Star Wars: The Force Awakens, hitting theaters Dec. 18, will be rated PG-13 for “sci-fi action violence,” according to FilmRatings.com. This makes the seventh film in the franchise the second consecutive installment to receive this rating, following Revenge of the Sith in 2005.
This seems about right. PG-13 seems to be the standard for big-budget action films these days, so I’m not going to presume that this means The Force Awakens will be any “darker” than previous films in the series. Plus, the PG-13 rating didn’t even debut until 1984, after PG-rated Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom horrified parents for their graphic content, so who’s to say that The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi wouldn’t have netted the the harsher rating if they were released later? It’s not like amputations and accidental incest are “kid-friendly.”
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