Jedi Training at the Mall

Starting this week, if you're out of line at Lakeshore Mall, you run the risk of dozens of tiny jedi padawans whacking you repeatedly with foam lightsabers.  It's part of mall security's plans to bring the light side back, and possibly take over the galaxy.

We signed up for this a couple weeks ago, and were glad we did, as the event was full.  Lots of kids were there, and some were dressed up as Rey, or Darth Vader, or in Madison's case, Princess Leia too.

The event was pretty much a duplicate of what they do down at Disney, only this one was at Lakeshore Mall.  This is not exactly a galactic sort of atmosphere, but I suppose it's better than Mustafar, or the inside of the Death Star's trash compactor.  And the costumes, as you can see above, really were pretty good.  I'm not sure if these are members of the 501st or not, but the costumes are great.  And then on top of things, there was the lightsaber battle.

Madison constructed her own lightsaber, and was given the color yellow to work with.  Yes, yellow.  You remember all those yellow lightsabers in the movies, right?  Anyway, she did very well in her battle against the Dark Lord of the Sith.  Interestingly enough, she battled Darth Maul this summer at Hollywood Studios, and didn't get to fight against Darth Vader.  So it was pretty cool that we got to spar with Darth Vader here at the Lakeshore Jedi Outpost.

And... it was free.  So no complaints here at all - Madison had a great time making a lightsaber and fighting against Darth Vader.  And Daddy had a great time watching.  Lots of kids showed up, and everyone was in awe of Darth Vader as he walked in.  It was fun!

The rest of the day involved yes, scanning.  And a bit of work at the office.  We're planning another installment of the "Hooked on a Feeling" series tomorrow, which features a theme of Disgust.  This is Madison's favorite character, and I like the direction we're going with it, because the whole concept of 'disgusting' really will draw the boys' attention in.  Yes, it'll be one of those services!