Fathers, sons and Ewoks...

Rating: 9/10 (17 November 2005)

After the excellent Episode V, the original Star Wars trilogy comes to an end with a more children-friendly, yet still a bit tragic, third installment: after saving his friends from the revolting Jabba the Hutt, witnessing Yoda's death and learning new secrets about his origins from his deceased master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) prepares for the final confrontation with the Emperor and Darth Vader, aka Anakin Skywalker, the father he thought had died years before. He has a difficult choice to make: bring back his daddy or, in case that's impossible, kill him. In the meantime, the Rebels are getting ready for the ultimate battle against the Death Star, rebuilt after its destruction in the first film.
The saga has lost none of its magic, as we approach the conclusion while still hoping it will go on some day.
Now, let's talk about the one thing die-hard fans dislike about Return of the Jedi: the battle on planet Endor, more exactly the inhabitants of said planet, the teddy-bear like Ewoks (the originally planned Wookies were to expensive to achieve). They may have been created for business reasons rather than creative genius, and they may seem a little stupid since their technology ain't a touch on the rebels' or the Empire's. Still, they're cute and enjoyable, not to mention more memorable and better than a certain Jar Jar Binks...
The Empire Strikes Back is the king, but Jedi is a worthy, though underrated, ending (?) for an amazing saga that began a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
9,5/10