Perhaps the best trilogy of all time

Rating: 10/10 (13 September 2018)

Being a huge fan of the Star Wars universe, I'm giving the original trilogy a 10/10 score as a whole.
Succeeding The Empire Strikes Back, this movie concludes the epic story of Luke Skywalker and his companions. Throughout the third film our expectations are build up towards the confrontation between Luke and Darth Vader, and in my opinion, the conclusion, and more importantly the manner in which it plays out, is perfectly satisfying in relation to the characters we've come to know.
Return of the Jedi does not reach the same renown status of the previous two films in my book, but it comes close. The reason for this is the repeated plot with yet another Death Star (Which makes sense if you realize that the Death Star originally was planned to be the "final confrontation" in the original story-draft, but was incarnated into the first movie when they decided to split the screenplay into several movies).
The acting, the effects and the overall feel of the movies have, of course, aged over time, which in my opinion only contributes to the nostalgic feeling of the trilogy. It is remarkable how the vision of George Lucas has had such a groundbreaking impact on the history of science fiction, yet the trilogy still stands as universally accepted classics in today's mainstream media. However successful the prequels and ever-expanding sequels might be, the originals are cinematic marvels in my eyes.