Day 159: Return of the Jedi (1983)

Movie #105 – Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) - 134 min, cert U.

Han Solo’s friends must rescue him from Jabba the Hut’s palace where he is still frozen in carbonite, then rendezvous with the rest of the Rebel Alliance to launch an assault on a new Death Star which is being built. A small team consisting of Han, Luke, Leia and the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO must take out the force-field generator on the nearby forest moon of Endor, while Lando and Chewbacca in the Millennium Falcon lead the main attack fleet.

I prefer this film to The Empire Strikes Back. Clearly, the relative positions of the two films in the list implies that I’m very much in the minority with this point of view. This is a very jolly, feel-good film, with a nice happy Hollywood ending, while the other is much darker. There’s more action in this film, which appeals to me, and I like the Ewoks – they’re cute, cuddly and a bit of fun.

Score – 8/10. Not as good as the first one, but better than the second.

Next up is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I saw this film when it first came out, but I don’t recall it being good enough to merit a place on this list.