The best STAR WARS film in the franchise.

Rating: 7/10 (27 April 2015)

STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI is the third film released in the saga, but was chronologically the final STAR WARS film, until STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS, which is releasing in December 18, 2015.
The evil Galactic Empire, under the direction of the ruthless Emperor Palpatine, is constructing a second Death Star in order to crush the Rebel Alliance. Since Palpatine plans to personally oversee the final stages of it's construction, the Rebel Fleet launches a full-scale attack on the Death Star in order to prevent it's completion and kill Palpatine, effectively bringing an end to the Empire once and for all. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker, the Rebel leader and Jedi apprentice, struggles to bring Darth Vader, who is his father Anakin and himself a fallen Jedi, back from the Dark Side of the Force.
The story is not the best story, but George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan wrote an amazing screenplay and it is really fantastic to see on the screen. Richard Marquand directed this film and he did such an incredible job. The movie is not bad, but it gets really good, with the 132 minute running time, the introduction of new characters, characters and everything else. The space fights and the lightsaber fights and the end of this film had a really good climax. My favorite scene in RETURN OF THE JEDI is the final fight between Luke and Vader.
The acting is once again top-notch and this was a good conclusion, but I am glad Disney and Lucasfilm are now doing the sequel trilogy (Episodes VII - IX) and I really think that this was a great idea, because a lot of fans wanting these three since REVENGE OF THE SITH, came out in 2005.
The music and visuals are once again good and the Special Edition made a few changes, but I still like both versions of this movie and the space sequences and the lightsaber duels could not have been worked out any better.
So, overall, I love RETURN OF THE JEDI. I know this is the weakest of the original trilogy of films, but to me, it concluded the franchise and the original trilogy of films brilliantly and fantastically. There are major flaws, but I can still see why this is the best and worst of the trilogy. 7 out of 10.