Return of the Jedi was not the only film reclassified in the latest changes.
Abba – The Movie, released in 1978, was also upgraded from U to PG because of “mild sex references and language” in a “suggestive” song title and lyrics, discussion of a “sexual term”, and band members talking about one of them being given the title of “sexiest bottom”.
The BBFC also noted that the film features “mild bad language”.
It said the sequences were “no longer within our standards at U” despite upholding the initial rating for video and theatrical releases in 1987 and 2008.
Other films to be reclassified were 1947’s Black Narcissus, which went from U to PG due to “mild threat, violence, brief bloody images and discrimination”, and 1995’s Higher Learning, which went from 15 to 18 for “sexual violence”.
In the report, the BBFC also announced plans to strengthen its partnership with Amazon’s Prime Video as part of its collaboration with streaming platforms in the UK.
It said it hoped to establish a self-rating system similar to the BBFC’s existing agreement with Netflix.
