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Imrahil
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Since when did ROTJ become less highly regarded than even Episodes II or III?
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30-Nov-2012, 8:01 PM

Adium said:

Some weird people claim III > VI

 

those people are weird.

Yeah, count me in with them.  Jedi is one that I don't consciously avoid but I definitely don't watch as much as the others.  I hated the Jabba's Palace stuff, I hated the retread of the Death Star, and I hated the Emperor.  The forest battle isn't nearly as fun a setpiece as Hoth was, and the 2nd death star battle lacked any real drama.  I also disliked how different the "look" of everything was; the established "Rebels" for the first two movies look completely different in Jedi, there are tons of guys in rubber masks with speaking parts, Luke's gone emo, Han's been neutered, and there's an old man in a hood cackling at everything.

I remember reading the storybook in 1983 before I even saw the movie--I was that excited to know what happened--and when I finished I was just incredibly let down. I didn't really understand that at the time, I just knew I felt weird and didn't know what it was.  I recognized it again in 1999.

Sith, for all its flaws, actually feels like a Star Wars movie, and it's got an interesting story that I give a shit about. Jedi has like 3 scenes that are any good at all.  I just don't like it very much.


That said, it's still much better than the first two prequels. But so is...I dunno, Krull.