Clive James: ‘The Death Star is threatening me with a lethal dose of boredom’

All the special effects are bigger now, but you can’t bring on another Han Solo just by pressing a button

You know you’re getting on when you lose track of the Star Wars sequels. My elder daughter’s family keeps track of them, so even my granddaughter’s wonder dog can tell a post-prequel starring Natalie Portman from one of the later, newer, pre-early, post-imperial mega-sagas. The dog can recognise these later developments by the absence of Princess Amidala’s rococo get-ups.

Her outfits used to scare the dog to pieces, but...get-ups.

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