ROTJ is certainly my favourite of the OT films and possibly of the entire series. It brings the fun back into Star Wars. People who wanted another TESB are missing the point entirely. The saga has to end on a high note, all the good guys have to survive and the bad guy has to redeem himself. It is the very definition of the old adage "all's well that ends well". I still get a lump in my throat when Luke looks at the three spirits at the end (admittedly, the sight of Sebastian Shaw gave a warmer feeling - I don't object to Hayden Christensen, it's just not shot well and he's wearing the wrong clothes!).
Snobbery may be the reason the internet fans (who hardly represent Star Wars fans as a whole, let's face it) have turned their back on the film but I think it's more to do with the original fans who reached adulthood in the nineties and felt a bit embarrassed by a movie that had Ewoks in it.
Post #609634
- Author
- Easterhay
- Parent topic
- Since when did ROTJ become less highly regarded than even Episodes II or III?
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/609634/action/topic#609634
- Date created
- 23-Nov-2012, 6:52 PM