Sith Is Not For Kids...

Starwars creator George Lucas is reported to say that the latest offering in the Starwars series, "Revenge of the Sith" is not suitable for kids here. This is despite the fact that Starwars toys are heavily marketed to children. From the article:

“…Sith" is too grim and too intense for 5- and 6-year-olds, according to the
filmmaker himself.”

“George Lucas said he is already taking heat from parents who are bracing for trauma or tantrums — the former if they take their young children to "Sith," the latter if they don't.”

“The light-saber massacre occurs off-screen, but the framing scene and the glimpse of corpses afterward…”

“Far more explicit is pain that Skywalker suffers later in the film; after a climactic light-saber battle on a lava planet, the villain howls from the loss of limbs and the graphic charring of his flesh.”

“Worse than gore, Lucas said, may be watching a father turn evil and a family splinter in "Sith."”