STAR WARS - EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
Featuring: Mark Hamill; Harrison Ford; Carrie Fisher
Director: Richard Marquand
As is often the case with many good things the birth of the Star Wars phenomenon was not an easy one. After his initial success with American Graffiti in 1973 budding filmmaker, George Lucas, wanted to make an epic sci-fi movie. First he tried to obtain the rights to Flash Gordon but when that failed, he decided to create his own space adventure taking place in some distant galaxy. But none of the major studios seemed to be interested. Fortunately at the time 20th Century Fox was looking for something a bit different. So they decided to take up the gamble... and boy, did it pay off big time!
The destruction of the Death Star in Episode V left the Empire vulnerable. And while the Emperor himself decides to join Darth Vader in personally overseeing the construction of a new one, the rebels see this as an excellent opportunity to launch an attack at the very heart of the enemy. But before the battle can commence, Luke (Mark Hamill) and Lea (Carrie Fisher) must first rescue Han Solo (Harrison Ford) from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt...
This final episode neatly wraps up the entire saga, including answers to the questions that arose from the original trilogy. The recently released Episodes VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) both of which I've seen, as well as the yet to be released Episode IX is an entire different kettle of fish. With actually very little in common with the 'original' six episodes, it is rather Star Wars for a 'new generation' if you will.
Be that as it may, I rate Return Of The Jedi 4 out of 5 stars as well.
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The final scene as it appears in the digitally remastered 2008 version of Return Of The Jedi
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