STAR WARS CONCERT!

Last Sunday we took Luke on a very special Christmas trip. Ok, so the theme for the afternoon wasn't Christmas like at all...but we had to pay full price for Luke's ticket so it definately fell under Christmas present category! Anyway, we took a trip to the United Center for "Star Wars in Concert". It's a show that combines a giant HD screen of clips from the films with a live orchestra. It was awesome. As we walked to our seats we saw storm troopers and Jedi posing with fans.

And all around the lower level they had real costumes from the movie. Like everyone's favorite wookie...

Or C3 PO

Or the Ewoks (they're the ones in the case)

They also had Yoda and Darth Vader but we were nearly trampled to see the first few so there was no way we were squeezing through to see any more.

Then we found our seats. They were high, but the screen was so huge, it didn't matter where you sat. Luke seemed nervous by our height and the loud sound effects coming from the speakers before the show started. In fact when the music began with the 20th Century Fox theme he had his head pressed against me with both ears covered. But the second they started the main Star Wars theme, his head popped up and he spent the rest of the concert like this...

Luke made sure Scott and Neil clapped after each movement and then he would turn to Scott and ask if we could stay for "one more, Daddy?"

He hummed along with Vader's march and giggled when they said "Luke".

It was a great trip. Totally worth taking my obessed 3 year old and 30 year old. And thanks to Neil for coming along.

The Royal Symphony Orchestra (all the way from England)