I would like to quote the various paragraphs written above since you all have expressed my own opinion quite well.

But I'm too lazy to do that.

So, instead, I will just say: I like RotJ. I like it 3rd best of the OOT, and there's no comparison to the non-existant PT. I do wish the Ewoks were more fierce / the legion of the Emperor's finest soldiers weren't so gay. But I'll take them over RotS's wookies any day.

I think you can tell the vector that Star Wars was heading out on in RotJ, but I think the damage isn't done yet. It's easy to see the seeds of the SE nonsense and PT garbage, but they have yet to grow and blossom into the trainwrecks we know today.

And yes, very good stuff with the Emperor, Vader and Luke.