The dark side of the Force rules in “Revenge of the Sith,” the finale of the Star Wars saga, due in theaters May 19, 2005.
Looking for proof? Filmmaker George Lucas expects the film to have a stricter rating than any of his previous Star Wars adventures, all of which have been rated a family-friendly PG.
The sixth “Star Wars” film (actually “Episode III” in the mythical timeline) details how Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) falls prey to “the dark side” and becomes Darth Vader, the iconic baddie first seen in 1977’s “Star Wars,” now called “ Episode IV: A New Hope.”
“This is the darkest of them all,” said Lucas, speaking at a New York event to promote the recent release of his “ THX 1138” DVD. “I don’t think it’s going to be rated like the other ones. It’s just more emotionally intense.”
The PG-13 rating makes sense, considering the story line, said Scott Chitwood of TheForce.Net, a “Star Wars” news Web site.
“From the original trilogy, we know that in ‘Episode III,’ Anakin is horribly burned, Padme (Amidala, the queen and senator who becomes the mother of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia) dies, Mace Windu dies, Luke and Leia are separated, and the Jedi are wiped out,” he said. “It would be hard to do them justice without the film being PG-13.”
A move to that rating for “Sith” isn’t likely to hurt attendance. Those with children ages 10 and 11 might think twice, said Paul Dergarabedian of box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations, “but their kids probably already have video games at home that are PG-13 in violence levels.”
Source: RGJ.Com
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