Star Wars Episode 1

Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace is the least violent, and least scary Star Wars movie. It has many kid friendly characters such as Jar Jar Binks, which younger kids will love.



There are some moments of mild sci-fi violence the strongest when the villain Darth Maul is sliced in half. There is spray of red and the two parts of his body fall, which could disturb younger kids. If the kid is under 8, parents should cover there kids eyes for this scene. There are other moments of violence, for example when people are shot with laser blasters by battle droids, there is no detail in any of the violence.



The film also contains mild threat and scary moments, the main villain Darth Maul could scare younger viewers. When he is in the film, there are strange whispering sounds, which makes him very menacing. His horns and scary makeup is quite creepy as well. At the end of the film the main character is killed by the villain and he falls to the ground, this could be quite upsetting for younger viewers. There is a scene where the main characters are chased by a giant scary fish, then a bigger fish eats the fish that was chasing them, and it's quite intense. There are also scenes which a young child (Anakin) is in danger.



Depending on the child this movie should be suitable for kids over 6.