Why return of the jedi is the best

Marvel' Release Date to How To Watch on Peacock. We have an Inception button! Some of those feelings are about merchandise, some are about theme parks, and some are about long-overdue advancements in diversity both in front of and behind the camera which have led to a galaxy far, far away that is no longer tied to the white male heroes of yesteryear.

Yes, of all of them. So where to begin a defense of Return of the Jedi? The knocks against ROTJ end up falling into a few familiar buckets:. My only defense here is that Han Solo was never the most important Star Wars character for me.

As for Death Star II, it looks worse now that The Force Awakens used Starkiller Base and made it seem like Star Wars only knows how to do big, round battle stations that shoot laser beams that destroy planets. Well, the 16 years between Jedi and The Phantom Menace had its ups and down with a barren patch between and where only a handful of comics and some roleplay games were released. Then the return of Star Wars via the novel Heir to the Empire,. But no cinematic sequel to Jedi ever came. Until this December.

You could argue that Jedi not only rounded off the original trilogy but set the stall for the sequel trilogy. Put it another way, How many films wear out their welcome before they end? So there you have it, 12 reasons why Jedi rules.

Stay tuned, because there are just as many fans out there willing to give 12 reasons for each of the saga episodes released so far. Poppy Logo. He becomes a Jedi Knight, bests his father in lightsaber combat after being hopelessly outmatched in The Empire Strikes Back , and refuses to let his anger get the better of him , which leads to the restoration of peace in the galaxy.

Ben Sherlock is a writer, comedian, and independent filmmaker. He's currently in pre-production on his first feature, and has been for a while because filmmaking is expensive. In the meantime, he's sitting on a mountain of unproduced screenplays. You can catch him performing standup at odd pubs around the UK that will give him stage time. By Ben Sherlock Published Jun 14, After the scenes on Tatooine, the movie relaxes somewhat, focusing instead on dialogue rather than big action sequences.

However, this changes for the third act of the movie, where there's so much going on. At the same time, on the ground, Han Solo, Leia Organa, and Chewbacca - with some help from the Ewoks - manage to get the space station's shields down. And, in the skies, Lando Calrissian leads the charge to destroy the Death Star. Some believe so much action made the blockbuster disjointed, but we reckon it helps make the movie one of the most entertaining of the lot.

Return of the Jedi was a movie where George Lucas chose to tone things down to help make the movie easier for children, some of which had been left feeling a little flat following the dark Empire Strikes Back. So he decided to create the Ewoks, which due to their cute and cuddly nature, turned out to be huge marketing material. Lucas created them solely for the intention of making money through merchandise, and just about everybody, including Harrison Ford himself, has admitted they weren't keen on them.

For that reason we agree - but we must admit we still wouldn't decline a hug from one. However, it turns out that George Lucas wasn't done with the twists there and chose to hold another back for the final installment of the original trilogy.

We are, of course, referring to the revelation that Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa were actually both Vader's children. They had been hidden from the Empire for their own safety, and it means that Leia, like her brother, is capable of using the force.