John Doom said:

Frank your Majesty said:

Star Wars is again reduced to mindless action sequences. "It wouldn't be Star Wars without epic space battles." So where is the epic space battle of Empire?

I'd even say the first "epic" space battle was the one in Jedi, since that's the first one with capital ships on both sides. The dogfights around the first Death Star are intense, but for me they don't qualify as "epic".

I don't know if the Falcon's chase sequences are "epic", but I'd like to watch more of them. Funny thing is that they aren't great because of the special effects, but because of their impressive visuals.

P.S.: I found ROTJ's space battles boring. Thankfully, they didn't last as much as in AOTC...

The Falcon's chase sequence doesn't even count as space battle. They are fleeing, not fighting. Irrespective of wether it's boring or not, the only big space battle of the OOT is the one in Jedi. I would even say the attack on the droid control ship in TPM isn't an "epic space battle". Jango chasing Obi-Wan in AOTC isn't epic either, there are just two small ships chasing each other around. This makes the beginning of ROTS the only other epic space battle.

Maybe I'm wrong, but to me the term epic implies some sort of greatness. If they would have said "It wouldn't be Star Wars without space battles", I wouldn't care at all.

Edit: But then, Empire still hasn't a space battle...