!

Anyway, I watched the films but didn’t truly understand them. I watched them absent-mindedly and enjoyed them for the sake of the strange aliens, the bad-ass spaceships and the coolest weapons in all the galaxy: LIGHTSABERS. So when I had finished one of my numerous viewings of one of the films, my mind was buzzing. I had finally begun to pay attention, I was old enough to understand. I was sat upon the toilet, deep in thought concerning the Star Wars film that I had just watched and I looked down at my Anakin Skywalker pyjamas. Then; like a storm trooper flying into a tree on Endor, it hit me. Luke Skywalker is the son of Anakin Skywalker! I believe that I had been watching episode II, as this was before Episode III and I believe that film is very clear about Anakin’s offspring. I would estimate that I was around 9 or 10 at the time. This enlightenment added more passion to my star wars adoration. I now realized the connection between the two trilogies! This realization lead to numerous other connections being made in my head. In case you hadn’t noticed the two trilogies have very different atmospheres, hence the outrage and hate that was fired at The Phantom Menace when it was first released. So if you take this into consideration then it’s not hard to see how I had previously not connected the films together. My mind had just been full of Star Wars themed candy and toys... Also I'm not the brightest bulb in the box. I bet my midichlorian count would be very low.