Star Wars Collection

Mark Hamill

Harrison Ford

Carrie Fisher

Billy Dee Williams

Anthony Daniels

Peter Mayhew

Sebastian Shaw

Ian McDiarmid

Frank Oz

James Earl Jones

David Prowse

Alec Guinness

Kenny Baker

Michael Pennington

Kenneth Colley

Michael Carter

Denis Lawson

Tim Rose

Dermot Crowley

Caroline Blakiston

Warwick Davis

Jeremy Bulloch

Femi Taylor

Annie Arbogast

Claire Davenport

Jack Purvis

Mike Edmonds

Jane Busby

Malcolm Dixon

Mike Cottrell

Nicki Reade

Adam Bareham

Jonathan Oliver

Pip Miller

Tom Mannion

Margo Apostolos

Ray Armstrong

Eileen Baker

Michael Henbury Ballan

Bobby Bell

Patty Bell

Alan Bennett

Sarah Bennett

Pamela Betts

Danny Blackner

Linda Bowley

Peter Burroughs

Debbie Lee Carrington

Maureen Charlton

Willie Coppen

Sadie Corre

Tony Cox

John Cumming

Jean D'Agostino

Luis De Jesus

Debbie Dixon

Margarita Fernández

Phil Fondacaro

Sal Fondacaro

Tony Friel

Daniel Frishman

John Ghavan

Michael Gilden

Paul Grant

Lydia Green

Lars Green

Pam Grizz

Andrew Herd

J.J. Jackson

Richard Jones

Trevor Jones

Glynn Jones

Karen Lay

John Lummiss

Nancy MacLean

Peter Mandell

Carole Morris

Stacie Nichols

Chris Nunn

Barbara O'Laughlin

Brian Orenstein

Harrell Parker Jr.

John Pedrick

April Perkins

Ronnie Phillips

Katie Purvis

Carol Read

Nicholas Read

Diana Reynolds

Danielle Rodgers

Chris Romano

Dean Shackelford

Kiran Shah

Felix Silla

Linda Spriggs

Gerald Staddon

Josephine Staddon

Kevin Thompson

Kendra Wall

Brian Wheeler

Richard Marquand

Howard G. Kazanjian

Lawrence Kasdan

George Lucas

Robert Elswit

Tom Brown

Chris Walas

Bill Hargreaves

Roy Beck

Stephen Calcutt

Jack Dearlove

Roy Everson

Erica Simmons

John Williams

Gary Summers

Tracey Eddon

Julius LeFlore

Sandi Gross

Glenn Randall Jr.

Colin Skeaping

Malcolm Weaver

Dickey Beer

Marc Boyle

Bob Anderson

Peter Diamond

Frank Henson

Larry Holt

Ted Grossman

Alf Joint

Billy Horrigan

Bob Yerkes

Paul Weston

Vic Armstrong

Peter Brace

Martin Klebba

Margarita Farrell

Wendy Leech

Paul Huston

Phil Tippett

George Hull

Selwyn Eddy

David Tomblin

Alec Mills

Alan Hume

James L. Schoppe

Norman Reynolds

Fred Hole

Ben Burtt

Sean Barton

Duwayne Dunham

Marcia Lucas

Mary Selway

Michael Ford

Harry Lange

Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Nilo Rodis-Jamero

Nick Dudman

Graham Freeborn

Kay Freeborn

Stuart Freeborn

Paul LeBlanc

Mike Lockey

Patricia McDermott

Richard Mills

Peter Robb-King

Tom Smith

Douglas Twiddy

Michael Cassidy

Reg Bream

Robert Watts

Roger Christian

Jim Bloom

Robert Latham Brown

Miki Herman

Louis G. Friedman

Roy Button

Russell Lodge

Christopher Newman

Michael E. Steele

Eric Jewett

Pamela Mann

Patricia Carr

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Edlund

Drew Struzan

Wendy Rogers

Joe Johnston

David Fincher

Dennis Muren

Ralph McQuarrie

Adventure

Action

Science Fiction

Return of the Jedi

Lucasfilm Ltd.

United States of America

This is not quite Bantha fodder.

Following on from the freshness of Star Wars (1977) and the all round greatness of craft and story telling that was The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi was always going to struggle in comparison. That's not to say there are not fans who prefer it of the original trilogy, because there are many, and like minded fans of George Lucas' space saga shouldn't have a problem with that.

However, it is the weakest of the three. The characters we have come to love, and to be a part of their universe, are performed with gusto - but they are mostly thinly written, reduced to playing second fiddle to special effects, while the dark heart has been replaced with - well - smokey hokey (furry teddy bears with sticks and stones, I ask you). Then there's the lack of sexual tension so evident in the previous two films. Oh we love Han and Leia because that's love! But one can't help missing the sparks that was once between them - and Luke of course, hmm...

Yet for all that, of the irks and complaints, Return of the Jedi is still a thrilling film, the budget up on the screen to entertain the children and the adults with the child within. Characters and creatures wander into this wonderful world for super impact. The Emperor, Jabba the scene stealer, Rancor and Sarlaac, while the speeder bike chase, further lightsaber shenanigans and the space battle ensure the action is never far away - even if one can be a little underwhelmed by the big finale not all it can be.

Ultimately it was not without faults, but still it was one hell of a conclusion to a genre defining (then) trilogy. 8/10

_**Fun, cute, imaginative, iconic space adventure with a kick-axx cast**_

"Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi" (1983) was the anticipated end of the original trilogy that began with the initial blockbuster from 1977. The trilogy is an epic, but simplistic space fantasy about an evil empire and the noble souls who dare to fight it. The main cast features Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian), Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Ian McDiarmid (Emperor) and the voice work of James Earl Jones (Darth Vader) and  Frank Oz (Yoda).

This is an amusing, inventive, iconic space adventure with a stellar cast that upped the ante with edgy cuteness. While I prefer the adult-oriented space science-fiction of Star Trek, I can’t deny that the space fantasy of Star Wars always grants you an entertaining couple hours. 

This one features lots of sci-fi action, cartoonish characters, great sets, Carrie Fisher at her fittest in an alluring costume, space ships, alien bogs and awesome forest sets (shot in the Redwoods of Northern Cal). Ford and Williams are at their charismatic best. Even the more obscure Hamill shines as the boyish hero and the Darth Vader story arc is notable. Then there’s RD-D2, C-3PO and Chewbacca.  

The film runs 2 hours, 11 minutes.

GRADE: B

Arguably the weakest (comparably) of the original trilogy, yet <em>'Return of the Jedi'</em> is still an excellent film!

Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher remain a thoroughly enjoyable trio. I did find parts of the plot a little similar to 1977's <em>'Star Wars'</em>, due to the Death Star stuff, but overall I unquestionably enjoyed the 135 minutes.

The score is great again, while the new bunch of characters are cool. There are some memorable moments in there, as we see the first spate of films come to a close very nicely. I'm very intrigued to see where things go with the prequels, hopefully they continue to hit high marks.

CinemaSerf

This third of the original Star Wars films is probably my weakest. Possibly because the writing is not too tight but for me, more so because the "Ewoks" take over the thing and they are just stupidly annoying. What had potential to pitch the ultimate evil partnership against the Rebel Alliance became a toy-fight straight out of a Laurel and Hardy comedy - the storyline was infantile. Still it’s a great film to look at, and features just enough menace and diversion in the first hour to make it worth watching until an ending that I found the ultimate in disappointment!