logo Sign In

Post #1067805

Author
SilverWook
Parent topic
Introducing Star Wars to young children
Link to post in topic
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1067805/action/topic#1067805
Date created
19-Apr-2017, 4:50 PM

Just goes to show how mileage will vary with kids on what’s scary/upsetting or not. The only thing in the OT that phased me as a kid was the shot of the Taun Taun guts popping out. That shot still kind of squicks me to this day.
I think I had already seen some WWII documentaries on PBS back in '77, so the Lar’s family cookout was not as shocking as it might have been otherwise.
For all the overblown controversy over violence in Star Wars when it came out, it was pretty tame compared to what one could get away with in PG rated film back then. I nearly tossed my cookies during Jaws. 😉