see you auntie said:
Sluggo bought up ROTJ being slow but one could argue the ESB especially for children is slow. Admittedly after a stellar opening all you get before the final duel is a chase in the asteroids. Now this is not a criticism (it's the 'slow' moments that allow for meaning and character) it's extremely dumbing it down but as a kid maintenance and repairs on the Falcon hardly got me excited.

You could make that argument about Star Wars, too! The whole R2/3p0 scene in the desert, R2 getting captured by the Jawas, all the Vader/Tarkin chit-chat, etc. I think Star Wars takes a lot longer to get going than the other 2 films do.

I showed the OT to two kids for their first time several years ago, and the boy couldn't sit still thru the first 30 minutes of Star Wars. I kept telling him to sit down and watch, and he kept saying stuff like "when does it start getting exciting?" :-P