Since last night I’ve been getting my Jedi Knight costume (yah the very one that I wore to the Board of Education meeting two years ago) ready for this evening. Mostly ‘cuz I promised some friends that I’d come by and let their own younglings see it. And I thought it’d be fun to wear it around throughout the rest of the night so I’ve been ironing the kimono, brushing the cloak and polishing my lightsaber.

It’s a fine costume. Movie quality at that! And staffers from Lucasfilm have told me that the lightsaber I made is like something they would have made for a real Star Wars film! Yes, I’m very proud to own some real Jedi threads 🙂

But you know: we all have to start somewhere. Every journey has a first step. And it’s true with being geeky enough of a Star Wars fan as to make ...