Q&As About 'Star Wars': Star Wars is rated PG-13, meaning that it is technically allowed one F-bomb. Where would you put it?
On Quora, Ali Gibson asks: Star Wars is rated PG-13, meaning that it is technically allowed one F-bomb. Where would you put it? I replied: I wouldn’t. Star Wars, whether some of its adult fans like it or not, is not supposed to be an adults-only franchise. George Lucas, its creator, always intended it to be accessible to the entire family. Remember, the original film trilogy, especially the very first movie made, was based on the Saturday-matinee serials and action-adventure films that Lucas grew up watching on 1950s-era TV in Modesto, California. None of the sources that inspired Star Wars - whether they were classic war films, Westerns, or samurai “Easterners” such as The Hidden Fortress - feature coarse language. Additionally, not every Star Wars film is rated PG-13. Only the newer films (starting with 2005’s Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ) have been given PG-13 ratings. Point of fact: S...