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May the 4th Be With You – How “Star Wars” Stimulates Children’s Imaginative Play

May 3, 2016 by TheHarriedMom 21 Comments

Many thanks to Hasbro, who sent my family and me these great toys & games to share our experience with you.

THM-StarWars-Hasbro-MovieOpeningWell, actually it was 1977, and it was in a movie theater in suburban New Jersey, but I digress…

I was five years old the first time I saw “Star Wars.” Honestly, I remember being a little scared, not sure what I was going to see, but the moment those words appeared on the big screen my love affair with “Star Wars” began.

It was like no other movie I had ever seen, animated or live action. It captured my imagination – exploring new worlds via crazy looking spacecrafts, robots with personalities, future technology and of course all those different creatures.
The storyline was also easy for me to understand – it was a classic battle of good vs. evil.

No matter what hi-tech and sophisticated weaponry the Evil Empire came at the underdog Rebels with — the Death Star, Imperial Star Destroyers, AT-AT Walkers or TIE Fighters, the rag-tag band of good guys always came out winning!

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Filed Under: Blog Entry, Fun Activities With Kids, Reviews Tagged With: Bop It, creative play, Disney, Hasbro, imaginative play, Kylo Ren, Kylo Ren Lightsaber, Lightsaber, Nerf Gun, R2D2, Review, Rey doll, Star Wars, Star Wars Figures, Star Wars Nerf gun, Stormtrooper masks, The Force Awakens, Toy Review, Toys

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