Tuesday, February 8, 2011

098 - Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi

I think Return of the Jedi released in theatres in 1983 or 1985? The hairstyles seem almost odd. I can't put my finger on it, but maybe it is a reflection of the mid or late 1980's.
Compared to Star Wars (Episode4), Luke and Han have aged considerably. Princess Leia has stayed youthful though. (How did this happen? Medical bo-tox had not been invented yet.)
Some changes made for Episode 6 compared to the original release are as follows. Were a few Jabba the Hutt castle scenes were deleted? Wasn't there a scene where a slave who didn't capture the favor of Jabba ended up being swallowed by Jabba? The dungeon monster sequence, where the giant monster was crushed by the portcullis, I think they deleted the dialog where the grieving keeper/tamer indicated he had raised the monster since it was a baby.
At the end of the movie, the destruction of the 2nd death-star is celebrated by fireworks among several worlds. We see cutaway shots of Tatooine, Coruscant, etc. The awful part is when Naboo is shown and we hear Jar Jar Binks' voice in the crowd. Shortly after, Luke sees the spirits of the three Jedi: Obi-Wan, Yoda, and youthful Anakin. The original movie however, showed a gregarious old Anakin. Although the youthful (Hayden Christensen) Anakin is very handsome, the other two Jedi spirits take the form of old Yoda and old Obi-Wan. I'm just saying they should have left this part alone.

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