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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 1795175" data-attributes="member: 2238">I don't think his pretending to be Luke Skywalker post Vader will have a negative effect on his relationship with his father if thats your worry.  I saw star wars for the first time when it was re-released for The Empire Strikes Back.  So I was 4.  I knew it wasn't real.  I think as long as he does not accuse his real father of cutting off his hand (pretend or otherwise) its probably OK.  However if you are concerned, I would ask him what he thought about that scene in a talking about star wars sort of way.  Ask him why he thinks Darth Vader cut off Lukes hand.  You might be surprised with the answer a 5 year old will give.I do remember asking my mom about why Darth Vader cut off Lukes hand if Darth was his father.  She explained that it was so he wouldn't have to kill Luke.  Luke wanted to kill Vader because he did not know that Vader was his father and vader was a bad guy. So vader cut of lukes hand to get luke to stop.  As a 4 year old, all I knew was that luke had lost becuase he didn't listen to his teachers.  I thought the father thing was more of showing how much of a good guy Luke was even when his parent was bad.  Luke wasn't going to sell out even if his dad did!  (Important lesson for a 4 year old.) As for playing and separating real from pretend, Mr. Rogers already had that well under control. A.</blockquote>