I was 10 years old when Jedi came out and absolutely loved it in back in '83.

I just remember leaving the theater utterly jazzed and thought it was so much better then Empire at the time. If anyone has read my previous posts, you all know I have done a 180 on Empire and Jedi, and Star Wars has always been great to me. But here is how I felt towards Jedi in '83:

-Jabbas palace: I was fascinated with this part of the movie back in '83, as I remember seeing a behind the scenes documentary on PBS that summer on how they made Jabba move with 3 people controlling it. I just thought Jabba was the coolest fucking thing in the world, and the build up of him over the years made it that much more special, as that is the reason why he should not be in the ANH:SE, or TPM.

-The Ewoks didn't bother me in '83 because I was 10 years old, and I was still a kid.

-I was also fascinated with the Obiwan/Luke conversation about Anakin on Dagobah. To me this explained everything I wondered since Empire, and it was like I finally got all my answers to Star Wars!

-The last 45 minutes of Jedi blew my mind in 1983, as that was always the crown jewel of the movie. The Death Star fight, the Endor fight, and Luke fighting Vader, couldn't ask for anything else as a 10 year old kid!

I have to say when Star Wars was over in 1983, the Trilogy was the greatest thing to me in the world, and Lucas was a pure genius. I often wonder if Lucas stopped after 1983 and just walked away, would I give Jedi alittle more leeway???