Halloween All Year Long
Here is a picture I found in the New York Times online from a slide show of costumes from around the world.
This is of Mara Jade Wisterman, 18 months old, of Tampa, Fla. The NYT doesn't mention this, but Mara has been named after a Star Wars character... from one of the NOVELS. I know this because I read that series about ten years ago, and it wasn't even very good. So those parents held onto this character's name "Mara Jade" for over a decade until they could escape authorities long enough to conceive and spawn. It's not as conspicuous as a hippy name like 'Moonbeam' or 'Yang' but its origin is also not as cute, and Mara Jade must carry this shameful secret as to her parent's fealty to science-fiction for the rest of her days. Actually in ten years or so when people start asking who she was named after, Star Wars geeks might seem as quaint a subculture as hippies do now. Lucky for Mara, her parents erred closer to the 'Leia' and not the 'Greedo' end of the SW spectrum.
"Well, if her parents are such SW freaks, how come she's not dressed as an Ewok?"
For the same reason people don't walk around as Storm Troopers at the Lucas Fourth of July BBQ(which, YES, I have attended): because for LucasArts and little Mara, it's Halloween all year long.
This is of Mara Jade Wisterman, 18 months old, of Tampa, Fla. The NYT doesn't mention this, but Mara has been named after a Star Wars character... from one of the NOVELS. I know this because I read that series about ten years ago, and it wasn't even very good. So those parents held onto this character's name "Mara Jade" for over a decade until they could escape authorities long enough to conceive and spawn. It's not as conspicuous as a hippy name like 'Moonbeam' or 'Yang' but its origin is also not as cute, and Mara Jade must carry this shameful secret as to her parent's fealty to science-fiction for the rest of her days. Actually in ten years or so when people start asking who she was named after, Star Wars geeks might seem as quaint a subculture as hippies do now. Lucky for Mara, her parents erred closer to the 'Leia' and not the 'Greedo' end of the SW spectrum.
"Well, if her parents are such SW freaks, how come she's not dressed as an Ewok?"
For the same reason people don't walk around as Storm Troopers at the Lucas Fourth of July BBQ(which, YES, I have attended): because for LucasArts and little Mara, it's Halloween all year long.
posted by DvDLvN | 4:29 PM
6 Comments:
i want to hear more about this Lucas 4th of July BBQ. and kudos for actually admitting that you attended such a gathering.
I was smuggled into the 4th of July BBQ at Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. A friend of mine was interning at LucasArts at the time. This probably deserves its own entry so STAY TUNED!
Hey Levin,
Thanks for your comments on our adorable little penguin, and thanks for a great laugh...you really zinged us!
You might be interested in the etymology of her name, which you can check out at http://wisjosadun.bravejournal.com (May 3) and you may find her story amazing.
Much love from Y'shua!
ME
I am glad Mara Jade and your sense of humor is alive!
although this will say "anonymous" i want to come clear and say: this is Mara.
i WANTED to be the eWok, but my parents have moved on from being SWs geeks to having a penguin fetish. they are changing my name to March in a few months.
Everyone really zinged me!
Sincerely,
George Lucas a.k.a. Baron Papanoida
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