I got an email from the folks over at CBS alreting me to the fact that George Lucas will be 0n 60 minutes this Sunday (March 13th). The stuff they’re going to be talking about has be even more reved up than I was already. Here’s an excerpt from the CBS site:
“I don’t think I would take a 5- or a 6-year-old to this,” says Lucas of “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.” “It’s way too strong.”
Lucas is referring to violent scenes in the film and also to Anakin Skywalker’s journey to the dark side in the climax of the 30-year-old series. “We’re going to watch him make a pact with the devil,” Lucas tells Stahl.
This new turn will include the former squeaky-clean Skywalker descending into Lucas’ frightening vision of Hell, a mythical planet composed entirely of erupting volcanos. “Yes…the lava at the end…it ends in Hell,” reveals Lucas.
“[The film] is much more dark…more emotional. It’s much more of a tragedy. My feeling is that it will probably be a PG-13, so it will be the first ‘Star Wars’ that’s a PG-13.” And that’s fine with Lucas. “I could pull it back a little bit, but I don’t really want to,” he says.
It looks like Lucas has indeed been listening to his fan base over the last couple of years. Well… I know what I’ll be doing Sunday night.
