Wow, a new thread by CO... what is this place coming to? :)

To go along with the crowd here, I don't think SW would have the impact without at least ESB and probably also RotJ. For my personal tastes, I'm glad to have the trilogy. I do wish RotJ was a little more inline with ANH and ESB, but I'm happy to have it as is if the alternative is not having it at all.

I may only like it because it's about Luke & Co. (not to be confused with Luke and CO), but I think the action is exciting all around-

We watched chapter 28 of AotCs last night because I got some new sound equipment this weekend I wanted to check out. I enjoy the soundscape of the scene and find it to have a good dynamic worthy of checking out my sound. Anyways, at the point where SPOILER Jango shoots his magic missile at Obi-Wan... you remember the one, the missing that takes 90 degree turns at 100 MPH and effortlessly navigates the asteroid field pursuing Obi-Wan? There's a shot in this scene where Ben's fighter is bobbing up and down, left and right to dodge the asteroids. It's much too fast and it looks, not due to the quality of the visuals, but due to the artistic direction of the animation, like a cartoon. We're talking Looney Tunes style animation here. At that point in time, my mind/spirit disengage from the action on the screen and it just becomes pretty colours. And a nice guitar chord.

And don't get me started on "Buzz Droids."

RotJ, with all of its faults, presents some exciting space combat and some thrilling ground combat. And the duel at the end I still feel is top notch. The prequels, in my esteemed opinion, can't compete at that level at all.