Is it ethical to track your kids? Who is the worst video game dad? And what's an appropriate age to introduce younglings to the Star Wars universe? This week on Static we're all about the weird parenting questions, and we certainly have some opinions. Especially about Kratos in God of War.

Unless you live in a pop culture bell jar, your child will be introduced to Star Wars. George Lucas's space opera has so thoroughly and efficiently saturated the entertainment-sphere, Star Wars indoctrination is as inevitable as exposure to cold germs at daycare. You can let fate, cultural osmosis, and Disney marketing executives control when and how your child learns about Luke and Leia, or you can guide them like a Jedi guides a padawan, making sure childhood Star Wars is something magical you can share.

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The next installment in the Star Wars franchise, the Han Solo origin story Solo: A Star Wars Story is about three months away and until today, we hadn't seen much more than the title card.

Now, we have our first look at the trailer.

It's been just under a month and a half since Star Wars: The Last Jedi hit theatres, and whether they loved or hated the movie, many, many people have had questions about the things that happen in it. Rian Johnson has been asked about these things... and has done a pretty good job explaining them.

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The beach would be the perfect place to spend a day if it weren't for all that sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Fortunately, there's an easy way to prevent sand from getting on, inside and around things you don't want it going near.

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One of the best things about Star Wars: The Last Jedi is that it solves several mysteries raised by The Force Awakens, but it also presents plenty of its own. Here are all the questions we had after we watched The Last Jedi - as well as our educated guesses as to their answers.

It might not have Jar Jar Binks and has opened to generally favourable reviews and a massive box office take but I'm going to put it out there. The Last Jedi is one of the worst Star Wars movies of the ten released so far.

The first time I saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi, I left the cinema with a big, dumb grin on my face. I began trying to place it at the top of the list of Star Wars films. The next day, I saw The Last Jedi again. I was still excited by it, but instead of leaving giddy and excited, I felt a pang of discontent.

The Last Jedi has a major problem.

After two long years, the second instalment of the latest Star Wars trilogy is finally upon us. Today, Star Wars: The Last Jedi releases in cinemas. Many of you will be desperately trying to avoid online spoilers until you've seen it. Others will be actively hunting down and devouring every plot point. This article is for the latter group. (Spoiler Warning. Obviously.)

Today, Star Wars: The Last Jedi releases in cinemas. I was lucky enough to head to a preview last night and aside from the usual questions I had ("How delicious would a Porg be?") one of the (many) things I was thinking was "Damn, Luke lives on one of the most stunning islands I've ever seen, I want to go there."

And I can.

Because it's a real place on Earth.

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I don’t know that 2017 was that bad, was it? Haven’t we reached some sort of terrible plateau where each year just remains as horribly bad as the last? Or are we sinking ever further?

I don’t know.

This isn’t about that. This is about all the good things I enjoyed in 2017.

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