Star Wars Jedi Academy: The game

[Here is a little game summary by Xavier, transcribed by me.]

First you start in a shuttle

and then you crash on Yavin IV.

Then you have to rescue Rosh;

you will fight human sized Howlers,

weird lizard creatures,

and then you arrive at the Temple.

After the little movie,

you can choose

from a wide selection of missions.

You’ll see lots of cool stuff, like…

Lots of Disciples of Ragnos,

who are Siths (evil Jedis) that you have to fight;

their lightsabers are red

and they hold the handles with two hands;

at the bottom of their lightsabers

is a ball of spikes.

Traveling to a different galaxy, and doing lots of missions with Kyle Katarn…

Lots of cool Force powers that you can use…

A sand planet where you have to find all the parts for your shuttle,

but you have to watch out for big creatures that come out of the sand to eat your flesh…

A sky planet, with a racing tram that you fight on and have to stop…

Another mission where you have to fight your way

through all the Stormtroopers and their boss

— without you lightsaber —

trying to make you way back to your ship in the hangar.

Tags: Computer games, jedi, light sabre, space, star wars, xavier

Our outing in Montreal to see the butterflies

We got up early on April 10th. We got to the Jardin Botanique just a little before ten. Mommy dropped us off, and went for her own day in the Big City. Grand-Papa and his girlfriend Chantal were there, and had already bought the tickets, so we went in right away. Khéna was shy at first, sitting in the carrosse [stroller], hiding his eyes with his hands and not looking at anything.

We had to make our way through the greenhouses to get to the butterfly area, seeing all kinds of plants along the way.

The minute we came in the butterfly area, we started seeing them everywhere, flying around, landing on plants and flowers and people. Some of them were dying on the ground, having been stepped by accident.

Here’s Colin, looking at one from up close:

Here’s a nice green one:

Here’s a baby-plant, growing like a tentacle:

Here’s a big brown one, holding on to the coccoon-ropes.

And another one just next to it:

We made our way through. There was a lot of people in there!

After that we made our way back to the beginning, seeing all the plants again. Then, we had lunch in a little restaurant. It was good to eat, and it gave us a lot of energy. Khéna even sneaked his way out of the restaurant, and made a run for it outside before Daddy caught him. That was funny.

After lunch we walked a bit and took the subway. Xavier and Colin were really happy to take it again for the first time in a long while, and for Khéna it was like the first time. He was really impressed.

We got off after a couple of stations and walked to Daddy’s Grand-Mother’s house. We stayed there for an hour or so, exploring the backyard while the grown-ups talked. She gave us chocolate.

After that, we said goodbye to everybody and played a little bit in the park in front of the house. Colin found some pods that had fallen from a tree, and some rocks, which he put in the stroller for his “collection”.

We took the subway again, this time for longer ride. When we got out, we walked a bit and got to Le Valet d’Coeur, a cool store full of toys, games and Dungeons & Dragons stuff. We got a four-sided die that Daddy was missing, and some miniatures.

Xavier was hoping to get the beholder that was on the cover of the box, but he didn’t. He was still happy with the ones he got, including a big minotaur.

After that we walked on St-Denis street, looking at everything. It was a great day to walk, warm and sunny. Not long after that Daddy got a page from Mommy, he called her, and she picked us up maybe 20 minutes later.

We then left Montreal and drove to the Promenades St-Bruno (AKA: The Big Mall). Mommy went to her fabric store, and we went in the Mall to have some supper. After that, we went to Zellers to look at the toys. Mommy met us there a little later. Xavier got a IG-86,

Colin got a General Grievous,

and Khéna got a truck that he liked.

We left, and drove back home. Khéna fell asleep, but not Xavier and Colin, still too excited. Back at home, they played with their toys for a little while, and finally fell asleep really late for them, after ten, very tired from their long, fun day.

Tags: Big Mall, Botanical Garden, Butterflies, Dungeons & Dragons, Family Outings, Montreal, star wars, Toys

Xavier’s Joke

Xavier’s got such a sharp, unique mind.  I feel close to him, because I see a lot of what I was and still am in him, but at the same time he amazes and surprises me, every day, in an array of different ways.

Tonight, we were playing Knights of the Old Republic, and we were nearing the end of the game.  Xavier and Colin were very excited, very attentive to what was going on.  At one point, a bunch of Dark Jedis were attacking our three characters, and Xavier asked me to put a mine on the ground, to make a trap for them.  So I did, and — as he had planned — one of our enemies stepped on it and it blew up and injured him and a few others close by.  He was ecstatic; he understood precisely how the weapon works in the game, and how it would pan out.  He then said:

- They walked right over the mine.  Are they out of their minds?  Mines, minds, in their heads, get it?

And we all laughed.  And later, when I told Melissa about it, the five of us laughed even more.

Tags: Computer games, Knights of the Old Republic, star wars, xavier

Tiger Footprints

Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi found footprints. The footprints were leading to the jungle. A tiger came out with a sword and they scared it with a tiger mask and a blue jedi master light sabre and the tiger ran away. The footprints were the tiger’s.

They followed the footprints more and found a baby tiger and a mommy tiger and the daddy tiger had come back. The jedi said to the tiger “ turn to the Jedi order, you must”

The jedi and the tiger family went to the dragon cave were they found a dragon. The dragon attacked and blew fire so they defeated him and then they found Count Duku. Then Luke, Anakin, the tigers and Obi Wan defeated him and Luke pushed him in the hot lava. Then they went back to the tiger’s house and they had tomatoes, chicken, apples, peaches and little pizzas for lunch.

The end.

Tags: Anakin, cave, colin, dragon, footprints, hot lava, jedi, light sabre, Luke, Obi wan, star wars, tiger