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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 324395" data-attributes="member: 23">Return Of The Jedi (1983) <img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vintagemovieposters.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F11%2FIMG_0626-2-scaled.jpeg&f=1&nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 558px" /> And the original trilogy is complete.Of all three films, I found Jedi the easiest to slip into. The revival of Han; the iconic (there’s that word again) scene with Leia in that bikini as Jabba’s slave; Vader’s visit to the new Death Star. All hit the right notes, and picked up the story in a way that was engaging.Everything I wanted to know was revealed, and then some. Favourite characters are revisited and the new ones are mostly greatly enjoyable. This is a film which took no effort at all to enjoy.It’s also a film in which - for the first two thirds, at least - the action was fun. Luke and Leia’s hover vehicle pursuit of the Stormtroopers through the forest is perhaps my favourite action sequence in the series so far. It’s one of those scenes I’d love to see on the big screen. And in 3D! But even on a TV screen, it really popped and had a dynamic sense of speed.But you can have too much of a good thing and unfortunately the final act’s battle just didn’t do it for me. There were a lot of different things going on and it was clear an attempt had been made to make it as entertaining as possible, but while it was enjoyable for five minutes or so, it went on for a further twenty or more minutes and I found myself getting bored. The saving grace were the cuts back to Luke, Vader and The Emperor which took us back to character, but that final over-long battle sequence negatively affected my enjoyment of the film overall, which is a shame as I’d been loving it up to that point.But, back to the greatness:Yoda’s return was very welcome, and his death quite touching. He’s definitely become a favourite character of mine.While Jabba isn’t a favourite character, his introduction (yes - I’m mentally removing that Star Wars added scene from my memory banks) was great, and the scene in which his pet monster graphically eats another creature was suitably gruesome and ugly.The Ewoks are, of course familiar to me from merchandise, cartoons and word of mouth. Who could not know what an Ewok looks like? They didn’t disappoint and I enjoyed what they brought to the film. Clearly they’re intended to appeal to a young audience, but it did so in a way that has a universal appeal. continued…</blockquote>

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