Review: The Return of the Jedi

[author_by_night]

Yay, LJ is back!

So julibeth and I watched Star Wars on the phone... yes, that's right, we talked while both watching the same movie. We have to compensate for being on other sides of the country somehow.  Anyway, I decided that since I reviewed the last of the new ones, it would be fitting to review the last of the originals! 

Well, basically, I loved it.

Vader's transformation back into Anakin was amazing... I really liked how Luke "unmasked" him, and found his real father. To be honest, I started sniffling  at that point!

The Ewoks were adorable. *Squishes Ewoks.* I know there's people who hate them, but I don't know how, when they're so cute.  

The Leia/Han was also sweet. Leia's response to Han saying "I love you" - "I know" - was brilliant, as it was what he said to her the movie before. And of course, Han's understanding that Leia was in love... with her brother! The look on his face was terrific. "Your... ohhhh." (Well, not exactly, but practically.)


I loved the ending, with Yoda, Obi Wan and Anakin watching. Only question - where was Padme?

I also have to pose another question relating to her... it seems Lucas may have goofed, because at one point, Leia actually says she remembered her mother. Yet in ROTS, Padme dies... that is a little strange, is all.

Overall... very good movie!

Comments

[ghostlygrove.livejournal.com]

forgot you said you reviewed...

luke and leia were twins, right?? 'cause then i guess you could say lucas goofed, 'cause one couldn't really have lived longer with padme than the other... they would've both had to have been (that looks weird, but it's late, and i can't quite place why, hehe) given up for adoption (or whatever).

k, really going to bed now. later.

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

That's the other thing - RotS has them as twins, but in the movie they don't even mention "twins", just brother and sister. Not to mention that Leia looks at least a couple of years older than Luke, althoguh that could just be casting. (And one could argue that she also had to grow up much faster than Luke did.)

[bratty-jedi.livejournal.com]

RotJ mentions twins. I don't remember if it comes up in the Obi-Wan and Luke conversation, I'm fairly certain it does not in the Luke and Leia conversation, but I know it does in the Vader and Luke duel. When Vader pulls the information from Luke he says "Sister. So... you have a twin sister. Obi-Wan was right to hide her from me. If you won't turn, maybe she will," and Luke comes out swinging to protect Leia.

By the way, that entire quote may not be word-for-word since it's been a bit since I last watched RotJ, but I know the twin thing is right.

And Carrie Fisher is younger than Mark Hamill.

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Ah, see, at that point, it was hard to catch all of what he said, because there was a lot of noise on both ends (phonewise.)