Why is the 1977 Star Wars film not rated G?

What's this about E.T. trying to be PG-13? *bewildered*

Anyhoo, all of the Star Wars films deserve their PG ratings. While they may contain little to no blood or swear words, people do die left and right, people lose limbs, and are even subjected to torture. In animated form these acts may seem a little less real which is why you may seem similar things in a G movie, but in a live action setting, even a fantasy one, children under 6 may be frightened or disturbed by what they see.

L8r

 

"As for you claiming that a preschooler's ability to seperate fact and fiction are based on my parenting or lack thereof only leads me to believe you have no children and if you do, in my opinion, you have a lot to learn my friend. "


Gee Sithlover sure told me. I guess those two little humans living in my house, ages 5 & 7, who eat my food and call me Daddy are just visitors, but at least they know the difference between a movie and real life. I detemined this by words they use. Like Play. "I'm playing Star Wars Daddy" operative word being playing. My kids knows when you "play" you are using your imagination and it is not real life. But than again I'm not a parent so who am I to say?

 

Red Dawn: First film to rated PG-13

I always thought it was Dreamscape, but it was the second PG-13 movie, release just two months later than Red Dawn...

 

">>That sounds like the reasoning for "E.T.". This was why Spielberg put the word "penis" in the film - to go from a PG to a PG-13 rating.<<"

"um- ET was rated PG in both it's versions. Why would Spielberg want a PG-13 on a film aimed at being a family film?"

Well, I'm just going off old memories. That being said, I do know that "penis" was put in to change the rating. I guess it was from G to PG. I'll have to research it to be sure.

 

Yeah, Spielberg added "penis" to E.T. because lord knows kids weren't going to be traumatized enough with E.T.'s death.

I think you're confusing stories, here. When the E.T. DVD was being prepped, rumors were flying that the "penis breath" line was going to be taken out to make the film more family friendly. But that never happened. Spielberg has never added something intentionally to the film to up the rating. Like I said, the frozen and dead E.T. was enough to warrant a PG rating. Not only that, but there were actual cuss words in the film (the "S" word, for instance) that would have warranted the PG rating. He didn't need the "penis breath" line for that.

L8r