Pretty Good Flick

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2005)

This is the end of the original Star Wars Trilogy before Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and the upcoming Revenge of the Sith, where all the people come together to fight the greatest battle of all: survival, not to mention the truth reveled that Vader is Luke's father. Though many people consider this the weakest of the trilogy, its still a fine journey where we get to see our favorite characters one more time.
"Return of the Jedi" starts off with R2-D2 and C-3PO back in Tatooine where they head for Jabba the Hutt's lair. It's a plan from Luke Skywalker as a diversion in order to get Han Solo out of the carbonate where he is kept in secrecy. The droids are slaves to Jabba while Leia and Lando have disguised themselves as Jabba's henchmen as they pretend to turn in Chewbacca where Leia rescues Solo, but has become a slave to Jabba after being setup (not by Lando). Now Luke, who is a Jedi Knight goes to Jabba's lair where he tries to negotiate with the slimy creature, but falls into a trap where Luke battles a giant creature; like "Empire" Luke defeats the monster where Jabba wants the Jedi, Chewy and Solo dead. Luke saves everybody and escapes Tatooine where they head back to rebel base.
Before Luke goes back, he sees Yoda where the last great Jedi is ill and tells Luke that he cannot train him anymore as he must go off and defeat Darth Vader and the Emperor. He also tells him that Leia is his sister, where it's weird that she kissed him in "Empire Strikes Back" which I thought at the time, they might be a great couple.
With a team of rebel scouts, Lando Calrissen has taken the air with Han's Millennium Falcon as a leader where they must destroy the new Death Star; but Luke, Han, Leia, Chewy and the droids along with rebel scouts must destroy the shields inside the generator where troopers await to attack. They get help from furry creatures called Ewoks, who look like teddy bears, but can kick some serious butt. At the same time, many people consider this a weak point since the creatures looked to cute unlike the creatures we had seen in the first two movies where they were deadly and menacing.
Along the way, Luke talks to Leia where he wants to tell her the truth but can't. Luke than meets up with Darth Vader where he takes Luke to meet The Emperor who created the man in black; also wants his son to help him destroy the planets. As they meet the Emperor, he wants Luke and Vader to fight each other to the death where one would take the position of the Emperor.
While in Endor, Han Solo has feelings for Leia, but assumes that she is after Luke; and at the same time, everybody is captured by the Imperial as they try to get rid of the shields. The Ewoks help the humans and droids defeat the troopers as they bring down the shield generators.
In a fight to the finish, Luke defeats his father, but at the same time is being attacked by the Emperor as Vader kills the Emperor, where both the son and the father leave the Death Star before they get blown up. With the shields down, Lando and the rebel pilots destroy the death star once again as this time; there won't be anymore evil to defeat. Luke burns the remains of his father as everybody else is celebrating.
I love the Star Wars Trilogy, but I thought that the ending was weak compared to the first two where they were uplifting in drama and action. But with great action sequences and seeing all of the characters together again, Return of the Jedi proves to be a great conclusion to one of the greatest epics of all time.