Hodgman has a point (or, what if Anakin and Padme got it on in Ep I)

If you haven't heard John Hodgman's (now 6-year-old) essay on his compulsive desire to re-write 'The Phantom Menace', I'd highly suggest it. Click here, then click on Full Episode, let the episode load, and forward to 46:40. And enjoy.

One of many dandy points that Hodgman makes is that Anakin's age in Episode I (8 or 9) makes it super-creepy that (1) Qui-Gon takes him from his mother, and (2) Padme has feelings for young Ani. Well, I thought of Hodgman's essay when I read the story about the rather well-developed 15-year-old in Britain getting knocked up by a 13-year-old who looks younger than Anakin. Post w/ picture here.

If young Natalie Portman had gotten it on with much younger Jake Lloyd after the victory celebration on Naboo, it would have been just as creepy as this real-life case, only somewhat more aesthetically pleasing. 'Cause, you know. Natalie Portman. Well, maybe... no, still wrong.