*OFFICIAL THREAD* What Will Episode III Be Rated

maybe gl will convince them to make up a new rating PG-SW

which means, i can do whatever the crunk i want because my waddle said so...

 

It's not content, it's context that will make Ep III the first Star Wars to be PG-13.

 

PG as usual


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[Lando]I'm telling you, this film is looking more PG-13 all the time...[/Lando]

 

I don't know how many times I'm gonna have to say it...

You'd be surprised how much they can fit into a PG rating. All the Star Wars films have had numerous dismemberments, gun battles, and countless violent deaths. Heck, the very concept of Star Wars is based on two large civilizations blasting the hell out of each other!!!
And heck, the first two Indiana Jones films had some pretty extreme stuff in them.

And if worse comes to worst, EP3 could always "appeal" for a PG rating. Remember the abysmal 2002 film, Solaris? The one with George Clooney? It was originally going to be rated R (for so many shots of Clooney's butt, I guess) but the producers "appealed" for a PG-13 rating and got it.
Since this is Star Wars and the execs know how big it is, I'm sure they'd extend EP3 a similar courtesy. It could start out PG-13 but "appeal" for a PG rating without having to make too many cuts.

 

And heck, the first two Indiana Jones films had some pretty extreme stuff in them.

Yes, and Temple of Doom was the first ever PG-13 film.


Again, it's not the content of violence, it is the context.

 

There's no way one of the films will be different than the others in terms of rating. I think all of this talk by the OS on they don't know how it could possibly maintain a PG rating is hype to pull in the interest. It's all good.

 

No question, DS. I believe it's all OS hype.

 

Ready? Here comes the rating


PG


(the crowd goes wild)

 

If the violence is as it has been said to be, then I expect a PG-13 rating.

I certainly hope that GL doesn't trim it down just for the sake of a PG rating.

 

i want it to be PG-13. i just have a feeling that it will be a PG-13 movie, and then they'll take out certain sections, which will royally suck, so that it can get the lower rating. man i hope GL makes the movie he wants to make, and doesn't worry about the rating. and where are you guys seeing these burnt anakin pictures?! i gotta see this.

 

Ep. III is PG...but not OT PG. PG films today get away with things that films in the past would have never been allowed to shoot. 'Jaws' received a PG rating in '74 despite its blood, frightening images, and adult language. Had a PG-13 rating been around at that point, it would have received it...as for Ep. III, I don't expect 'Jaws'-like blood or "foul language." I don't think that Lucas will have to do much editing, either...the MPAA won't give it a PG-13 rating unless it goes too far, and I don't think it'll go quite far enough.

Peronally, I'd like to see Ep. III get a PG-13 rating; showing the duel without having to conform to MPAA standards would be nice, but Lucas won't do it. It's just my gut instinct. I'd be happy to be proven wrong. (Even 'The Last Crusade' was PG-13 after two previous PG films...there's always a chance.)

 

"(Even 'The Last Crusade' was PG-13 after two previous PG films...there's always a chance.) "

If you read what someone posted approx 5 posts above you, then you would know that The Temple Of Doom was the first PG13.

 

'The Temple of Doom' was the film that inspired the PG-13 rating because of its content. It was rated PG because there was no place to put it. Controversy began after its release as a PG rated flick. 'Crusade' was the first Indy film rated PG-13.

 

If you own the boxed set, take a look...(I had to double check just to make sure I wasn't screwing something up.)

 

Temple of Doom was the reason PG-13 was created, but it was not actually rated PG-13. It was rated PG.

 

Thank you, Dehrian.

 

The MPAA will want to make it PG-13. Lucas will show up at their offices with a dump truck full of money and low and behold: PG it is.

 

Not a bad point, Lando; he'll fight to get it PG. Film-makers always try to get away with as much as they can...GL is no exception.

 

there is no way that all the stuff the spoilers indicate can happen and get a PG rating, hes going to have to edit heavily and for stuff just to be implied and explained and get a PG rating, Killing little kids and the Anakin after the duel will be to intense for a PG movie, having Anakin in fire screaming in Pain and being burnt is not PG material, i think it sucks but there is no way that can happen.

 

Sure Anakin screaming in pain and on fire may not be PG material. But Airplane was PG and it had naked boobies!

 

You'd be surprised what the movie could show.

The MPAA was quoted on the difference in the ratings for the LOTR and SW prequels, particularly as to why FOTR was rated PG-13 while AOTC was PG. I'm not quoting exactly here, but the official statement was that, while both were fantasy, LOTR took place in a real world setting with real weapons, and it was possible that some children could see the film and get the idea to play with swords and injure one another. However, SW was obviously fantasy, and you can't just run down to the nearest store and buy a working lightsaber, nor levitate objects with the Force, so it was rated more lightly.

The MPAA does not rate on amount of blood shown or whether they think children will get nightmares. Spielberg talked the MPAA out of rating Jaws R, for instance, by arguing that no child was going to see the film and decide to eat bathers. What the MPAA's concerned about is whether children will see a film and get copycat ideas. This allows the SW films to be a bit more graphic and still have a PG rating.

 

there is no way that all the stuff the spoilers indicate can happen and get a PG rating...

Spoilers are unofficial information brought to us by unofficial sources. When Lucas edits his movie down to the 2 hours like he wants it; he will make it so he gets the rating he wants.

For example, for "Raiders of the Lost Ark", for it to have a PG rating, there needed to be a column of fire in front of the guy whose head blew up at the end.

So if Lucas needs to, we will see columns of fire in front of a bbq'ed Anakin. It will be PG when it is all pieced together and complete. Right now it's still raw and we are getting it uncensored. Kinda like girls gone wild.

 

there will just be certain scenes even in Star Wars that can not be shown in a PG movie, Anakin burning alive would just be to intense for a little kid, even though it would make the movie more dramtic,it will not be able to be shown, and i don't know why AOTC would even be consider to be PG-13, the only scene that would have borderd on that would be the Tusken scene, and in the making of Episode II book, it said that scene was not shown and only described, is because it would be to dark for a Star Wars movie, 3 will be PG, alot of editing and things just implied, or cut away from scenes real quickly like the Tusken scene.

 

Anakin burning alive would just be to intense for a little kid,

Jaws showed a kid getting eaten by a shark, Raiders showed faces melting off their skulls. Both were rated PG.