Ryan McAvoy said:

I guess by "technicaly a better film" I mean that ESB runs smooth from start to finish, flawless at every point. Where as ROTJ has highs and some lows. But the highs are so very, very high. i.e.

Sarlac pit / Speeder chase / Greatest space battle ever commited to celuloid / Throne room sequence

ESB has no momments to touch the exhileration of the first 3 of these sequences. Vader and Luke in cloud city is on a par with the end of ROTJ though.

I see, you find the setpieces more impressive than in ESB. IMO both the opening batttle on Hoth and the chase through the asteroid field beat all three of those examples, not only in technical achievements but more importantly in drama. That's also why I think the greatest space battle ever committed to celuloid is still Star Wars '77.

Ryan McAvoy said:

Plus ROTJ introduces us to great characters like Jabba and The Emperor who are easily as good as ESB new characters (Lando and Boba).

Jabba is a fantastic creation and I liked Ian's Emperor but I would much have preferred a less Disney-esque cackling sorcerer, after the original mysterious and calculating Emperor we got a glimpse of in ESB I expected something else but Ian is great.