Gaffer Tape said:
Thanks for reviving my old thread! I enjoy seeing it again. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I enjoy Shadows of the Empire, which you hate. I consider the Jabba section the absolutely worst part of the OT (as my initial post exhaustively explains). Nothing we can do except continue on, I guess, although I would love to hear your opinions on why you think it's wonderful.

Jabba and his cronies were marvellously portrayed. The Jabba setting was thoroughly realized. The heroes got to do cool things. Luke came back all mature and confident and powerful and beat the crap out of Jabba's thugs. Leia got to kill Jabba. Han came back and killed bloody Boba Fett. It was fun. It was vivid and alive and well-imagined. It was enthusiastic and rousing. It was great for Luke, who really came into his own. It was hands down one of the most enjoyable parts of the trilogy. It was a classic example of the uncompromisingly positive and alive spirit that appeared in the OT but was absent from so much of the PT. I really don't get how anybody can fail to enjoy it. I hate it when people go on saying ROTJ was an inferior movie. It wasn't. ROTJ was a great movie that stands on the level of the first two movies. Sure, the ewoks weren't the best choice, but they're done well enough. With the Jabba section and the Luke-Vader-Emperor section and Vader's redemption, ROTJ has some of the best stuff in the trilogy. With the Jabba section Star Wars returned with a vengeance and the movie went on to give us a great piece of Star Wars. I remember when ROTJ came out it was the great return of Star Wars. It was my favorite movie for years. ROTJ was the most vigorous and alive of the OT, putting it at a polar opposite position from the dead-spirited PT.