Story

Themes

Intergalactic war; abduction of a baby

Violence

Animated battle scene violence is shown throughout the movie, and there are lots of explosions and destruction. Most of the movie’s fight and battle scenes occur between robot droids and cloned humans where droids and clones are injured or destroyed. Blood and gore aren’t shown, but we do hear some clones crying out when injured. Fights between hero figures are stylised, with lots of leaps, tumbles, somersaults and flips. For example:

• A baby alien is abducted, held hostage and gets sick.
• During a battle scene at the start of the movie, we see explosions that hurl clones through the air in all directions. A clone is decapitated by laser fire, and several droids are cut in half by light-sabres. Large star ships fire at each other and explode in space, and there are images of explosions occurring inside the ships. Ahsoka places explosives at the base of a shield generator and the generator explodes. A man travels on a flying fox firing two pistols at droids, while Obi-Wan spears a droid through the chest with his light-sabre. Anakin and Ahsoka use their light-sabres to cut a destroyer droid in two, causing it to explode with pieces flying in all directions. We see a large hover tank and several droids aiming their weapons at Obi-Wan. A clone warrior is shot in the back and another clone calls for a medic. An alien becomes aggressive and flips over a table in a threatening manner with Obi-Wan grabbing it by the neck.
• A stretcher bearing the heads of four bounty hunters is presented to Jabba the Hut.
• While storming a high-walled monastery, Ahsoka climbs on the back of a large droid climbing the monastery wall, the droid falls smashing on the ground below, but Ahsoka manages to jump clear in time.
• A clone hits a droid hard across the face, and the droid’s head swivels around.
• Ahsoka decapitates a flying insect-like droid.
• A droid shoots a clone in the chest, the laser beam making a hole in the clone’s torso.
• There is an extended stylised fight between Obi-Wan and Ventress. Neither is injured and Ventress escapes.
• Ventress uses ‘the force’ to strangle a man (we see him struggling and trying to breathe against an invisible grip). She releases her power and the man lives.
• During a space battle between several droid ships and a ship flown by Anakin Skywalker, Skywalker shoots down a droid ship that goes spinning out of control and then explodes. Skywalker’s ship is hit during the fight and crash-lands, exploding in flames.
• Count Dooku attacks Anakin with lightning bolts shooting from his fingertips. They engage in a light-sabre duel with Anakin punching Count Dooku in the chest and knocking him down.
• Several droids with electrified staffs attack Ahsoka while she is holding Jabba’s infant son. Ahsoka appears shaken and remarks afterwards that being a Jedi is not easy.

Sexual references

None of concern

Alcohol, drugs and other substances

There is some use of substances in this movie. For example:

• Ziro the Hutt smokes a hookah-like pipe with a green glowing glass bowl.
• People drink from glasses in a nightclub.
• Ahsoka talks about giving baby Rotta a pill to make him better. She gives it to him, saying, ‘You will take this and like it’.

Nudity and sexual activity

There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie. For example:

• A woman is chained to the floor and wearing a tight-fitting full body suit. She dances to a drum beat while Jabba looks on with interest.
• Ventress wears a low-cut backless top that reveals cleavage.
• Ahsoka wears a top that shows her midriff.
• A woman dances in the background of one scene. We see the silhouette of her breasts and body.

Product placement

None of concern

Coarse language

This movie contains infrequent, very mild coarse language and some mild put-downs.

Ideas to discuss with your children

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an animated science fiction fantasy that targets a younger audience. The movie’s plot is very straightforward, making it easy for younger children to understand. Older children might be unimpressed with the movie’s wooden animation style.

These are the main messages from this movie:

• Experience must be valued.
• Duty to the greater good comes before personal wishes.
• People working together as a team can overcome what people working by themselves can’t.

You might wish to discuss these issues and the following values with your children:

• Heroism: the movie’s heroes risk their lives for one another and what they believe in.
• Compassion: Ahsoka shows compassion towards Jabba’s son when she cares for him and treats him with medicine.
• Responsibility: Anakin is made responsible for a young Jedi student and is told that teaching is a privilege and a responsibility.

This movie could also give you the chance to talk with your children about real-life issues, such as Anakin’s arrogant attitude and behaviour.