You're listening to Imaginary Worlds. I'm Eric Malinsky.

Do you remember the names of these guys?

Well, I know some of them.

Yeah.

R2-D2.

All this guy, I don't know, but the stormtroopers, that's the stormtrooper.

A yoder, of course. Chebacca, of course.

Who's this guy? Oh, these guys are.

Oh, this is the bad father.

This is Yobi Kenobi, or whatever his name is.

I hope you like it. Yeah.

That's my mother.

When I was a kid, I used to go into this catatonic state with action figures.

I mean, first I'd start bouncing them around like, you know, any kid.

But then when my imagination kicked in, all I had to do was hold the figure

and I just started spacing out.

And my neck would go kind of limp.

And apparently I looked like I was tripping on to LSD.

Or as my parents would say, I was looking out.

Which is Luke Skywalker.

And looking out means that he and another world would look.

The silverware in the restaurant would become Luke.

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