10 Things You Didn't Know About Return OfTheJedi

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[enzobambino]

I ditched school and waited four hours in line with my friends to see Jedi. The whole theater sat in silence as we watched all the credits, then burst out in cheers and applause. The trilogy is my childhood!

[beerlover]

This movie ended on a high note and with the expectation that Luke will ascend to master and restart the Jedi Order. Instead we got the opposite...a regression of character and a hermit.

[williamwatts]

After nearly 40 years of this film, it still holds up. Palpatine was a great villain.

[ProtectLifeAlways]

I may be biased as a former music teacher, but it's John Williams that has been the glue for ALL of the Star Wars Cinematic Universe! Pure genius. When this man passes, it'll hurt more than any celebrity death has in my lifetime.

[DeltaEcho]

If Lando yelling "Yeehah!" when the Millennium Falcon escapes the exploding Death Star doesn't put a smile on you face, nothing will.

[bigredtlc]

The simple scene of Luke's father on the funeral pyre with Luke watching is really powerful. I always loved that scene as the true ending of the Vader character.

[nicomeklrowing]

I maintain that the lightsaber battle between Vader and Luke is the single best lightsaber fight in the Star Wars saga. It does not have the most dynamic choreography but it feels the most intense and the most "real". Additionally, when you look at how it relates to ep. 4 and 5, you fully see Lukes growth. He goes from barely being able to block the training droid blasts on the Falcon and watching Ben get killed by Vader, to facing Vader personally and getting his butt whupped, to finally meeting and beating him in battle. A great culmination of character growth.

[thedragonlee]

Saw this film a million times since the 80s.What was really unique was that this film had 3 major action sequences and climatic stories going on at the same time.Luke fighting Vader, Han and Leia on Endor and Lando destroying the DeathStar the second time.

[chuckselvage]

The fight between Darth Vader and Skywalker was outstanding.The music is exceptional as well. Saw it at the flicks when I was 10.

[TheDodger]

Went to see this at Cinema when I was 9. Always thought the space battle at the end was Epic! Especially the special effects at the time that StarWars seemed to stand out from everything else at the time.

[briansands]

I really enjoyed the novels written by Timothy Zahn that take place after the original trilogy. Heir to the Empire and the ones that followed. They were good closure to the story as a whole.

[mrtasty]

My favorite detail in RotJ is that the final duel in the movie is not mainly a fight between Luke and Vader, because he senses what's left of Anakin in him, thus he does NOT want to fight him, but rather a metal battle between Luke and Palpatine. The emperor is constantly reminding him of the "imminent attack on the rebel fleet", the "end of the Rebellion", and trying to turn Luke to the dark side, while Luke refuses time and again. Even when he gives in a little to the dark side in the final phase of his duel with Vader, he still declines on Palpatine's proposal. And in the end, Luke wins this mental battle, with Vader turning back to the light and defeating Palpatine. The sheer determination Luke has is an inspiration to Star Wars fans everywhere.

[jamaalmoses]

My favorite of this trilogy! I enjoyed Luke being all 'tough' in Jabba's Palace.

[ischia]

So glad you’re entering into the original Star Wars trilogy! Literally said to a coworker just yesterday, “There is no Star Wars after ‘83” lol!

[Solar_sigma_]

Undoubtedly, compared to the "modern" Star Wars movies this one is truly a masterpiece. <3

[timberwolf]

Another deleated scene that I remember, there's also a still from the scene in my RotJ picture storybook.
In the scene when Luke visits Jabba, you see him go through the floor in to the Rancor pit. In the deleted scene, you see the Rancor come in and eats the "Piggy-guard." After witnessing this, Luke uses the Force and springs up above the Rancor, and grabs hold of the railings, of the floor he fell through. At this point, the Courtiers that are peering down into the pit, to watch Luke get eaten. Start stamping on Lukes fingers, coursing him to move his hands several times, to stop them stamping on his hand/fingers. This doesn't work, and eventually he drops down into the Rancor, and as he rolls away, to escape it's cluches. This is where the movie shows Luke coming up with the bone, to jam into the Rancor's mouth
The stil image in the book shows Luke hanging under the bars, from waist up. And the text says something like, he "lept up, grabbing the bars above him. Seeing this the Courtiers stamped of his fingers, causing him to drip into the eye of the Rancour Monster, which screamed with pain..."
I've never seen that clip since I saw it at the Cinema when I was 11.

[Sonicz]

The fight between Luke and Vader gives me goosebumps, I feel the emotion from Luke after Vader threaten to turn Leia. Not to mention the space battle was amazing given the technology at that time.

[bluediamonddirector]

Return of the Jedi has always been my favorite Star Wars movie since I first saw the films back in 1997. Glad to see you cover it

[jonathanlee]

My 1st "new" star wars movie was episode 1. I will never forget going, opening day, right after school, with a group of friends. We stood in a crazy long line. Now I wasn't into it as much as I am now, but seeing the scroll at the beginning and hearing the music gave me chills.

[joemurdoch]

Got to meet David Prowse once and he was not shy about saying how unhappy he was that he did not get to be in the suit when Luke takes the helmet off. They never told him that they had hired another actor for the role. Lucas also blamed Prowse for leaking the plot twist in Empire where it was revealed that Vader is Luke's father, which caused a huge rift between the two. Prowse insisted that he was not the leak, but Lucas didn't believe him. It turned out that it was someone else who leaked it to the press.