10 Most Inappropriate Moments In Star Wars
7. Droid Torture Makes Its Presence Known - Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi
Whether it makes any real sense or not, there's still no getting around the fact that Star Wars boasts a rather disturbing instance of pretty extreme torture in the opening stages of Return of the Jedi.
Coming as C-3PO and R2-D2 get to know the ins and outs of Jabba's Palace, the two loveable droids are soon exposed to the sight of a Gonk droid being flipped upside down and having its feet scorched by another sadistic robot in the crime lord's torture chamber.
If the visual of a helpless little bot being burned alive wasn't bad enough, though, the scene also seems to suggest that droids can actually feel pain in this galaxy far, far away, with the Gronk unit letting out squeals of anguish before the scene also highlights another droid being horrifically dismembered.
Now sure, the fact these machines are technically little more than bolts and circuits takes a bit of the edge off of the horror. Yet, there's still no escaping the reality of Episode VI getting the ball rolling with a moment that would've likely been classed as anything but PG had the bots been replaced with living beings...