'Sith' zapped with PG-13 rating.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April, 2005

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, all "Star Wars" movies received a PG rating. Not anymore. "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" has been given a PG-13 rating by the Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration. "Revenge" has received the PG-13 for "sci-fi violence and some intense images." (One could ask, on behalf of befuddled parents, exactly what "intense images" actually means.

Mostly, it means the MPAA's ratings explanations have gotten progressively muddled during the past few years.) The new rating means "Revenge of the Sith" contains material that "may be inappropriate for children under 13." Director/writer George Lucas earlier hinted his movie would be the most intense of the six...