Star Wars: Episode VI – Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter (1983)

Star Wars: Episode VI – Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter: Directed by Richard Marquand. With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams. After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor’s trap.

“My five children were growing up but all still at home when u0026#39;Return of the Jediu0026#39; came to the theater. While there had been other Sci-Fi movies with a theme of conflict in outer space, the u0026#39;Star Warsu0026#39; trilogy filled our imaginations like no other movies before them. The fantastic, strange worlds were presented almost like we were there too. Aliens sitting around a tavern, enjoying drinks and speaking in all sorts of languages. Nothing before had approached the sheer size of the space ships depicted here, huge cities traveling all over the galaxy. And how about the jump to hyper speed, then disappearing from the screen as the speed exceeds light speed! And the light sabres of the Jedi Knights. The Jedi Knights, a striking parallel to the Japanese Samurai.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAfter the fantastic u0026#39;Star Warsu0026#39; and u0026#39;Empire Strikes Backu0026#39; (now called parts IV and V on DVD), the last episode u0026#39;Return of the Jediu0026#39; was bound to be somewhat of a let down, but not much of one. It was made to achieve resolution. Of the rebelsu0026#39; battle with the evil Empire. The relationship between Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and the Princess, and her relationship with Han Solo. We witness Lukeu0026#39;s Jedi training at the hands of Yoda, as Luke becomes the Last Samurai, I mean Jedi. The DVDs finally came out last month, and they are near perfect, as we should expect from Lucas Films and THX. The bit rate is high, and the picture is nothing short of superb. As is the Dolby EX surround track. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy wife and I watched all three of the movies on DVD this week — Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi (now on DVD called parts IV, V, and VI) — compliments of our local public library. It was an appropriate reminder how good these movies are, and still ahead of their time. Nothing else has been made to compare to them.”