The tone of Return of the Jedi was all over the place though. People would know, if you said I want to style it like Star Wars 1977. Or TESB. Jedi has the scenes with Luke and Vader. Luke facing certain death at the hands of the Emperor, if Vader hadn’t saved him, and it also has dancing Teddy bears. Jedi in tone is a kids movie. even more so than the original film from 1977. It pulls its punches and even censors lightsaber damage. You have Luke’s whifflebat lightsaber, no weequays lose a head or a hand or arm.

Lucas already was pulling back from showing violence. Is it any wonder in the special edition he censored laser blasts and had Greedo shoot first.

There was graphic violence again in Episode III but it was necessary to the plot I suppose. Also getting a PG 13 rating made the film more appealing to teenagers. Ironically Disney is even more risk averse, and refuses to show anything on screen. and still gets PG 13 ratings across the board.

Han being stabbed through is the only thing I can think of, and it looked like a cartoon. When he fell from the bridge on Starkiller base. Finn gets injured. Rey never gets a scratch the entire trilogy. Not that I wanted her to be maimed, or lose a hand, but there was no real peril. In TESB you watched Luke get his ass whooped, and the rebels lose and you had no idea if Han was dead. You think he is alive in hibernation. You don’t know if Vader is lying. Until Episode 6. Then it’s played totally straight that Vader is Luke’s father, and Vader gloats when Luke accepts it.