I love this movie so much

Simply A Masterpiece

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

As Mel Brooks proclaimed in "Spaceballs": it's "the search for more money". All questions are answered and all the villains and heroes that need to die, to finish the saga, do so and become immortal. The empire is defeated, and Hans Solo gets his girl. The Ewoks save the day, and manage to do it without upsetting anybody's prejudice. Humans make a tasty "roast beast"! The "Special Edition" with added scenes and enhanced picture and sound add a bit of "snap" to the whole thing. I still think that the Emperor was an unnecessary character and that Darth Vader was evil enough without him. Love those "AT-AT Walkers" and "Cycle Speeders"!

I thought this was a typical film ending for the 80's, the good guy always wins.But I thought the beginning seemed rather badly written if I'm honest. Here Luke and Leia plan to rescue Han from Jabba on Tatooine. Despite freeing Han the plan fails and Leia captured, and when Luke appears he too is captured (and dropped into th Rancor pit to die, however predictably this ends with Luke surviving the death of the Rancor) they are all sentenced to death at the Sarlac pit. This however was all part of their plan as Lando, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 were already in place to help them and turn their execution into an escape. What kind of a rescue plan is expected to fail from the start? I can understand having a plan b just in case, but everything about this shows they knew exactly how events would unfold, why else would they place Lando, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 in Jabba's palace. How would they get them out if Han's rescue had been successful?Now a little controvential opinion, Ewoks.Han and his team go to destroy the shield generator on Endor in order to destroy the second Death Star, however before they can set charges to destroy the base an Imperial army then ambushed them and fight against the Rebels. The fight soon turns to the Imperials advantage however the Ewoks then join the fight; using primitive catapults, trip ropes and stones they somehow defeat the Imperials and enable Han to destroy the shield generator. The Ewoks seem like they were only placed in the film as a means of ensuring victory for the Rebels, the Imperials would have defeated the outnumbered Rebels were it not for them, and the idea that such primitive weapons could defeat the Imperial troops seemed a stretch anyway.Prior to this Luke left Hans team and allowed himself to be captured and taken to the Death Star to confront Palpatine and Vader where he is forced to fight Vader, Luke bests the Sith Lord however his compassion for Vader (after he revealed himself as his father) stops Luke from killing him. Instead he throws down his weapon and faces Palpatine unarmed. Palpatine attacks Luke with his Force lightning however before he can kill Luke, Vader switchesd allegiance. Driven by love for his son Vader lifts Palpatine and throws him down a chute into space and kills him, this act however damages his life support suit and soon after he too dies. Vader seems like a very selfish man and an unreliable ally, having already turned on the Jedi in Episode III when he saw an opportunity to help himself (to save Padme) and now again to save Luke.The Death Star is then destroyed, typically just as Luke escapes with Vaders body and he holds a private Jedi funeral on Endor attended by ghost Obi-Wan and ghost Yoda (the ghost of an old man then appears and is presumably Anakin) meanwhile everyone else has a pre-fight party in the Ewok village. The remastered version is good how the head of the old man ghost is replaced with the head of Hayden Christiensen (who playes Anakin in the Prequel series, as this presumably depicts Anakin the last time he was a Jedi) But where is Qui-Gon who was hinted at being able to appear as a ghost to Obi-Wan while in hiding on Tatooine between the two trilogies? In the remastered version they also show clips of worlds across the universe celebrating the destruction of the Emperor, which is odd since word cannot have spread that fast?

While the movie suffers many issues, mostly with pacing and the whole Ewok segment in the second act, the ending does proof that the sixth entry (at the time was the third) is a powerful and memorable one. All the characters continue to develop correctly as they're face with challenging obstacles that give shape to the overall story. The acting this time was the best out of the entire original trilogy. Every cast member (including Jabba The Hutt if you want) played his or her part professionally and handled their roles profoundly. The third act is pure sci-fi beauty. The space battle remains to this day one of the most iconic. And the whole throne room scene is pure brilliance; the emotional weight surrounding it is what really takes the scene to another level. We also get to see Vader's journey come to a very beautiful, peaceful end as he realizes what value he is missing: Family, which is a central theme throughout the movie.

Return of the Jedi is an example of a film that had to many changes before release. Changing Chewbacca's planet to a teddy bear planet. removing Lucas's original idea of Luke going on a quest for revenge and replacing it with a reunion with daddy. Jedi proves it's no simple task being a Star Wars film. While the actors still give their all, the alien design is still good as are the landscapes. It's the plot itself which kills it, not to mention some dumb character deaths (Boba Fett anyone?) Return of the Jedi lacked the darkness, depth and intensity of Empire. I'll never be able to understand how anyone can rate this 9 or 10 stars. It's just plain bad. I don't recommend it, it's a terrible ending to the original trilogy.