I've always had mixed feelings about whether ESB or RotJ were better. Empire was always better to me as a well rounded dramatic experience. But, Return of the Jedi had the most dramatic moment in the entire series with its climax. The end of everything was the repentence of Darth Vader and the valuing of self sacrifice and I've always foudn that to be a beautiful message. Aside from the neat Death Star tunnel sequence, I have never considered the destruction of the second Death Star as being important in the film in any way, so I don't get the fixation with that plot element by the haters of the film. Still, ESB is a masterpiece at every moment, and the original Star Wars has to be number one based upon how many times I've seen it.