As a teenager ROTJ was my favourite of the SW OT, and as many of you have posted here previously it is perhaps the pinnacle of traditional optical effects from the pre-digital age (I would also add Predator 2 to that lot).

Now that doesn’t mean the movie is without flaws, particularly with Lucas rehashing the Death Star and Leia being outed as a Skywalker. I’m pretty sure Lucas pulled that one out of his arse when he couldn’t come up with a better way to solve Yoda’s line in TESB (No. There is another), and it also raises another question: how come Vader immediatly identifies Luke as his son but remains completely unaware of Leia being his daughter until the Battle of Endor? The conversation between Vader and Leia at the beginning of the first SW makes it clear they’ve interacted before, and he couldn’t sense anything when being around her?.

Musically I also think ROTJ has the weakest score of the OT, as whenever I want to enjoy the score of the OT I find myself skipping ROTJ, dunno but it simply isn’t as memorable or as captivating as its two predecessors.

Unlike many I’m totally fine with the Ewoks, although I find it hilarious how an adult male in a full suit of armour is instantly killed by a Teddy bear throwing a rock at him.

I’ve read that Gary Kurtz originally wanted ROTJ to end with Han dying, the Rebellion in tatters, Leia assuming leadership to continue the struggle and Luke walking away from everything. Curiously these elements have been incorporated in the ST.