rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 1983
Directed by Richard Marquand; produced by Howard G. Kazanjian; screenplay by George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan
Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Sebastian Shaw, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, James Earl Jones (voice)
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
'Return of the Jedi' feels a little different from 'Star Wars' and 'The
Empire Strikes Back'. I am not really sure why that is but may be because
there are much more strange creatures in this movie than in the other two.
May be I say it wrong. In the other two movies the strange creatures lived
in the world as seen in the movies and they just passed by. In this movie we
take a closer look at the creatures. Consider an early scene with Jabba the
Hutt where he is having a party. We don't just take a short look at the
creatures (what happened in 'Star Wars' and 'The Empire Strikes Back') but
we really have to see them. Some of them are singing, some of them are
dancing, some of them are playing an instrument. After the movie I was still
able to picture them.
The party I am referring to is one of the first pleasures we see in 'Return
of the Jedi'. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) was frozen in 'The Empire Strikes
Back' and he still is now, hanging on the wall in Jabba's living place.
Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) comes to rescue him but she and the rest of
the gang, including Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), end up being caught. This
gives us a couple of other great scenes. One with a huge monster
underground, one with a huge monster in the desert (again, both scenes have
a creature as the main character), one with Leia in her gold bikini.
Of course our heroes have to escape and so they will. The evil Emperor and
Darth Vader are building another Death Star and the rebellions have to stop
that. The Death Star is located near a Forest Moon and that is where the
story continues. Skywalker, Solo and Leia need to shut down a shield there
but Skywalker also has to deal with Darth Vader and the dark side of the
Force. After the big secret in 'The Empire Strikes Back' another big secret
is revealed here, one we probably could have guessed.
In the forest we meet the Ewoks (we all know they are called Ewoks but in
the movie they are never meant once by name), nice creatures, and they
become friends and helpers for our heroes. Together they will save the
universe. The closing scenes with Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and the
Emperor are great. Again, the scenes with Leia and Solo were my favorites
and their last scene together is the way a last scene should be. After this
we have a couple of scenes that were not so great in my opinion, but they
look beautiful. The world of George Lucas, with all its special effects has
a great last chapter. We will remember the story, the characters, the looks
of planets, the spaceships and the music composed by John Williams.