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Evening Standard
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Casey Cooper-Fiske

Star Wars film reclassified to PG due to violence and frozen Han Solo scene

A scene which sees Harrison Ford’s character frozen in carbon was part of the reason for reclassification (Doug Peters/PA) - (PA Archive)

Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi has been reclassified from a U to a PG due to its violence and a scene which shows one of the film’s heroes Han Solo frozen in carbonite.

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) had given it a U rating upon release in 1983, but said “the detail and overall intensity” of violence in the film meant that it was changed to PG last year for violence and threat, despite this being “offset by humour and an emphasis on loyalty in adversity”.

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