Author’s Note: I originally published this article in 2014 on my first WordPress blog. It received the “Freshly Pressed” recognition by the WordPress editors. It is re-presented here, word for word, including the original title image.
Decades ago, close to the genesis of Star Wars, a very young boy watched a recurring television serial starring a dainty white-haired old man who road in a yellow car he referred to as Bessie. The boy, being so young, did not know the man or what he was doing, but bright Bessie would stick in his mind as one of his earliest memories.
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