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Post #350154

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CO
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Return of the Jedi: the worst OT film?
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Date created
23-Mar-2009, 4:06 PM

ROTJ just doesn't have 'it' to me, as 'it' defines a great film.  It is really hard to explain 'it' but when you watch a great film, you know you have just witnessed greatness, and ROTJ just doesn't have 'it'.  SW & ESB have 'it' but ROTJ and the PT just don't. 

In saying that, I still enjoy ROTJ because it is the 3rd of a trilogy, and they are rarely great anyway, so you have to keep that in context when watching it.  It has some good moments, some great moments, and some bad moments, all have been named numerous times on SW websites. 

I will say that the one thing that really loses me as a SW fan is having the audience sympathize with Darth Vader, which later continued on as the story of the PT.  Sorry, but I just could never do it, as that story never resonated with me, as I rooted and cared about Luke, Leia, and Han, and once Lucas made that left turn shifting the story towards Anakin Skywalker, that is where he lost me as a fan.