I was 8 when I saw all three movie on 4:3 bootleg VHS few months after the release of ROTJ)
I must confess the only movie I really wanted to see at that time was ROTJ because of all the creatures I saw in the trailer on theater. While I really liked Star Wars and Empire, I was just waiting to see ROTJ and liked that movie very much.
Like I said I was 8 (or maybe 9), now I can see ROTJ is the weakest of all three, but I just can't hate that wonderful movie.