Return Of The Jedi

Rating: 5/10 (24 August 2013)

Return Of The Jedi is the worst Star Wars film.
Many may be surprised to hear this, but Return Of The Jedi is definitely the Star Wars film I enjoy the least. The film is hurt by the first third of the film, the rescue of Han Solo. It does nothing to proceed the plot, it's overly long, it's filled with ridiculous things (droid torturing) as well as unnecessary action scenes (Rancor fight) and prevents the film from dealing with more relevant stuff.
Additionally, all characters except for Luke Skywalker are abandoned. Han Solo has become a caricature who gets nothing to do after he has been freed. Leia, who had potential, was let down by the writers and had to stay on Endor and become as redundant as Han Solo. Her family history has been wasted. The second Death Star is unoriginal and boring.
Luke, the Emperor and the fate of Darth Vader are the only redeeming qualities of the film. But that's 30% at best.
5 stars.