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How would you have done ROTJ?
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5-Jun-2009, 8:38 PM

I know this may be a bit off topic, but this thread has slowed down lately, so I thought I would give my latest review of ROTJ.

I always loved this film as a kid, much more then ESB, now SW was, is, and always we will be my favorite.  In saying that I plopped in ROTJ tonight due to the Phils game not starting til 10PM on the East Coast, and no other baseball games on ESPN or MLB.

I have to say that this movie is not aging well through the years, as it almost to the point where I can only watch SW & ESB anymore.  I almost pop in ROTJ out of sense of obligation because it wraps up the story, which in a sad way is why I tried watching the PT many years ago because I wanted to see the saga as 6 movies.

There is a HUGE quality drop from SW & ESB to ROTJ, and it becomes more and more prevailent through the years.  The huge thing that really sets it apart from the first two SW films is the pacing, and I think the PT suffered the same fate, parts of the movie just lags, and you want to get to the good parts late in the movie.  The whole Jabba part drags, then it gets good with the sailbarge, Yoda, and then lags at Endor, but that is about 60% of the movie until Luke finally gives himself to Vader!

I don't know there will always be a soft spot for Jedi with me because I remember seeing it as a kid and loving it, but I have to say SW & ESB are really the only ones I watch anymore, cause they are still great.

Sorry for getting off topic.