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thorr
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30 years: Your Memories of Waiting for ROTJ
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12-May-2013, 2:00 PM

I remember waiting in anticipation for RotJ.  Empire left so many unanswered questions for me.  Was Darth Vader really Luke's father?  Would it be possible to unfreeze Han?  How would it end?  How would the rebels overtake the massive forces of the Empire?  Would Luke turn to the dark side if he killed Darth Vader, so he was damned if he did and damned if he didn't? Luke didn't have a lightsaber anymore.  Could he get another one?  A bunch more I can't think of right now.


Then I remember the first magazine articles and pictures showing a bit of what was to come.  I felt Revenge of the Jedi seemed strange and thought it was interesting that they changed the name and a good idea.  I was excited to see Luke had a new lightsaber and thought the green version was cool.  I was a bit surprised to see Leia dressed up in a funky bikini and felt that it didn't really go with Star Wars. After seeing it, the whole Jabba part always kind of sucked for me and I always was looking forward to get past that part of the movie (yes Carrie Fisher looked great, but it wasn't Star Wars for me).  Seeing Han in the pictures was cool but spoiled the fact that he would be unfrozen.  I liked the new ships with the wings that folded up.  I couldn't wait to see the movie and when I did, I got to see it twice which was unusual for me.