Take a deep breath, Michele. The magic of Star Wars lies in its all-inclusiveness. It is the movie that you can truly enjoy while taking your four-year-old kid. In fact, I recently introduced my 4 and 6 year olds to Star Wars and they LOVE them all. BUT, I do not feel that episode III is appropriate – too much un-Star Wars-like excessive violence (the image of Anakin burning with his legs lopped off is a bit much for young kids). Its a shame Lucas caved in to fans like you who couldn’t be content with a more wholesome Star Wars experience as in episodes I,II,IV,V, and VI. I was eight when I saw IV in the theaters and it hooked a whole generation of kids to a movie where good prevails; where you could be thoroughly and completely entertained without profanity or gratuitous violence and sex. If a few minutes of Jar-Jar helps hook a new generation, so be it.
