Tony Hicks with two of his three daughters, with whom he hopes to spend Father’s Day. On Saturday, my 15-year-old texted me in a semi-panic. She had strep throat all week and was afraid she wasn’t going to be able to see me on Father’s Day. So I just…

Rendering: Adam Pardee/STAFF. The day before Father’s Day, I saw a meme of Darth Vader staring down the giant void in “The Empire Strikes Back,” right after he told Luke Skywalker they were related. Luke responded by choosing to fall about a billion feet until getting sucked into a…