The saga ended...

Rating: Null/10 (27 November 2010)

weakly.
This film has its good moments, but in many ways, it seems to be an attempt to tie up all the loose plot threads as neatly as possible.
Overall, the notion is that Darth Vader redeems himself by turning on the emperor. Except we never really understand why because we never really understand why a supposedly good man (as Luke describes him) would support the emperor to start with.
Conversely, we can't really respect Obi-Wan and Yoda. They are essentially setting this kid up to kill his father.
Oh, yeah, and Ewoks. Did we really need the Ewoks? I mean, they were like little cannibalistic teddy bears? Were they serving Imperial Stormtroopers at that party at the end?
In many ways, I think the Star Wars universe has deep philosophical implications that are hinted at and never explored. Maybe because unlike Star Trek, the thing was always too busy selling action figures.