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So, the two predecessors of Return Of The Jedi were giant successes and this was being released around the time where threequals were being released and were failing to reach up to the satisfying standard of the two predecessors in a trilogy, there was perhaps like lots on the makers of Return Of The Jedi's shoulders. This was as much of a success as the first two (better than A New Hope but doesn't beat The Empire Strikes Back).
There have been quite a few trilogies that have ended badly but there are some that have ended amazingly that did live up to the predecessors like Return Of The Jedi did (Back To The Future: Part III, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith and The Bourne Ultimatum are other examples. This was perhaps the most emotional of the original trilogy and most thought-provoking too. It is like stuck in the middle between quite a slightly light-hearted film (A New Hope) and quite a dark film (The Empire Strikes Back.
Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new, indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has been imprisoned, and Luke Skywalker has sent R2-D2 and C-3PO to try and free him. Princess Leia - disguised as a bounty hunter - and Chewbacca go along as well. After this, Luke discovers that Darth Vader really is his father and that rocks his decision whether to fight him again and kill him. The final battle takes place on the moon of Endor, with its natural inhabitants, the Ewoks, lending a hand to the rebels. Will Darth Vader and the dark side overcome the rebels and take over the galaxy or will Luke redeem his father and become the good Jedi Knight that he once was?
Mark Hamill shows once again that he is Luke Skywalker! I mean, could've slightly improved on emotion and having the courage to step up to Vader and the Emperor but still did a good job. Harrison Ford was again amazing as Han Solo. Despite this was made after Raiders Of The Lost Ark, I do think that the Indiana Jones character came from Ford's portrayal of Han Solo so there'd be no Ford-Indy without Ford-Solo just like there'd be no Indiana Jones franchise without Star Wars seeing as they were both created by the same guy: George Lucas. Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia wasn't only awesome acting but made her even more sexually attractive that she already is especially in that slave outfit she was in during the time they all have with Jabba at the beginning parts of this film. Ian McDiarmid was awesome as the Emperor! Weird because he is 20 years younger here than in the prequels and his character in the originals is older than in the prequels but in the prequels, McDiarmid is 20 years older but his character is 20 years younger than the originals. He delivers great performance from him in this one and awesome from him in the prequels too.
I somehow find it ironic and quite unusual that Star Wars is a George Lucas franchise but my favourite Star Wars films aren't even directed or written by George Lucas. Richard Marquand is probably only known for this like Irvin Kershner is for The Empire Strikes Back and despite they're both not very well-known directors except for these two Star Wars films, they are both a lot better directors than George Lucas is. Kershner may have The Empire Strikes Back more epic but Marquand made Return Of The Jedi more emotional so they're about even on terms of who directed better.
Overall, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return Of The Jedi is an absolutely brilliant science fiction film that is a great end to a legendary franchise! Well, end regarding episode and timeline order but not the end of Star Wars. There were the prequels but only Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith turned out a success critically. It is my second favourite Star Wars film after The Empire Strikes Back.
