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* ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Return of the Jedi]]'', also produced by [[George Lucas]], was more kid-oriented than the well-received and [[Darker and Edgier]] ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', the previous film in the original trilogy. Interestingly enough, Lucas, who didn't direct either film, wanted ''The Empire Strikes Back'' to be Lighter and Softer, was eventually convinced to keep it in its current form, and ended up hiring a director for ''ROTJ'' whom Lucas would direct through.
** Arguably, [[The Scrappy|the Ewoks]] and their antics are mostly responsible for the lighter tone. The scenes that don't involve them (Jabba's palace, the Emperor, etc) are still pretty dark.
** In the prequel trilogy, ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' is noticeably lighter in tone. In contrast, [[Attack of the Clones]] 'and' [[Revenge of the Sith]]'' was substantially [[Darker and Edgier]]. (For comparison: In Episode I, Anakin is a kid; in Episode III ''he murders several kids''.)
* 1981 cult horror film ''The [[Evil Dead]]'' was generally nightmarish and horrifically gruesome. The sequel toned down all of this, and was deliberately goofier and somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but it still had plenty of blood and gore. It was funnier, not lighter. Finally, ''Army of Darkness'' completely did away with all elements of being a horror movie and was more or less just a silly parody of fantasy adventure films.
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