How is Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back higher on the Top 250 list than Return of the Jedi?

Rating: 10/10 (15 August 2001)

First off, I'm happy to see that all of the original three Star Wars movies are on the IMDb's Top 250 movies list. But to say that The Empire Strikes back is better than Return of the Jedi is ludacris!
The Empire Strikes Back does have a nice fight scene in the Battle of Hoth, but other than that, the movie's plot unfolds too slowly. Frankly, the whole Dagobah episode with Yoda is rather boring compared to most of the other scenes in all of the orginal three movies. Add to that the fact that Return of the Jedi has arguably the best land/space battle of all time and it grows harder and harder for me to see how Return of the Jedi is ranked #105 and The Empire Strikes Back is ranked #16.
I can't help but notice the order of the Star Wars movies on IMDb's Top 250 list is in the same order that the movies were released (A New Hope at #7, The Empire Strikes Back at #16, and Return of the Jedi at #105). Contrary to the overwhelmingly popular opinion, the quality of movies does not always follow the order in which the movies were released!
I apologize for my harshness, but seeing the large gap between TESB's ranking and ROTJ's ranking gives me great sorrow - especially since I just looked at the Top 250 list for the first time today.
For those of you who are die hard Star Wars fans I would ask you to re-watch both The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Look at the movies as a whole and think about their overall plots. Remember that in Return of the Jedi we find out Leia is really Luke's long lost twin sister, the second Death Star actually is quite fully armed and operational, and Ewok's can take on the Empire with their furry hands tied behind their backs.
For those of you who haven't seen Return of the Jedi, go see it. It is a great Science Fiction work of art. Give it a rating of 10.