We can only wonder how better a place the world would be if all the trillions of dollars grown men have spent on Star Wars merchandise was instead, perhaps, spent on something worthwhile like fighting disease, irrigating deserts, funding clean energy systems or terraforming Mars.

If you’re 34 and your wife doesn’t mind you spending £349.99 on Star Wars toys because, frankly, she’s given up and is having an affair with the plumber…