SPECULATION How Dark Will They (be allowed to) Go?

Someone posted it was rated PG-13 already. I don't remember where I read it on here though.

 

My guess is: GotG-level dark.

 

Nevermind, this was debunked by Viral.

 

That was me. Haha

As far as how dark the movies will go, Pirates of the Caribbean was pretty dark. Remember George was very careful about letting go of Star Wars, think partly because, he feared they wouldn't follow what he laid out. Eventuality Disney agreed, so I wouldn't worry too much. Think they'll go fairly dark.

 

What would you put in Star Wars that isn't there already to push it to a MA rating for a HBO show ?

 

I'm up for change but i think thats taking it too far. You can do a'lot with TV-14/PG-13 these days, i don't want Star Wars given the "Game Of Thrones treatment".

 

Lets remember this is DISNEY its going to be aimed at a mass market family friendly popularist audience, maybe the odd head being lopped off like in the PT. Having said that I have always longed for a dark and gritty Star Wars story line. More complex and suprising aimed at an adult market. Think the remake of Battlestar Galactica. More middle aged SW fans than kids Im betting. What do you think?

 

Well I think there are two ways of looking at this. I can safely presume that almost all of the new movies will abide these standards:

1- They definitely won't go darker than ROTS or TESB
2- The definitely won't go darker than Pirates or Lone Ranger. And, yes, both of those are Disney movies that had some pretty dark elements.

Pirates had a rum drunk pirate who had casual acquaintances with several different port sweeties as well as a plethora of adult themes and, oh yeah, topless mermaids (although we didn't see anything.) And the Lone Ranger had a house of prostitution, a brother lusting after his sister in law and a cannibal bad guy. So I doubt we'll see anything that gets darker or more graphic than these standards, BUT I think they will push it to some extent.

 

Age of Ultron is going to be pretty dark so probably along the lines of it.

 

Episode 7, despite what we've seen leaked so far, doesn't seem like it's going to be a particularly dark movie. Abrams has been pretty clear about his intention to make a movie that harkens back to the fun, adventurous spirit of the original 1977 film, and I tend to believe him on that point.

That said, even the original film had some pretty rough moments in there. Five minutes into the movie we saw the villain audibly snapping the neck of a prisoner he was torturing for information, a bit later in the picture the hero sees his family laying incinerated in front of him, etc.

I don't think we're getting squeaky-clean G-rated Mickey Mouse Club pablum, of course. But for this first ST film, I think we'll get an old-school Star Wars adventure, with the seeds sown for something darker and more substantial in Episode 8.

 

Not entirely sure how dark they will go with this specific movie. Anyone who is comparing it to ANH is probably hitting it pretty close.

Regarding how dark you can go at PG-13, you can go very dark. R ratings are really more interested in nudity and foul language, thematically you can get as dark as you want in PG-13. Its tough to find a movie bleaker than The Dark Knight. Terrifying Joker, Terrifying Two-Face, making people kill each other with pool cues just for fun. Dark.

 

i would definitely love to see someone strong with the Force utterly destroy someone. think Force Unleashed with levitating some poor Peedunky (Peedunky? c'mon mods, who the hell says that? lol), then rip his arms off and blow up his head like a meat-filled melon: POP! i want to see that brutal, animal, dangerous side of the Force.

seeing a Wookie tear someone's arms off while they're mad could also be a pretty epic...

 

I've said it before but Disney knew what they were buying, and what they bought has a surprisingly dark and gruesome history that somehow manages to avoid being portrayed as such. Let us recap what Disney bought:

A 6 film franchise that includes:

-The dismemberment of heads, hands, arms and torsos.

-the incineration of bodies.

-mass genocide of a pseudo-religious order.

-death during childbirth

-the mass slaughter of people, including Sand People and young children.

-multiple examples of torture.

-multiple strangulation

-the destruction of entire planets

-mild incest

-people being eaten alive by monsters, pits, and Teddy bears

-the death of mothers (A Disney Favorite BTW)

-and of course, the classic image of a man having his limbs chopped off before being burned alive near a river of lava


So, with that in mind, I think VII will have just a slightly darker tone than ANH, and that by IX it will have a level of darkness on par with III, but likely with an uplifting ending closer to ROTJ.

 

I always thought Battlestar Galattica (2004 ) found a balance, that would have suited starwars on tv or film.

I will keep on dreaming for now.