The other day I took my family to the local Burger King. Just as I was about to enter, I realized I had a bad feeling about the place. The entrance and interior were completely plastered in Star Wars materials — including an audibly raspy Vader near the counter. I feared for my son's self-control; would he be seduced by the Dark Side of consumerism? I decided to spring the trap.

Revenge of the Sith was, I thought, an excellent movie all around. It moved swiftly, with dramatic necessity, and sported surprisingly good acting. It also left me with a pit in my stomach — it's a tragedy even an ancient Greek could appreciate.

So I am not (too extremely) ashamed to point you to a piece of dark helmet entertainment produced by the marketing fusion of flame-broiled beef and flame-broiled Sith. Proving you really can do anything with Flash, BK has given us a mind-reading game featuring the legendary Lord of the Sith himself. Here you will find yourself relentlessly belittled as Anakin, Extra Crispy zeroes in on the contents of your mental sphere. It's actually an entertaining distraction, and there's no purchase necessary.

And while I can't read my son's mind, he seems to be fending off the marketing buzz(droids) well enough. He knows and loves certain of the characters, natch. But he also loves his books by E.B. White and C.S. Lewis. I intend to keep the Star Wars canon in carbon freeze a little longer, until more complete is his training.