PG-13 Star Wars

It's less than 30 days until Episode III. Get excited. So, as some of you may know, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, has been officially rated PG-13 by the MPAA, the first Star Wars film to gather such a rating. I've succumbed to spoilers for the new episode, so I'm pretty up to date on some of the things that seem to have given the film such a harsh rating. I've been really encouraged by what I've heard. I am a strong proponent of the idea that Episode III has to be very very dark. After all, Anakin's fall is basically the turning point of the entire Star Wars saga, and the climax of the prequel trilogy. In Episode IV, the story shifts more to Luke. But, when you think about it, these new prequels have changed the tamber of the entire Saga, in that it kind of moves to a story about Anakin/Darth Vader, rather than Luke. Of course, Luke is very important, but the his redemption of Vader becomes so much more relevant. Anyways, back to the violence. Jedi younglings are going to slaughtered, Jedi in general are going to be slaughtered, people are going to die, people's limbs are going to burned off by lava, it gets pretty intense. I maintain that this is necessary for the integrity of the film. Granted, the first two prequels have had some low points. I can admit that, but I still like them. But, from what I've been hearing, and from what I've seen and learned, Episode III is going to be so much more Star Warsy, in that it gets back to the roots. It gets back to personal relationships, especially between Anakin and Obi-Wan and Anakin and Padmé. What made the original trilogy so great was the intense personal relationships. Granted, these ones will be a lot darker and disturbing, but it's still getting back to what makes Star Wars so great. Plus, it will have INTENSE battle scenes, and the MOST INTENSE lightsaber duel ever. I hope everyone else is as excited as I am. In other news, I finished the bag of dark chocolate Darth Vader M&M's that have been on my desk for 17 days, so that was momentous. Tomorrow night I have to register for classes, etc, etc, etc. I turn in my medieval history research paper today, so my life will be so much easier. I actually had time today to relax, do homework, get ahead on some reading, and practice my trombone for a solid hour. It was great. I enjoyed it. Except they had Dole whip in the cafeteria today. I really hate Dole whip. There should not be any sort of dairy free ice cream, ever. It's going to be better tomorrow though, it's breakfast biscuit ( à la McDonalds) day in the morning.