Review of Return of the Jedi (1983) by Sheila Benson for Los Angeles Times — 21 Dec 2000
The Jedi return to us at last, older, wiser and frankly irresistible. Of all its many qualities, Return of the Jedi is fully satisfying, it gives honest value to all the hopes of its believers. With this last of the central "Star Wars" cycle, there is the sense of the closing of a circle, of leaving behind real friends.
It is accomplished with a weight and a new maturity that seem entirely fitting, yet the movie has lost none of its sense of fun; it bursts with new inventiveness. With Jedi, George Lucas may have pulled off the first triple crown of motion pictures.
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This review of Return of the Jedi (1983) was written by Sheila Benson and published by Los Angeles Times on 21 Dec 2000.
Return of the Jedi has generally received very positive reviews.
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