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    Not age appropriate for kids under 7, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10.

  • Is it any good?

    4.0

  • Common Sense says

    Far from the Dark Side, but some violence, ads.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 10 and Up

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    A few matching games, puzzles, loads of trivia. Kids can learn about the making of the animated Clone Wars and how to draw comic strips or characters. Crew and artists discuss how animated or other films are made and what types of people are involved in the creation of a film.

  • Messages:

    Much talk of the "dark side." Good versus evil is the basis of all Star Wars films.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    It's Star Wars through and through, and battle scenes abound. Like the films, there's plenty of sci-fi violence shown through video clips, games, action figures armed with weapons for sale, and in some of the info about the making of the art and special effects of the movies. Wars between characters, guns, lightsabers, grenades, and tons of battling can all be found.

  • Sex:

    Not an issue.

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    More than expected: commercials, animated banner ads, subliminal ads, and related game products pushed. There's also a store and a link to join the official Star Wars fan club which costs $14.95 a year.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Chewbacca, yes. Tobacco no.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About StarWars

Parents need to know that this nicely designed site plays homage to the stellar movies of the same name. Like the films, there's plenty of sci-fi violence shown through video clips, games, action figures armed with weapons for sale, and in some of the info about the making of the art and special effects of the movies. Wars between characters, guns, lightsabers, grenades, and tons of battling can all be found. However, the amount of advertising -- animated banner ads, commercials running before video snippets and lots of Target store tie-ins -- was a little surprising. If your kids stumble across the Star Wars online store, hide your wallet as there are many movie-related goodies to be purchased. There's also a link to join the official Star Wars fan club ($14.95 a year). Like the films, the site is also very creative: Kids can practice drawing, learn to make videos, and figure out how characters are related.

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