Loose End from Stardust

[beamjockey]

Now that I've seen Stardust (a fine fantasy movie, three stars) I have a question that the film didn't answer.

The question won't be a spoiler, but spoilers might turn up in the comments, so beware if you haven't seen the movie yet.

The film opens with an astronomer writing a response to a young man's question.

What question did the young man ask the astronomers? (And who was he?)

Comments

I think

[dragonet2.livejournal.com]

the letter writer was Tristan's father as a young man. And it may have been "do the stars look back?"

Just guessin', I've only seen it twice so far (and lurves it, enough that I want to see it again.)

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

It's been a long time since I read the book. Dragonet2 may be right.

I'm probably going to go see it again

[dragonet2.livejournal.com]

probably after our RenFest (over second weeken of October) if it's still in the theaters, I have a weekend gig selling jewelry at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, so I'm kind of out of circulation until then.

I'm going to look closer at things.