Review of Return of the Jedi (1983) by Keshav P — 26 Dec 2015

*Spoiler Alert* The Star Wars series has reached new lows. In the last movie it was nice to see Han Solo being more involved in the story than Luke Skywalker. But in this movie Solo is barely seen and viewers instead are forced to put up with whiny Luke and Mark Hamill's wooden performance.

I can't complain much about Carrie Fisher's performance as Leia. However, she was probably so high on cocaine that she thought what she was filming was actually real. George Lucas just had to mess things up.

The first 45 minutes of this movie is a rescue mission for Han Solo where we see so many disgusting creatures (played by puppets of course) their only objective in the movie is to sell toys to kids. Unfortunately, this trend doesn't stop! Halfway through the movie, we're introduced to teddy bear like creatures called Ewoks who somehow are able to defeat an army of stormtroopers.

The love triangle that has been apparent throughout this trilogy is resolved based on the reveal that Luke and Leia are siblings. How convenient. This twist doesn't do anything for the story except make way for Han and Leia to be together.

What a waste. Having Leia be Darth Vader's daughter opens up so much potential but Lucas doesn't do a thing with it. The final battle was absolutely ludicrous. The emperor's motivations are never made clear.

He's just bad for the sake of being bad. And all of sudden Darth Vader becomes good??? You can really pick this movie apart from any angle. From the awful George Lucas puppet creatures, to the pointless story line.

From annoying C3PO having more screen time than Han and Lando combined, to the equally annoying Luke Skywalker being on screen. The final chapter of the Star Wars trilogy does not live up to the hype at all.