Originally Posted by Razade
Attack of the Clones was PG. Revenge of the Sith was PG-13. Force Awakens was PG 13.
And Rogue One was PG-13, under Disney ownership no less.

Back in the 80s, I read a feminist review of the first Star Wars movie, and she was absolutely gushing about how awesome it was. I don’t remember who the author was, but she wrote how she’d gone into it expecting to hate it, and ended up loving the cosmic-unity aspect of the Force.

Honestly, both Star Trek and Star Wars have the ability to appeal to both children and adults, depending on the quality of the particular movie or episode. They often appeal to different realms of emotion—curiosity and optimism, heroism and adventure—but there’s a great deal of overlap, and for better or worse the Trek reboot films are often faster and rompier than some Star Wars movies. No accident there.

But each franchise promotes its own brand of technological optimism, and in that respect they're not so different at all.

Originally Posted by Razade
Except the PG13 rating didn't exist until 1984. A year after Return of the Jedi.
And PG-13 was prompted, at least in part, by general outcry after a scene in Temple of Doom.