Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

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Rating: 4.2/5

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Instant Comments:
two suns. jabba lives on tantooine where like grew up. oh that's why han innthe first movie was on tantooine...
oh interesting. them trapped underneath with a beast like when they met
wow Luke has gotten strong. how many years have past? (since also construction of new death star seems far)
oh han and chewie were in a diffeent place
what I don't remember is where he gets his lightsaber. also I assume its a new one since
what? that's how Boba Fett dies?
in the lifetime of Jabba the Hutt... this is how Jabba dies? by Leia strangling him?
hahaha. when 900 years old you reach, look not so good ...
"Luke, there is another Skywalk..."
Yoda disappears much like Obi Wan
why did Obiwan speak to Luke when Yoda could have ghost force talk to Luke? (maybe it takes time after passing)
hug. ObiWan lets on that Luke has a twin sister and Luke intuits it is Leia.
Ackbar!
smile "I wonder who they found to pull that off?"
i don't think i ever saw this episode and thought how amazing it was leia is riding the speedbjke. I suppose if a stormtrooper can do it... all those trees seems super sketch to use sich a vehicle
technically she could have equally been someone who did want to hurt the Ewok. but perhaps theres a difference in demeanor between a person who means well huh. I was thinking exactly. why didnt Emperor detect Luke while Vader did ("strange that I have not")
haha Chewie fell for the trap
hehe R2 cutting them free without warning
hehe. it would be great to have the full tellong of the story like this from C-3P0.
"I know. Somehow I've always known"
its interesting that despite Yoda's words, Luke believes he can turn his father back frlm the dark side. at least ai would have taken yoda literally about destiny and never coming back from dark. with that being said, Luke said he sensed good in his fafher
ah true. the previous light saber was hus fathers
chuckle. it's a trap
why is it that droids can bypass security systems. seems not secure
oh wow. I was thinking someone should shoot the droid instead of like Han and it happened.
hehe callback to earlier. "I Love You" "I know"
I asked why Luke is able to beat Vader who has more battle experience. I asked online and AI response said because Luke has Light Side balanced understanding of the force, which is actually more powerful than Dark Side. but in watching this scene, also the conflict in his father is apparently a big hold back. basically a lack of intent
Ben said, maybe Luke will cut Vader's hand off as Luke is aggressively attacking. I didn't believe it in my head but it happened! It's possible he read it or saw it already?
wow seeing the hand saved him he was on the edge of turning by using anger
I would think the lightning in actuallity would just contract all muscles but perhaps contraction in waves could be like how he was acting?
I can't remember this track name. but same track as the death star run
hiw can Anakin show up as force ghost. he was never taught how [in the RotJ novelization, Obiwan shows up to teach him][but a different answer says the whole teaching business wasn't until the prequels. in OT, it was just what happens to Obiwan and Yoda without explanation]
Jar Jar Binks species [Gungan] is on the tower as part of the celebration. was thay always there or added in [answer: added in]
Ewoks dancing
my son was confused who the third force ghost was. yeah... I think they should have kept the old version of Anakin [i.e., Sebastian Shaw]. after all, he revealed his face, so that is the face of good Anakin as opposed to Darth Vader [Lucas replaced it with Hayden Christensen for the 2004 DVD release)

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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Richard Marquand. 131 min

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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (Wikipedia.org)