I can't believe this movie is not NC-17

Rating: 1/10 (23 May 2005)

Like many people, I am a major fan of Star Wars and was excited to go and see this movie. I have to say that it was a major disappointment, not only was the acting terrible, but it included a scene in which a 8-12 year old child was gunned down in cold blood by a clone trooper. Seeing adults killed is bad enough (I expected that), but to see the senseless murder of children is something that is deeply offensive to me (I am a father of 2). I knew that the story included the fact that the younglings would be killed, but I can't believe they actually showed it! Especially in a movie only rated PG-13, something like that should be at least R if not NC-17. There is no way a teenager should be allowed to watch that kind of violence. What is it going to take before people say that this kind of violence is going too far, are we going to watch a PG-13 film with children being skinned alive and tortured next? Up to this point the most offensive film I had ever seen was Primal Fear in which they show a pastor directing a 3-some with 16 year old kids (I was surprised they even were allowed to publish that movie), but at least it was rated R, so you knew there was something offensive in it.