STAR WARS TOYS & SAM

Sam’s family and Tom’s family were close which is how Tom came to babysit for Sam. They’d read comics together and when the comics ran out Tom would make up stories about Robot Archie. When Sam’s family visited Tom’s the two of them would play with Tom’s Star Wars collection. Sam quickly became an obsessive, memorising every line and planning elaborate sets in his bedroom. One night Tom brought each of his hundreds of characters and every vehicle over to Sam’s and said they were his to keep. Sam credits Tom with fostering his love of film, he’s now an editor and Tom’s a director. Sam says Tom is characteristically modest about his achievements, just as he was understated in giving all his toys away. Sam would love to pass the toys on too but he can’t bear to give them up, ‘I guess I’m just not as nice a bloke as Tom’ he says with typical humility.

13 Mar 2011