it's the best of the three to me anyways. no way, it's a keeper

critically, ROTJ was the weakest of the trilogy. i even remember not liking it as much as a kid when i saw it in the theaters (compared to empire or new hope), for some of the reasons stated in the link above. like many things vintage, as time passed, people tend to forgive the faults.

Riiiight. Whether or not the shield generator was operational had no effect whatsoever on the outcome of that battle. They just destroyed it for the helluvit.

As for Viet Nam. The Vietnamese were well-equipped with firepower. They didn't fend off US troops with only rocks and sharp sticks. I highly recommend reading some history books that don't come with a box of crayons.

And sadly, I find myself agreeing with every one of 'em.

Meh. Read it a long time ago. A lot of it's seriously reaching just so he can fulfill the "50".

Well, it was a matter of going to the light or the dark side and since you were standing there in the light, Jack, I ran the hell the other way!

I can't take a list seriously which lists "bad effects" as a negative but cites "speeder chase" as a good thing. The speeder chase effects as are bad as or worse than anything else in the movie. It looks worse than the "driving car" effect they do on SNL.

The same book actually also lists "10 reasons why Jedi Rocks" or something like that. One mention is that the Imperial March never sounded better during the Emperor's arrival on the Deathstar. Yet on this "list", music is one of the bad things.

No.No.No.

What I don't get is, if you react this strongly to Return of the Jedi, how can you stomach the special edition changes to Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back? I'm not bothered by any of it, mind you, but the RotJ hating mindset usually comes from purists who feel it was the beginning of Lucas' slide that eventually led to the Special Editions and the prequels. I would have thought in this mindset the Special Editions were a greater crime than RotJ (which I realize is also a special edition, but the "double whammy" aspect of this seems beside the point).

luke should have been an introspective, brooding, emotional ghost for much of Jedi (because of everything that went down in ESB) and yet right off the bat, he swaggers around like a bad ass and cracks smart ass quips like he is trying to be a mini-Han Solo.


the only point in the movie you get an honest sense of what this character should be going thru, is in his talk with leia before he bounces off to tell his father how wonderful he is.

Aside from being a completist, why would you keep trash that you don't want?

Go for it Wannabe.

And yet you took the time to participate in it. The concept is simple, if you aren't going to participate in the discussion, then don't post in the thread.

See my post above.


Also, there is no need for name calling.

And finally, a combination of a threadcrap and an insult. Terrell, I'd suggest that you stick with comments like the middle portion of your post instead of the ones at the beginning and the end.

Uh,... Wannabe is actually his name.

He has got you there.

C'mon. Laugh with us.

Nope, I'm keeping mine. I enjoyed RotJ.

This may seem like sacriledge here, but actually I find that Empire is the weakest of the three films. Oh, I still like it, but I just didn't feel that it had enough action, as did Jedi. I think that what made Clones a much disliked film. The only good part was the final Batte of Genosis. The rest was dreck. Well, actually, I always viewed Clones as the prequal version of Empire. I mean you had your asteroid chase, your land battle, and a lightsaber duel. In Phantom, you had a space battle, a land battle, light saber duels, and a bunch of stuff on Tatooine along with the pod race which could double as the speeder-bike chase from Jedi. With Empire, you had a land battle, asteroid chase, and a light saber duel.

i will come to the defense of the original poster. if you dont like the film, get rid of the film. there is no point in him keeping a movie he doesnt want. the collector mentality of DVDs have gotten nuts. the guy doesnt like the movie, if he can get a few bucks for it then cool, break up that mint box set with the perfect corners and just keep what you want.

as for people getting mad about another worthless star wars post, they all become pretty worthless because fanboys dont like to be told their beloved sucks, and lucas bashers dont like fanboys. its like a michael moore thread, it always goes to the same place and becomes worthless.

Darn, beat me to it...ROTFLOL

It would be interesting to see how all 6 films are viewed in 20 years. Maybe the first 3 (ep1-3)will become classics.

I liked Jedi so no I wont.

I'm going to buy the box set so I can throw it in the trash.
Or better yet, and more cost effective is to wait until I get the original versions. Or, the most likely to happen, to wait forever until the original versions come out.