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"I grew up on 'Star Wars,'" Cruz said. "You know my favorite memory is actually the second movie, 'The Empire Strikes Back,' which came out when I was 10. I remember standing with my dad in line at the mall for two, three hours to see it on opening day, and it was amazing being a little boy in the seventies and early eighties when these movies were coming out. I collected all the 'Star Wars' action figures. I had them all in a Darth Vader carrying case and with my friends we would play and fight them back and forth. I had a giant Millennium Falcon."

TMI, Ted, TMI ...

What kind of lunchbox you had in 4th grade won't win you any votes.

[tanknetter]

You’d be surprised. This serves to humanize him with GenXers through common/shared experience.

I’d also note that he can talk Trek just as well as Star Wars.

[ez]

Yeah, but was your dad a mailman?

[CatherineofAragon]

Actually it might.

The scifi/video game enthusiast side of him is winning over younger voters on the campaign trail. He goes down into the audience and talks with them about the Constitution, and then about popular entertainment. They relate.

[JediJones]

He gets major points from me for this. I not only want to vote for him but would love to sit and schmooze with him about movies and games too. I’d have very little to talk to Trump about. Trump lost points by saying he was more interested in Harrison Ford’s role in Air Force One than in Star Wars. That’s as out-of-touch as it gets in terms of popular culture with the under-40 crowd.