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  When are kids old enough to watch Star Wars?
April 21, 2009 11:43:58 AM    View the profile of Japheth 
I found this article pretty funny. Admitedly, and this may shock some of you, I didn't get around to watching Star Wars until I was about 9 or 10, but that was mostly my own fault. I don't really do movies.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=38467

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Quote:One bar scene features "space" drinking, smoking, and shady characters, resulting in the loss of one character's limb and the shooting death of another.

First comment is pretty good, as it amounts to "The original films are campy, just let him watch it."
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  RE: When are kids old enough to watch Star Wars?
April 21, 2009 12:54:00 AM    View the profile of Anival Velasquez 
Heh, it seems like an overcontrolling..........mom.........

and i was 13 when i saw starwars for the first time.
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  RE: When are kids old enough to watch Star Wars?
April 21, 2009 1:28:53 PM    View the profile of Cosmic 
First time I got a glimpse of Star Wars... I think I was 8.

First time sitting down and watching it fully... Probably 9 or 10.
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  RE: When are kids old enough to watch Star Wars?
April 21, 2009 4:09:32 PM    View the profile of Bloodhound 
I've been watching Pumpkinhead, Leprechaun and various other movies featuring horror and gratuitous bloodshed since well before I was six. Star Wars is almost a kids movie, ooh space drinking. Shite, shelter the kids and they'll end up getting kicked around once they hit the real world. I know; sheltered kids are my favorite, they're just so trusting.

Also, if you think about it, compared to alot of 'kids' movies, esspecially older ones, Star Wars is pretty tame. I mean shite, if you really think about it, Lion King was almost worst.
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April 21, 2009 4:35:24 PM    View the profile of Fury 
Here is another point of view along similar lines.
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April 21, 2009 6:14:35 PM    View the profile of Japheth 
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April 21, 2009 8:03:21 PM    View the profile of Aeos 
I was 9 or 10 when I saw Episode 1
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April 21, 2009 8:50:33 PM    View the profile of Japheth 
Geez, you youngin's. I was in high school when Ep1 hit theaters. :P
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April 21, 2009 8:57:23 PM    View the profile of Stewart-Power 
I have been watching Star Wars ALL my life. (even as a baby). Although the first time I wanted to watch it I probably about 6.
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April 21, 2009 9:02:13 PM    View the profile of Havock 
Parents took me with them when they saw ROTJ in the theaters...I was 3...now I feel old.
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April 21, 2009 9:22:52 PM    View the profile of Atrasin 
i first saw Star Wars (Ep. 4) in it's opening week in 1977...i was 9.

my nephews first saw Ep 1 when it hid video and every subsequent release in theatre. they are 11, 10, and 6
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April 22, 2009 4:51:45 PM    View the profile of Njall 
First saw an episode when i was like 8, though i was more interested in yelling at the guys with guns than watching
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May 5, 2009 9:14:50 PM    View the profile of RK 
I remember vaquely asking my dad what Star Wars was in fifth grade when I was about 7.... That was around the time Episode 1 was coming out. So when I turned 8 I wasked to see the original episodes, been hooked ever Since.
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May 14, 2009 10:07:01 PM    View the profile of moorechris 
I was in 3rd grade when I saw my first star wars movie
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May 16, 2009 8:39:29 AM    View the profile of Krill0312 
I was about 6 when I started watching star wars.  My cousin used to bug me with it and kinda forced me to watch it.  Now I guess I owe him. 

Last year my daughter which was 2 1/2 at the time woke up from her nap and I was watching Episode 3 and when she woke up I turned it off and she screamed like you wouldn't believe for me to turn it back on.  I felt bad cause of the violence that is has but it made me proud.  So yea I got her a shirt that has Darth Vader on it that says "I am your father"  which she loves.
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