The two knights duel furiously with their light sabers and there are big battle scenes, with armies laid to waste and space ships erupting in great orange fireballs. But the violence is bloodless and often more industrial than fleshly or disturbing. Convoluted in its details, the story is easy to follow in broad outline.
Creatures tend to be amiable cartoon critters.
The film may be too much extravaganza for some of the littlest ones, though not all. They'll love the creatures and the spectacle. They'll be hooked, too. 13 AND UP Teen-agers generally will stay on board, but in some corners of the older reaches of this category there could be a cry for a little more edge and sophistication. For bureaucratic reasons that don't seem to matter much, the tiny planet of Naboo is singled out for attack by the giant Trade Federation, which is controlled by an electrostatic see-through presence named Darth Sidious.