I honestly think Jedi is equal in every respect to the other two films in the trilogy. I just think when something works, it “works,” and even with its flaws it is still a classic. Things I love about Jedi:
The green lightsaber. A perfectly timed, visually interesting way to introduce Luke as a Jedi that means business this time. Great.
Interestingly, from what I’ve seen of the behind the scenes for ROTJ, Luke’s light saber was originally intended to be blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgB4gaY2dWE (pay close to attention to @1:05) but it didn’t show up very well against the desert backdrop. So it was changed to green to be more visible.
It was blue on all the original promotional material as well:
