I’m glad I decided to watch all 11 of the Star Wars movies in chronological order. It really did make a difference in how I perceive the entire Skywalker Saga. It also gave me an interesting perspective on the relative quality of the individual movies in comparison with one another.
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Re-watching Star Wars – Return of the Jedi
Last night we watched Return of the Jedi, the next movie in the Star Wars chronological timeline after The Empire Strikes Back.
This is not a review and it isn’t meant to rain on anybody’s opinion of this movie – it’s simply an attempt to articulate my own feelings about it. Your mileage may most definitely vary.
I remember going to see Return of the Jedi when it was first released and being very satisfied with how the over-arcing saga ended (or so we thought at the time). It’s the only movie of the original trilogy that I didn’t see multiple times in the theater. While it still stands head and shoulders over the prequel movies, I think it’s the weakest overall of the original three movies.
Warning! Spoilers Below (if there can be such a thing as spoilers for a movie released in 1983).
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