http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/ROTJ-is-the-best-Star-Wars-film-discuss/id/15430
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Return-of-the-Jedi-Appreciation-Thread/id/17468
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Views-on-Return-of-the-Jedi-22-years-later/id/2999
Those threads all are better than this one because this thread’s title sucks.
I would suggest these threads as merge candidates as it does seem as if these points all deserve to be in the same place for the next time someone brings up the topic (which is probably inevitable).
As for the title suckage : http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Return-of-the-Jedi/id/17604/page/1#760426