Return of the Jedi Return of the Jedi Appreciation Thread

[Travesty]

This is still my favorite movie in the original trilogy. Granted, I still base this on my outlook of the original cuts. I totally understand people having only seen the newer Lucas versions, and being turned off by it. ROTJ got hit the hardest by the new edits.

 

[spiderman2]

Still my favorite star wars movie slightly ahead of TFA.

 

[Drizzle]

I totally understand people having only seen the newer Lucas versions, and being turned off by it. ROTJ got hit the hardest by the new edits.

"Jedi Rocks" only gets worse with age. I'm almost at the point where I need to fast forward through it, it's so obnoxious.

 

[Captain Tired]

Was just rewatching this and it reaffirmed itself as being my absolute favourite. The entirety of the third act and its constant cutting back and forth between the ground assault, the space battle and the throne room, is incredibly climactic and with a great emotional weight to it. I'm continually amazed that more SW fans don't consider Return of the Jedi to be the franchise's finest hour.

 

[Captain Solo 33]

 

[Erzengel]

'Return of the Jedi,' 'Selena' and 'Sounder' added to National Film Registry

Star Wars, the first Trilogy to be in the National Film Registry?

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[The Caped Knight]

SWCE 2023: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Will Be Back in Theaters for 40th Anniversary Celebration

 

[sueb1863]

Wish they'd also put A New Hope back in theaters. I don't think it's had a theatrical rerelease since 1997.

 

[Erzengel]

I got tickets for Saturday. I hope it's enjoyable. Heard a lot of good things.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[Erzengel]

I'd buy that poster.

 

[JoshB1980]

This is my fave film of the OT, for one main reason - the unbridled emotional weight between Luke and Vader. Mark and David Prowse both embodied their characters so well, and James Earl Jones' lines just added even more to the intensity. Ian McDiarmid's first entry as Palpatine was so deliciously evil; you could tell he was enjoying the part like crazy.

As for the rest the film, it was pretty good; I even liked the Ewoks. Carrie Fisher would later complain about her infamous slave-girl outfit, comparing it to "something supermodels would wear, in the ninth circle of hell". But on the whole, I think the bulk of the movie still holds up - its a great sendoff for all the main characters, and to be honest I don't think we needed any more sequels following that point.

 

[Lantern Venom]

Since I didn't see an OT merch thread, I hope that it's OK to post this here. I finally got my hands on the ROTJ Hot Toys Luke Skywalker: