What age should my kids watch Star Wars?

I can't tell you how excited I was to find this website! Other fans who hate the prequels and love the originals!!! I no longer feel alone! Anyway I am getting off the point. 

My kids are 1.5 and 3.5yrs old (boy and girl). At what age should I introduce them to the Trilogy? I've seen a cute video of a 3yr old girl on YouTube describing Star Wars but I do wonder if this is too young to really enjoy it? Is 5 more appropriate?

I can't remember how old I was when I saw it as I was born in 1976. How old were you when you first saw it and what age do think is a good starting point?

I'm not getting into all that nonsense about what order to watch them in, its quite simple IV, V and VI. There are no prequels (nuff said). If they choose to watch the prequels when they are older and have their childhood memories crapped on then thats for them to decide.

I was about the age of your oldest kid when I first saw them, early 90's on my uncle's poor VHS tapes. Besides getting scared of the first time Darth Vader arrived on the Tantive IV (and that's the only clear memory I have of my first time watching Star Wars), I don't think there's anything unsuitable for a child.

Besides, Ewoks at the end of Jedi is much easier to swallow and not get too bothered by if you watch the movie as a kid.

I saw the original trilogy when I was 4 or 5, I believe (1993 or 1994, I know it was about a year or so before the "Faces" VHS set came out).

Hope that helps.  I'm still young (21 now), so there's not much other advice I can give you, as I don't have any kids of my own.

I have 10 kids, each one year apart.  The whole purpose of a family that large was to have the kids all watch Star Wars at the same time and determine once and for all what the best age is to watch Star Wars.

Turns out the correct answer is seven.

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Truth is there is no correct answer.  Everyone matures at different rates and can handle different things at different times.

I was 7 in 1977 too and it was the second film I'd seen in the Cinema.

I think that's possibly the ideal age as a really small kid being away from a toilet and too close to loud noises would have given my parents a really hard time.

Sorry, I'm just have a nostalgia moment and remembering when mint choc ices were a rare treat reserved only for the cinema...now they are a rare treat because I can't find anywhere that sells them especially a cinema.

I was about 8 years old when it was first shown on t.v. here in the U.K. , ive been hooked ever since.

I was about two years old when I first saw Star Wars. Obviously, I have no memory of "first seeing it." I obviously understood little as well, I am told I laughed my head off at the cantina scene though. But it's kind of nice having something always there in your life, since before a time you actually have memories of.

So I don't think there is any "correct" age to show a kid the film. I say show it them as early as possible, worked for me after all.

My two year old daughter has sort of seen both ANH and ESB in that I have had isolated scores playing (on OCP's Classic Editions) while she's in the room.  She only seemed interested when C3PO was on screen, perhaps because he's shiny?

You kids today are soft! We're doing this 80s style. You're 4 years old now so get ready for Mola Ram!

I wasn't allowed to watch Temple of Doom or Back to the Future Part II for quite a while when I was younger.

I remember being very excited when I finally got to see BTTF2, then being very dejected after it was over and there wasn't anything "bad" in it.

I think "Star Wars" is good for any kid. The violent death of his aunt and uncle happen off screen so the horror is mitigated.

ESB and ROTJ both have some intense shit in them, and my kid wont be watching them till he's closer to six or seven.

Ep. 1 and Ep. 2 are pretty benign, but Sith can wait till he's 8ish.

TheBoost said:

I think "Star Wars" is good for any kid. The violent death of his aunt and uncle happen off screen so the horror is mitigated.

Well, except that their skeletons are burning amongst the wreckage.  Having said that, I didn't even notice it when I was a kid first watching the movie.

TV's Frink said:

TheBoost said:

I think "Star Wars" is good for any kid. The violent death of his aunt and uncle happen off screen so the horror is mitigated.

Well, except that their skeletons are burning amongst the wreckage.  Having said that, I didn't even notice it when I was a kid first watching the movie.

 True, but its not the CONCEPT of death that concerns me. It's our boyish hero getting his hand chopped off and being tortured by lightning that strike me as a bit intense for youngins.

I get ticked every time Ackbar spoils the Empire's trap.

xhonzi said:

I wanted to follow-up with this question:

Has anyone that's seen ESB for the first time in the past, oh... 20 years been caught off-guard by the *Spoiler* *End Spoiler* scene?

Or anyone's kids?  I would assume that is some trick to pull off, given pop culture and all.

 I dated a girl in college who had a painfully repressed upbringing.

She had no idea. And was deeply concerned with if Leia ended up with Han or Luke.