7 ways Star Wars can teach your kids valuable life lessons

Patience, perseverance, the dangers of patricide... The life lessons from a galaxy far, far away can come in handy here on Earth, writes Benji Wilson

WE TOOK a big step together the other day, my five-year-old son and I: We sat and watched the original Star Wars.

This had long been foretold — the hype for The Force Awakens, the latest instalment in the franchise had built up this year to the point where the film’s launch had practically rendered Christmas an afterthought.