Hi everyone, long time lurker and new member here. My boys ages 5 and 7 are inundated with Star Wars-related merchandising and advertisements and I am giving thought how to best introduce them to the original trilogy, and to do so in a way that limits exposure to the more graphic scenes (e.g. the charred bodies of Luke’s aunt and uncle, etc.). What tips and tricks have you tried that worked well? I’m sure others have given this thought. Thanks everyone.
I’m sure others have given this thought.
Indeed!
I’m sure others have given this thought.
Indeed!
Thanks Frink.
You gotta make sure to cover their eyes during all the “droid-swapping” scenes in AotC, for sure…
When I was a kid, I didn’t find those scenes deeply unsettling or disturbing. Even as a kid I understood how appropriate those scenes were in the context of the story.
I must have been 6 when I first saw the OT, and while some of it kind of freaked me out (mostly the Tauntaun being sliced open and Luke losing his hand), I was so in love with the world of the movies that I didn’t get hung up on it. Really, when I think back on my own childhood, all of the stories I loved the most were a little bit scary.
Well with mine, then 8 and 6 (girls).
We fired up Harmy’s ANH and watched it. It actually took a few days, as we would stop and talk about what was going on. They didn’t seem to react harshly to any of the violence/gore.
Then we went on to ESB and ROTJ DeS. Followed the same flow.
After that we watched AOTC and ROTS, then saw TFA in the theaters together, and have since saw R1.
Hey cool, my girls are 9 and 6. They like TFA the best followed by the OT. I let them watch fanedited versions of the PT (L8wrtr’s verions) and they were kind of meh. You can read some of their ROTS comments here:
Haven’t shown them RO yet but will probably do that soon.
The only scary Star Wars thing to me upon early viewings of the OT (and some of the prequels maybe depending on the year) was the part in Jabba’s Palace in ROTJ as various droids were being tortured. Specifically this shot:
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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. 😉
Where were you in '77?
Only you know your kids, you can’t really take advise on the internet about it. Some will see all the gruesome moments and really get into it, and their love of movie violence will flourish there. Others will shrink away from it and never be horror movie fans etc. Your call.
A person can like scary movies and not be into the gory stuff though. 😉
Where were you in '77?
Well then it’s time to put that to the test and throw the 6 year olds in the deep end 😛
Honestly, there’s nothing in the OT that I would shy away from showing a 5 year-old kid. It’s not like they show them burning alive.
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
Well then it’s time to put that to the test and throw the 6 year olds in the deep end 😛
What I mean is horror is too broad a genre to only think of it only in terms of blood and guts. A psychological horror film could also give a kid the screaming meemies, without so much as showing a single severed head. 😉
The imagination fills in a lot of gaps if the filmmakers do it right.
Where were you in '77?
I’ve been watching the OT since I was 2 and I turned out (mostly) fine. Can’t think of anything in them that bothered me as a kid.
Honestly, there’s nothing in the OT that I would shy away from showing a 5 year-old kid. It’s not like they show them burning alive.
Don’t give George any new ideas! 😉
Seriously though, I have to give him points for only showing it long enough to register, and not lingering on it. It would be a few more years before we could freeze frame it.
One wonders what nightmares we all would have had if Walrusman lost more than an arm as originally planned!
http://www.revengeofthe5th.net/2017/03/ponda-baba-almost-lost-his-head.html
Where were you in '77?
One wonders what nightmares we all would have had if Walrusman lost more than an arm as originally planned!
http://www.revengeofthe5th.net/2017/03/ponda-baba-almost-lost-his-head.html
Walrusman’s face alone gave me the heeby-jeebies.
I nearly tossed my cookies during Jaws. 😉
I did toss during AotC’s droid-swapping scene.
Not cookies, though.
I nearly tossed my cookies during Jaws. 😉
I did toss during AotC’s droid-swapping scene.
Not cookies, though.
Ok, I thought I was pretty knowledgeable, but are you referring to when C-3PO’s head gets swapped with a battle droid body? That scene made me want to punch George Lucas in the throat.
I nearly tossed my cookies during Jaws. 😉
I did toss during AotC’s droid-swapping scene.
Not cookies, though.
Ok, I thought I was pretty knowledgeable, but are you referring to when C-3PO’s head gets swapped with a battle droid body?
Well if you don’t know I’m certainly not going to tell you…
I nearly tossed my cookies during Jaws. 😉
I did toss during AotC’s droid-swapping scene.
Not cookies, though.
Ok, I thought I was pretty knowledgeable, but are you referring to when C-3PO’s head gets swapped with a battle droid body?
Well if you don’t know I’m certainly not going to tell you…
I’ve Google’d it to no avail using the phrase you used to describe it. Help me Darth Id, you’re my only hope.
I nearly tossed my cookies during Jaws. 😉
I did toss during AotC’s droid-swapping scene.
Not cookies, though.
Ok, I thought I was pretty knowledgeable, but are you referring to when C-3PO’s head gets swapped with a battle droid body?
Well if you don’t know I’m certainly not going to tell you…
I’ve Google’d it to no avail using the phrase you used to describe it. Help me Darth Id, you’re my only hope.
The user is hereby referred to the entry of today’s date in the “Missed the Joke Thread” hereunder…
I nearly tossed my cookies during Jaws. 😉
I did toss during AotC’s droid-swapping scene.
Not cookies, though.
Ok, I thought I was pretty knowledgeable, but are you referring to when C-3PO’s head gets swapped with a battle droid body?
Well if you don’t know I’m certainly not going to tell you…
I’ve Google’d it to no avail using the phrase you used to describe it. Help me Darth Id, you’re my only hope.
The user is hereby referred to the entry of today’s date in the “Missed the Joke Thread” hereunder…
Fair enough, can you clue me in on the joke now so I may partake next time?
I nearly tossed my cookies during Jaws. 😉
I did toss during AotC’s droid-swapping scene.
Not cookies, though.
Ok, I thought I was pretty knowledgeable, but are you referring to when C-3PO’s head gets swapped with a battle droid body?
Well if you don’t know I’m certainly not going to tell you…
I’ve Google’d it to no avail using the phrase you used to describe it. Help me Darth Id, you’re my only hope.
The user is hereby referred to the entry of today’s date in the “Missed the Joke Thread” hereunder…
Fair enough, can you clue me in on the joke now so I may partake next time?
The user is hereby referred to the admonition above referring user to the entry of today’s date in the “Missed the Joke Thread” hereunder.
Hint Part 5: IT’S IN THE OFF-TOPIC FORUM. WE’RE DONE HERE.