The final battle between the Rebel Alliance and the evil Galactic Empire. Who will win?Following on from last night...
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...
Luke Skywalker has returned to his home planet of Tatooine in an attempt to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Little does Luke know that the Galactic Empire has secretly begun construction on a new armored space station even more powerful than the first dreaded Death Star. When completed, this ultimate weapon will spell certain doom for the small band of rebels struggling to restore freedom to the galaxy...
It's thrilling watching those briefs roll up your screen with that dramatic music behind them. It's no wonder that these films have become epics. When we started watching A New Hope the other night, my dad said that he'd never forget how awestruck he was when the intro to the flick had run up and the screen and then the huge Imperial Star Destroyer flew overhead from out of the screen's frame. Literally like an aeroplane flying low overhead. But even now, that beginning gets me. See, these films have no expiration date.
Return Of The Jedi is the final chapter in the Star Wars saga. The final battle. The final showdown. It all comes down to this movie. Can you feel the anticipation? I'd have to say that this film is my favourite of the three, not only because everything seems to be against our heroes, not only because we get to see all our favourite characters again, but because we get the meet the Ewoks. For those who don't know, Ewoks are these adorable little primitive bears that can be very feisty and stubborn when they set their mind to it. When I was little I wanted an Ewok so bad.
As I mentioned before, all our favourite characters are back once more for this final battle between good and evil, the Rebellion and the Galactic Empire. We join Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams and Frank Oz on their last great attempt to restore peace and freedom to the galaxy.
I will, at this point, draw special attention to the fact that the Star Wars DVDs you can rent or buy at the moment are remastered movies. So you will notice that scenes have been added, modern computer-generated characters creep into the mix (and stick out like a sore thumb), AND, and this really annoys me whenever I watch this particular movie, Hayden Christensen makes a cameo years before he's even in public awareness!
Anyway, low points and ranting aside, Return Of The Jedi has to be my favourite of the Star Wars movies because it is filled with epic battles, cute little bears, brilliant sword fights, a knock-out script and a whole heap of cliffhangers. I'm always on the edge of my seat whenever I watch this movie.
"The force is strong in this one."
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