The original plot was much better...

Rating: Null/10 (17 June 1999)

The original plot for ROTJ was far better. It took far longer to rescue Han Solo, and he eventually died as the big sacrifice in defeating the empire (as a retribution for his sins as a smuggler), the Emperor wasn't in it at all, it was the Wookies and not the Ewoks who helped defeat the Empire - and Leia was NOT Luke's sister, that was thrown in at the last minute to tie up a loose end. At the end she was supposed to become Queen of her people. Anyway, that didn't happen and the story was far too light after the darkness of The Empire Strikes Back, with only the climax between Luke, Vader and The Emperor having any significant power. But the main problems with ROTJ are:
1. Luke isn't as powerful and authoritative as he should be. He should be like Obi-Wan was in the original. He was a rookie in the original, strong but naive in the second, now he should be the mighty Jedi Knight the others suspected. But he isn't powerful enough. We should get the feeling that Luke really is someone of immense power.
2. Luke, who is supposed to be the main hero, doesn't actually do anything. Vader defeats the Emperor, the Ewoks and Han & Co defeat the storm troopers and the rebellion pilots destroy the death star. Luke just refuses to join the Dark Side.
3. The Jabba the Hutt scene at the beginning is actually the climax from Empire, so it should be there.
4. It begins with a big battle, has several fights in the middle and then ends with a HUGE battle. Okay, this is Star Wars, but we need more character development.
But still, it's a cool film with a cool name, and the music when Luke fights Vader is excellent. But I think it would have been better if Vader had sided with Luke against the Emperor, so the Emperor killed Vader and Luke destroyed the Emperor in a spectacular display of his Jedi power. Yeah, that would have been cool...