Return of the Jedi - Movie Review
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Chris Stuckmann reviews Return of the Jedi, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Frank Oz, David Prowse, Ian McDiarmid, James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Alec Guinness. Directed by Richard Marquand. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
That moment when you realize you've been watching the special edition all of your life....
+knifebladepresents
I saw the original trilogy in Special Edition form. That in mind, I still think Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith are the two best Star Wars films.
+Ikrani well all the original films are better but the prequels revenge of the sith outshines phantom and clone wars.
vlad the impaler
And I believe that Revenge of the Sith is a better film than Empire or A New Hope, since it has a more noticeable character arc for both the protagonist and the antagonist, the themes and imagery are a lot more striking, the action was a lot better (I mean, did they have _one_ space battle in Empire?), and the two films Sith and Jedi complement each other perfectly, both portraying the "What if" scenario of the other.
lol
+Ikrani The action in Sith is gratuitous and overdone to the point that it's boring, especially the Obi-Ani fight. The acting is humorously bad, and the writing is so poor that Ewan could barely keep a straight face in some scenes.
I can't be the only person who tried to say "we shall double our efforts!" fast
Hassan Kamel no, you're not!😂😂😂
Hassan Kamel guilty
Hassan Kamel I hope so commander, for your sake. The emperor is not as forgiving as I am.
I just did like 5 times. EDIT: I said "Veshadubbafeffos"
Hassan Kamel no your not but it isn’t as hard as he says it is
Yoda: Tell you everything, I will.
Luke: Is Darth Vader my father?
Yoda: Tired, I am. Sleep, I will.
How could you neglect to mention John Williams score during the fight scene with Luke and Vader? It is so emotional and It always gives me chills.
That whole sequence is one of the most iconic and powerful scenes ever! Worth the price of admission alone.
Because it's fucking obvious and he doesn't need to say it.
I feel it drags somewhat in the middle but it's got a cracking beginning and end. Great review!
Mr. Sunday!
Mr Sunday is here! That's fucking awesome.
+Mr Sunday Movies Hey! You suck! I haven't been able to watch your videos since last year. Bloody traitor.
+Mr Sunday Movies Weekly Planet is the best bloody podcast in the entire internet!
#starwarsjacketspeculation
Even though I notice all the flaws I would still give Return Of The Jedi an A+
+Liam Shields Why?
+Daniel Rauch I loved this movie
+Daniel Rauch Because A New Hope and *gasp* Empire are just as flawed.
+Liam Shields I give it an A. I LOVE the Ewoks. XD They're adorable.
As a child, yes, as a grown man, no. A solid A-. I put Star Wars or EBS over this movie any day.
No matter they did with Return of the Jedi, the film would always be hard to live up because of Empire Strikes Back. Having said that, Jedi did a great job of closing the third act of a three act trilogy
Say what you want about Ewoks I still think Jedi has the best 3rd act of the franchise.
@@steveward6099 I enjoy Return of the Jedi. Similar to what you said, I believe The Dark Knight Rises did the third act closing brilliantly and it's my favorite of the type.
Yeah, the ewoks were the first inklings that it was going to go down the toilet after this
100th like
Me: *Seeing slave Leia*
My brain: Initiate puberty!
My body: But sire, he's only 10!!
My brain: Just DO IT!
RustyBlade DEW IT!
First mini-boner sprouting!
Carrie was my first celebrity crush because of it
THAT1BANANA 8? I was like 2
Oh, this is a little cursed
"He might have been her father, but he was never her daddy."
- Dead Bail Organa, probably.
XD
He became
You mean Basil Oregano played by Jimmy Smits.
He gets blowed up on Alderaan.
One of my favorite quotes in all six SW movies is this one from Episode VI:
"3P0! You tell that slimy, piece of worm-ridden filth that he'll get no such pleasure from us! Right?"
That is my favorite quote.
A surprise Star Wars review?
Please let it be the "Star Wars Holiday Special."
Same.
+Lukas Garcia or maybe the Ewok movies?? lol
ETrevolutionX2014 same
+Lukas Garcia Considering he'll review it after December 18, it only seems appropriate.
It will be. There's nothing else it could be :)
Fell so bad watching the old chris excited about the new trilogy
It truly is heartbreaking given that he actually liked the first two
I know :(
It was like he subconsciously got a Jar Jar binks figurines.. 3 of them
Did he not enjoy Force awakens?
People shouldn't form their own opinions?
This film has a lot of structural issues but the entire confrontation between Luke and Vader is easily the best part of the entire saga imo. It's so cathartic but still suspenseful when John Williams choir from The Emperor's theme kicks in during the lightsaber fight
A good critic rates a film off of the quality of the script, direction, acting, dialogue, logic, choreography, cinematography etc. NOT how much they enjoy a film. Don't get mad just because he didn't do a shitty job. The film has flaws, Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes both gave this movie a lower score than Ep 3 ROTS while Ep 4 and Ep 5 are up in the 90s. This was a great review and even though this film is in my top 5 films of all time I am super glad Chris wasn't bias and clarified everything. A+ Review
I've always said the order from best to worst goes:
5
4
3
6
2
1
1 & 2 are about the same bad to me but I agree with critics that Episode 3 is better than Episode 6
+peterthesneakybastar A good critic understands that quality and enjoyment are intertwined, particularly if you're evaluating a medium that is fundamentally designed to try and entertain you. It's silly to rate based on factors that don't actually contribute to your enjoyment, because that defeats the movie's entire purpose. I'm not watching Star Wars as a documentary to learn about space-faring civilizations; I'm watching it to entertain me. Why would I care whether it does something "right" that has nothing to do with my actual enjoyment of the film? Also a good critic recognizes that script, direction, dialogue, etc. all contribute to enjoyment anyway, which is the whole reason why we have established them as factors to evaluate against in the first place, and furthermore the significance of a flaw should be taken into consideration, not just whether it exists or not. Most of the flaws Chris points out are arguably nitpicks, and others are flaws that apply to the previous films but he ignored before. I appreciate that Chris is trying not to look like a fanboy here, but the way he could have done that is by being consistent from the beginning rather than suddenly and arbitrarily deciding to take his magnifying glass out for Return of the Jedi while giving the previous films a free pass.
+Derpalon Films are considered art. It's supposed to bring out original significant interest emotionally to the viewer rather than entertainment. There are some films that are incredibly sad and not entertaining whatsoever but get perfect reviews because of the insane ideology of the movie. As a critic you are not supposed to let your own biases get in the way. For example 300 is a guilty pleasure for me however I understand that it's terrible. Chris and many other critics often find themselves in the same situation. If we listened to critics for their sense of enjoyment it would be pointless because of the opinionated varieties while quality on the other hand is a much more interesting and agreeable subject. Sure it's helpful if a critic shares how much they enjoyed it but the overall score has very little with entertainment. Chris's review was perfect
+peterthesneakybastar "original significant interest"
I don't know what this means. Star Wars is very much an entertainment piece, but art and entertainment aren't mutually exclusive. Art is in a way a form of entertainment; we consume it as a way to appreciate and enjoy things. "Bias" is being used loosely here. I consider bias to be things like making criticisms that weren't applied equally to the other movies. You seem to be using "bias" to mean any assertion of opinion rather than fact. But the thing is, all assertions of quality with regards to art and entertainment are necessarily assertions of opinion. Even Chris has admitted this on occasion. That's why review scores already can and do vary so much, and it's also the beauty of media criticism; that there can be so much plurality of opinion. If we already knew the score Chris was going to give because he has to follow some supposed preexisting rigid criteria that all professional critics are required to follow, then this would have been a boring and predictable review.
+Derpalon At the end of the day, Chris is doing the typical "Only two Episodes are really that good- I used to like ROTJ best, but blah,blah,blah, nitpicks- The PT is awful, well, ROTS is 'OK'...kinda- OOT 4EVA!" shtick that everyone does down the line. I still like Chris, but this is the same koolaid everyone making SW reviews dispenses.....
Even as a kid I was disappointed by the second Death Star.
Guess how I felt about Starkiller Base?
Well the starkiller base is technically not a another death star
Technically it makes less sense than the death star. It fires its beams with impunity and at theoretically infinite speeds. The laser should only be able to travel at the speed of light, yet Starkiller can fire from lightyears away.
If you want to get into physics, then you can criticise any of the light based weapons. Don't judge star wars by this criteria because none of it makes sense.
Joseph Mchaileh stop defending as shitty movie
Matthew Brant dont say 'shitty movie' as if its objective truth and not just your opinion
I come from the future, when 12 Star Wars films have been released. You still love just 2 of them.
Witch ones?
@@trevorerickson5205 A New Hope, Empire and Force Awakens.
GoTo says 2, but he gave 7 an A+.
@@MegaSpideyman He gave 7 an A. But in his ROS review he said he didn't like 7 & 8 as much anymore.
@@gbrow1604 goes to show how much of a mess TROS was
That moment when You realize the Force Awakens is 4 years old.....
Also that moment when you realize he gave TLJ a higher score than TROTJ
5
@@Youcannotfalter ikr, HOW DARE HE HAVE HIS OWN OPINION. REMEMBER, OPINIONS ARE ILLEGAL ON THE INTERENT!!!
@@James-xw8li They are indeed. opinion's are evil.
F
I was gonna sleep, but fuck it! 😂
Same
+Christian Gabriel you've read my mind...
I was gonna make a gay joke, buttfuck it
+Sunset Shimmer the Magical Virgin Smelling Buttshaking Unicorn (Aka Chloe Price) oh...my...god xD
me too until I saw this review was up.I said the samething
I don't know what my thoughts are, I've seen them too many times, but I will say "I am a Jedi, like my father before me" is probably the single biggest moment of spine-chilling payoff in a movie that side of Return Of The King.
Scarecrow545 yes! My favorite line, along with, "you don't know the powahhh of the dark side" -Vader
@@AMoistBum This is my favorite
quote in this movie: "I see that you have constructed a new lightsaber.
Your skills are complete. Indeed you are powerful, as the emperor
has foreseen." -Vader
The final duel, more specifically “A Jedi’s Fury” is the most emotional and epic moment in all of Star Wars. Its the scene that really makes you realize it is a space opera. This scene alone makes it my most favorite of the OG trilogy
I feel like Luke should rinse his mouth out with
some mouthwash for years after being smooched
by Leia from Episode V, or better yet, pay
a visit to a Jedi dentist or something, because just that one
kiss by someone will just lay a bad taste in your mouth forever.
Can’t believe this got a lower score then the Last Jedi
Holy hell, is this guy out of his mind? Rotj is a B?
@@blaskotron I'd give it an a- personally
It's not nearly as good as the first two OT films in terms of pacing but it's not really a B tier film like TLJ was
I'd give that a B or B+
It's nowhere near as awful as people have said
@Taylor Lemoine I agree that it was absolutely terrible and IMHO it was by far the worst Star Wars film but it definitely didn't unite the fandom on whether it was good or not. Quite the opposite actually. Star Wars fans were quite split on whether it was good or not. Many fans saying it was either super awful or it was one of the best.
Ikr
Last Jedi F
Return of the Jedi A+
Fixed.
Slave Leia still shouldn't bother you. This isn't portrayed as a positive experience, she was captured while risking her life to save someone and the slave outfit was a way to humiliate her. She's a princess, after all. The Romans took delight in making royals they captured do things that were "beneath them" in front of a crowd. The kicker is that she uses her chains to choke her captor to death and then blows his yacht up. To me, that still shows a powerful character in Leia and this shouldn't be something Star Wars should be ashamed of.
That's not why he wasn't bothered. There was something else on his mind. Well not his mind, but...
(Fast clapping 👏)
It's not the slave outfit that's disturbing, it was Leia's seductive pose, reclining next to Jabba, that suggested Leia secretly enjoyed being Jabba's slave girl. ;-)
One of my favorite scenes is when she strangles Jabba.
She didn't enjoy it, she faked it because she didn't have a choice, Jabba would have killed her.
Me: Well, it's almost 12. Let's just sleep.
*Sees the new Stuckmann video*
My mind: Sleep or Stuckmann. Choose.
Same.
Lol same here
east coast?
+ETrevolutionX2014 Same.
+Sharath SH Stuckmannized man
ROTJ is easily my favorite OT movie. I understand that the middle is a drag, that the beginning had no definitive plan to save Han, and there’s admittedly that stupid Ewok situation. However, my favorite moments in Star Wars come from this movie. I agree, I love the “Boba Fett, Boba Fett where?” line. But as far as emotionally moving scenes, this movie packs the biggest punch. Luke and Vader’s first conversation on the platform is one of the best in all of Star Wars, but what tops that off is the final duel. I see so many pass this duel off, but this is the perfect culmination of not only the last two movies, but every little moment from Anakin’s debut, to his fall, to this last stand. Vader’s full character is displayed and Luke’s mettle is confirmed. Then the music hits, the chorus roars into that low tumbling that is the turmoil felt by both. We see a visible struggle between their very blades and the silhouette of the two, with Luke fully extended and Vader backing down. This is Star Wars my friends.
A new hope is by far the best IMO
I like when Luke says to Anakin “I need to save you” and Anakin replies “you already have my son, you already have, tell your sister you was right about me” he wants both his children to know he has redeemed himself, brings a tear to my eye, Anakin had a pretty fucked up life with a lot of pain and loss.
Sebastian Shaw was the actual ghost of Anakin Skywalker
since 1983.
Damn it Chris, I was about to sleep
+Saul PMB IKR, and this video is 22 freakin' minutes long!
+Bruce Leeroy WE SHALL DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS
+Saul PMB LoL Ditto!
we sleep Chris watches movies and reviews them
Same here........
Chris, FYI, the Rancor wasn't stop motion, it was a rod puppet that was operated by several people, that's why it's movements look so smooth compared to the traditional Harryhausen style slightly jerky stop motion stuff.
Phil Tippet mentioned how fast the film was running through the camera so when it played back at normal speed the Rancor had real mass and bulk. Basically a high pitched motorised whine for a few seconds and then the reel was done. They had to move really quickly to register all the little moves.
I think they called it "Go Motion". Apparently the term never caught on.
Cordova
Go motion is something else. It's what they used in Empire with the Tauntauns. It's basically to avoid the strobo-like effect that you get when doing stop motion: Your frames end up too clear. Go motion -- basically moving objects while the camera shutter is still open -- adds some motion blur, so the shot looks more natural and the creatures more believable.
I think the only stop-motion (or go-motion) in this movie was those little Imperial walker things. The ones that look like robot chickens or something.
I remember three different versions of rancor from the behind the scenes. One stop motion version (a small one) and one big full body version worn by a puppeteer and then a smaller hand doll where only the head was in frame.
I always thought she was referring to her adoptive mother.
I think they felt Empire Strikes Back was too dark, so they made that one more light, introducing the Ewoks, ignoring some emotional conflict
Yeah true the Ewoks don’t bug me and empire was very dark people were crying in the theaters because of the twist in empire
But I wouldn’t say it’s dark just more mature
Attack of the teddy bears
@@XphantomgamerTBH, I don't find the Ewoks
in Episode VI, to be that annoying. But when I
first saw it, I was kind of more or likely expecting
the Ewoks to have that kind of barbaric, "I will
rain down the blood of my enemies" kind of feeling
with some decapitation going on rather than
using bows and arrows, rocks while being attached
to ropes as they throw them, and logs to smash and tip over the AT-ST Walkers just by
cutting the ropes. Using axes, swords, and shields, while bearing armor
that is invincible to laser fire would've
been better to take down the Stormtroopers in the movie.
I just realized that The Force Awakens is still over a month away and I want to explode.
Same.
+Teej Hastie i got tickets on xmas cus i didn't know it was coming out on the 18th lolololol fml
+TCG Syphax Same.
ETrevolutionX2014 same
I just realized that The Force Awakens is ONLY just over a month away, and I'm so excited.
i'm betting the surprise Star Wars review is the Star Wars Holiday Special... lol
Yeah it would make sense because next month is December and would make a good Christmas revoew
+killer92173 That was my first thought, too.^^
Oh God No!!! Please no just watch Nostalgia Critics review it explains everything wrong with that Whole Piece of Shit.
Or Star Wars Rebels
+killer92173 I can't wait!
I actually think the lightsaberbattle between Vader and Luke is the definition of emotional conflict and is propably the best lightsaber fight of all time...
I think Return of the Jedi is the best one honestly. It is a redemption story. Vader redeems himself by saving his son. Lando redeems himself by helping to save Han, and participating in the battle of Endor. Han redeems himself by not leaving the alliance, and Leia and completing the job that he was always meant to do. I actually liked the Ewoks too. Small backwoods creatures that were brave enough to do something seemingly impossible for them. Like the American Revolution, farmers and shop owner made soldiers who took on a tyrannical empire and actually won. "THE SHEILD IS DOWN! COMMENCE ATTACK ON THE DEATHSTARS MAIN REACTOR!"
Good points except for the Ewoks. The Ewoks were and continue to be sh!t. They were a blatant attempt by Lucas to market and sell toys. And they were a sign of how everything Star Wars by Lucas henceforth was going to be sh!t.
Well I guess you’re right about all that. I mean which is worse for you? Wicket the little Ewok or Jarjar Binks?
This was my first SW movie, so I never notice any of the flaws.
Same! A new hope felt really slow to me and empire was awesome and better then a new hope but still very somber, but a close second in my book!
+Aidan Sim Same here
this is my favorite one and the only one I like of the original trilogy
+Aidan Sim me too
Same here. I'll admit, it wasn't executed as well as ESB but better than ANH. Nevertheless, it's the most enjoyable to watch, in my opinion.
B+ :( damn Chris, you should've at least given it at least an A- or something.
Same.
+ETrevolutionX2014 dude stfu. you have replied to like around 10 comments. seriously wtf
+johnnycoxville13 Why?
Dude, it doesn't hold up as well as you think it does. Good movie, but not anything close to Star Wars or Empire.
No, b+ is fair. Jedi is not as good as Star Wars or Empire strikes back.
Seriously?! I’ve seen no one talk about his impressions of certain Star Wars characters. Most of them were perfect...
I was shaking the whole day I found out about Carrie Fisher !! I loved her so much , Hope she is in a better place 🙁
You're not alone Michael j fox was shaking as well
@@tardiscrew6766 omg.... 😐 😆
@@tardiscrew6766 Why? He still has a few good years
left ahead of him.
i can't wait for it to turn out that Jar-Jar will be the new emperor!!! :D
+jedaaa
Nor can I. He might've been one of the most ingenious things about the prequels if Lucas hadn't gotten cold feet from the backlash.
Plus, I never found him that annoying. He was just stupid, his stupidity never dictated the plot, and I found the scene of him destroying droids and tanks by the sheer power of his own ineptitude to be utterly hilarious.
+Ikrani Then you would love him in the Clone Wars
peterthesneakybastar
I kinda did. But by then he was defined by how George bailed on him rather than what a truly awesome character he could've been.
www.tickld.com/x/this-guy-just-changed-the-way-we-see-jar-jar-binks#page-1
Read this and be amazed at how much may have been in the works for Jar Jar Binks.
+jedaaa NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! - as said by Darth Vader
+Ikrani Lol yeah it was my understanding that these theories were actually a joke
Return of the Jedi is the weakest of the original trilogy, but Luke fighting Vader on the Death Star II is the greatest scene in the whole saga
true
Even if it's the weakest of the trilogy, it's still amazing
+GianLuca Venturella I thought it was the best plz no hate
Marsha Ricks/ CALL OF DUTY INFINTE WARFARE no hate :)
Marsha Ricks/ CALL OF DUTY INFINTE WARFARE One only gets hate if they say the prequels are the best
_Return of the Jedi_ is still my favorite Star Wars movie of them all... but the biggest problem with this movie is Luke’s hair.
Return of the Jedi is actually my favorite of all the movies.
I recently watched the original trilogy simply because ep7 looks so good. I have to say that Return of the Jedi was by far my favourite. Yes it had flaws, but the confrontation between Luke and Darth Vader was so well done, that it just made it my favourite. I wish the scene where Luke tells Leia that they're twins would have been handled in the same way, but im ok with how it was done.
+Victor duarte I rewatched the originals after the second trailer dropped in april. And tho ep IV and V were very-very good, imo ep VI isnt rly a good movie. It has very epic moments (e.g: Luke vs Vader scene was the best in the whole series imo, filled with so much emotions and a masteriece work of music) but overall I can feel the prequels atmosphere too much. I mean 2nd death star? Ewoks? And even Leia as Luke's sister was a bad chice of writing imo. I think around 81-82 was the time when Lucas started turning to the dark side...
I love ROTJ. If I only have time to watch 1 movie, I always pick ROTJ just because so much happens in it! Personally, I think ANH gets too much credit while ROTJ gets not enough.
+DavisWOW The 2nd Death Star had a virtually impenetrable shield. On paper, it makes perfect sense. The shield generator is actually inside the shield itself, so the only way to get into the shield is if the Empire lets you in. It's genius, really. In the end, the Rebels had to outsmart the Empire to allow them into the shield, fought the Battle of Endor to destroy the shield generator which was an amazing feat in itself, and successfully maneuver the inner workings of the the Death Star in order to do what they intended to all along. There were also many times where it felt hopeless for the Rebels. I'd imagine it would be very suspenseful for someone watching it for the first time. Also, I'd be more worried about the 3rd Death Star that's on one of the The Force Awakens movie posters... As for the Ewoks, they are fine in my book, but I completely understand why a lot of people hate them, so that's a valid reason to dislike the movie.
Christopher Henderson Although the 2nd death star might makes sense (however with that logic the 3rd or 4th or any more should make aswell) imo it was a bad choice of writing. I mean there is that big superweapon in one of the most famous movies of all time, so what should we do? Oh dont worry, just make another one! I think the death star should've been unique and Lucas should've come up with something else, because if you can make another one, the first one becomes less awesome imo. Ofc logic wise it makes sense, but wrting wise, as a story imo it was a bad choice (and L. Kasdan agreed with me, he left the project mainly because of the 2nd death star idea)
And Lucas actually made a 3rd death star. In TPM the Trade Feadration ship was a miniature death star aswell (with a belt).
And the Ewoks arent the main thing which annoy me (tho it was childish, and made only for toys), but the whole ending battle on Endor was so clumsy and unserious. Han didnt rly do anything other than beeing clusmy... The whole thing looks lie they forgot that that scene is supposed to be the big ending of the star wars trilogy.
And the original yup-nub was also ridiculous imo. I mean how can you end the greatest movie-franchise ever created with that music? The new music should've been the original one.
And Leia shouldnt be Luke's sister imo. It ruined the love-triangle (not to say about other things...). I know that Vader as Luke's father was a brilliant idea, but as with the death star, they shouldnt force one idea to every episode. Imo not everyone should be some others relative, Star Wars is not a brazilian soap opera...
So overall the movie isnt bad, but not good either imo, it was the first a prequel-kind of star wars. I hope JJ turns the series to a more serious tone. It dont have to be over-dramatic, but leave the childish storytelling to other franchises...
+Victor duarte You are so right,
The thing about Leia and the images and feelings about her mother is revenge of the siths fault, not return of the jedis fault
I think Chris understands this, I'm guessing he simply wanted to point out the contradiction.
maybe she saw pictures of her mother as a child, and the feelings based on that.. and also the force
Not actually a plot hole. She never knew about Padmé. She’s referring to her adoptive mother, Queen Organa.
Colton Hubbard no. She would have known her adoptive mother until her teens. Lady Organa died when Alderaan was blown up in A New Hope and Leia was maybe 18 then or something?
A New Hope 10/10
Empire Strikes Back 11/10
Return of the Jedi 9/10
Perfectly balances out :)
Facts
Yes
They're all perfect.
Yup they’re all great. What do you think about Rogue One?
Oh man.... Coming across this review again made me remember when things seemed so promising. A whole new trilogy to look forward to. We were finally gonna get to see Luke as a Jedi master... Man I was sooo excited. I can't believe how much they messed things up... Guess nothing is sacred anymore...
I know 😔
It's just about maximizing $$$$$$
It does not matter... the last Jedi and ros are further proof that this movie was the end of the saga
I’m sad too
a new hope A+
empire strikes back A+
return of the Jedi A+
***** I don't understand why he only gave a b+
Yes. This is very true
+Fathel Guweda yeah I was expecting at LEAST like a A- but I can see where he's coming from
I think return of the Jedi is a solid A not a plus but a solid 95 percent
Yes this is true
The Return of the Jedi har hands down my favourite. It manages to balance the action, the humour and the drama perfectly (and I love the Ewoks
Agreed!
Agreed!
Disagreed!
diamondsofsix I don't like the ewoks but they don't really bother me all that much there just there
My favorite too.
I have the VHS trilogy with Vader on Star Wars, Stormtrooper on Empire and Yoda on Jedi
I hope that's for sentimental value and not for watching
Oggatha Christie honestly i have no idea sorry
I have it too- Closest we got to original cuts
As great as The Empire Strikes Back is, it’s sad we didn’t see many unique creatures and other species so I’m really glad we got to see a lot more in Return of the Jedi. Also, Ian McDiarmid is underrated here. He had little material to work with and was like 6 years older than Mark Hamill yet he still gave this incredibly creepy, intimidating performance as Palpatine
well someone has a choking fetish
Spock Kirk That's nothing to be embarrassed about. Is it? Um...I've said too much...
chris is into bdsm
g e t S t u c k m a n i z ed
Sealion Studios it’s really not it’s like the most common fetish
This Will Always Be My Most Favorite Star Wars Movie Of All Time
Ronnie Houston I agree
Ronnie Houston seeing the empreror in it made me love it som much
Donnabhan Oreilly "Like your father, you are now mine" Ian Mcdirmind is just a genius
Same here.
ROTJ has always been my go to star wars film, and always will be.
Rating: 10/10
Grade: A+
Positives: Music, Action, Epic, concluded the OG trilogy perfectly, VISUALS, Fun, Ewoks, 3rd act, Green Lightsaber, Emotional, Emperor, Lightsaber duel, story, new characters, character dinamics, great character moments, great character arcs, cast/acting, redemption, final battle, space battle, expands the universe, Endor, VISUALS, EWOKS ARE ADORABLE
Negatives: Jabba's band, expesition, fun but detached 1st act
Favorite part: Rancor pitt scene, Lightsaber duel, Vader funeral
It's crazy how I'm like nostalgic for Chris's 2015 Star Wars reviews. This review marathon surrounded by all the Force Awakens hype is what got me into film discourse and really the in's and out's of film. Now in 2023 being a film student and aspiring director, I really have no idea if that would've happend if it wasn't for this marathon. Love going back to watch these.
A New Hope: A+
Empire Strikes Back: A+
Return of the Jedi: A+
Revenge of the Sith: D
Rogue One: C
Last Jedi: C-
Force Awakens: D
Phantom Menace: F
A New Hope: A+
Empire Strikes Back: A++
Return of the Jedi: A+++
For me
A New Hope A
Empire strikes back A+
Return of the Jedi A+ (my favorite one)
The phantom menace C+
Attack of the clones C-
Revenge of the sith A
The force awakens B-
Rogue one B+
The last Jedi B
CARLTON BANKS
Phantom menace 5/10
Attack of the clones 2/10
Revenge of the sith 7/10
Star wars 10/10
Empire strikes back 10/10
Return of the jedi 8/10
The force awakens 7/10
Rogue one 5/10
The last jedi 4/10
Solo 7/10
The Phantom Menace: 5/10
Attack of The Clones: 6/10
Revenge of The Sith: 8/10
A New Hope: 10/10
The Empire Strikes Back: 11/10
Return of The Jedi: 9/10
The Force Awakens: 6/10
Rogue One: 8/10 ( Diamond in the rough)
The Last Jedi: 2/10
Solo: 3/10
Leia can remember her mother because of the midiclorians.
+jrjubach
If you're trying to piss people off, you're doing it right. Even though I myself never minded the midi-chlorians bit.
+Ikrani haha yeah I was just jokin brah.
When she was referring to her Mother, she was talking about the Organas. She was meant to believe that Bail Organa and his wife were her biological parents.
+Knox Morris NO. George Lucas fucked it all up and didn't care that he buggered up the continuity. Do not make excuses.
JohnnyZenith
And thus your true colors are revealed as the kind of raging Star Wars cultist who demonizes George Lucas.
Any so-called fluxes in continuity are inconsequential. Who gives a shit about whether or not Leia remembers her mother? That never led to anything in either the prequels or the original trilogy.
I don’t care what anyone says, Return of the Jedi will always be my favorite Star Wars films
I hope disney didn't ruin that for you , because what they did in 8 and 9 ruined it for me :(
That's good man, my personal favourite is Empire Strikes Back, I also love this one
@Black Hole F off
@@wmb1628 Sorry piece of crud company Disney.
Consider
How scary would leia be if darth vader raised her. Like she's already pretty intimidation. If vader raised her, i'd be out of there fast. Or dead.
I used VHS tapes as a house for my little toys back when I was seven.
I used them to make fortresses lol
I can't believe there are people who think Revenge of the Sith is better than Return of the Jedi... Just no.
It is. ROTS has more epic scenes in my opinion. Plus without ROTS Vader's sudden turn on the Emperor seems rushed and slightly questionable
Revenge of the Sith is the only watchable prequel movie but it's still a bad movie, IMO.
It is better ( flameshield up)
+Elmin Legend its a better movie revenge > return
+Adalwulf Okay...Is it the horrible lines of dialogue that makes it a better movie? Or...is it the bad acting in the movie, perhaps? Is it Anakin's sudden turn to the Dark side that feels rushed and not developed enough? The fact that he kills children immidiately after...for some reason? Maybe it's the horrible fight betwen Mace Windu and Palpatine? Or the scene right after the fight? "UNLIMITED POWEEEEER". Never fails to make me laugh...
The "I have the high ground" scene that really makes no sense when you think about it? The inconsistencies in the plot, maybe? Is it Anakin's and Padmé's love story? To me it's one of the worst love stories ever put on screen but maybe you saw something I didn't...Is it these things that makes Revenge of the Sith a better movie?
I'm not saying that Return is a perfect movie because it's not. But it's a far better movie than Revenge IMO.
5 years on, your reviews on the first 3 Star Wars movies are still some of the best things on here. I wonder if TH-cam would be the platform it is, if people like yourself didn’t make content like this. Awesome man, thank you! Oh and I appreciate Star Wars so much more because of you!
Return was my first Star Wars movie I seen it when I was 5 a month after episode 3 came out, this and 3 made me love Star Wars so much
I haven't watched the video yet, but if Chris doesn't give this movie A+ or an A, then I will watch all the movies that he gave an F to...
CHRIS! WHY????
+Daniel Attrell I know! It's my favorite of all the films!
Good luck.
2:51 the imitation you did of that creature that hangs out with Jabba, damn near spat out my coffee!!! LOL
I'm so glad that you don't just quote the _lines_ but you also use the same intonation/inflection as well!
Also I love your S. Crumb laugh
Very well done.
"R2 is ahead of things"
*Lightsaber pops out of R2's head
Nice....
Leia could have simply thought her adopted mom was her mom and she died early
maybe?
Luke said "your real Mother", Leia knows she was adopted
In ROTJ, C-3PO tells the story of their plight to the Ewoks. But in ANH, C-3PO says he's not very good at telling stories.
CNVideos that lying sack of robot shit.
CNVideos so looks like everyone gets a character arc
CNVideos He is not good at telling stories even in ROTJ. He is just making sounds XD
19:20 JJ Abrams: Ha that's cute, *sips his coffee*
OMG you’re impression of lea’s bounty hunter mask voice is on point
Admiral Ackbar is a living legend
K den rip
I have some bad news
IT'S A TRAP!
He's not living. Disney killed him without celebration. Just pissed him away in the wind.
Lucas sells Star Wars to Disney.
Admiral Ackbar: ITS A TRAP
I always feel really bad for the rancor keeper.
B Rabbit moms spaghetti
Same, that was his pet. He loved it. I’m glad his boyfriend was there to comfort him
To me all 3 movies are 10/10. Never had a problem with the Ewoks. They were cute and cuddly but also served a purpose to the story. The action is top notch. And to me all the drama, the build up and the ending with Luke and Vader was well worth the wait of three movies. I love all three of the original trilogy equally.
My biggest beef with ROTJ is that I get really into the emotional tragic scenes with Vader/Luke/The emperor and then it cuts to those damned ewoks throwing stones at storm troopers. I think it cheapened the drama by doing that. The tone just wasn't right.
I recently rewatched the trilogy, and Return is still my favourite. As far as the ewoks ago, to me it feels like expanding the universe, exploring another corner of the galaxy, so it doesn't feel like the movie halts.
It's ok Chris, I enjoy being choked by beautiful women as well.
Depends on what they're choking
Well yeah same thing man same like honestly I've been watching movies and tv shows (SONS OF ANARCHY) that got women.
Return of the Jedi's my favorite. The special edition original trilogy I just bought on eBay
This was always my favorite one as a kid. Luke’s green saber and the final battle with Vader saving him always made me want to watch this one most.
Slave Leia didn't disrespect her strong Character. The very next scene is Leia using the CHAINS Jabba put her in to CHOKE HIM TO DEATH.
Modern Feminism is nothing but Toxic Garbage now.
+Titus Orelius Feminists hate slave Leia because she strangled one of their own.
i like your reviews but i have a huge problem with your critique at leia knowing her mother. this problem was introduced by the retconning in ep3, so theres no reason critisizing this movie for it. love
Why do people keep misunderstanding this? The mother Leia was referring to could've been Organa's wife.
“Do you remember your mother? Your real mother?”
@@andreasnilsson5020 Thankyou!!!!!
Luke entering Jabba's palace in Return of the Jedi is my favorite scene of Star Wars.
The Rancor was not stop motion photography, it was a puppet shot with a modified 35mm Nikon camera with a wide lens (like the one later used to film the mine-car chase in Indiana Jones a year later). The film was shot at a slightly higher frame rate and then played back 24fps to create a sense of mass to the creature, and then a slow shutter speed helped create some motion blur. Too bad the old-school blue-screen optical composition doesn't hold up in the scene. It would have been good if Lucas fixed it on the special edition - great scene! Love ya man!
Even with the Flaws and the stupid Ewoks, in my opinion, this is by far the most "enjoyable" (in my opinion) of the original Star Wars movies. And, in my opinion, has the best ending (which really kinda starts when Luke turns himself in, and the movie just accelerates so much from there.) In my book, it's an A/A-
+Bens Bricks The scene where Luke and Vader fight after mentioning Leia is probably the best scene out of all 3 original movies. Binary Sunset and Yoda lifting the X-Wing are close.
+Radioactive Since 1990 Yeah, it really just shows Luke's pure rage, and after cutting off Vader's hand, realizing that the Emperor is winning and that he's becoming his father. Plus, that entire final Luke vs Vader is like the best lightsaber duel in all 6 movies, even though 3 of those movies don't really exist... but really, I think it is. It just barely tops the Cloud City fight between Luke and Vader, because you really get to see more of what Luke can do now, and it definitely tops any fight in the original 1977 "Star Wars" (NOT CALLED EPISODE 4: A NEW HOPE) and definitely tops anything in Attack of the Clones. The final fight in Revenge of the Sith is cool, but it goes on for way too long and the choreography is so perfect to the point that Anakin and Obi-Wan look like they're just air dancing. The Darth Maul fight and the Cloud City fight are the only two Lightsaber Duels that get close to the Return of the Jedi fight-as I said, Cloud City doesn't show what Luke can do as well, and the Darth Maul fight is great, but the Choreography is again.. just a tad bit too perfect that the fight doesn't have much meaning, and doesn't have that part of just pure rage expressed from Luke at the end of Return of the Jedi.
Bens Bricks Dude I couldn't agree more lol well said
I'm glad there are some people who think the same way as I do!
+Bens Bricks You are the only one that sees the film properly for what it is. It has flaws and who cares. It's a brilliant film.
The generator was on the forest moon of Endor, not Endor itself.
Right?
It's complicated.
In the film, Mon Mothma refers to it as the "moon of Endor", but Vader just calls it Endor. I'm not sure if anyone else calls it by name.
To explain this discrepancy, the short (and official) version is that Endor is the moon of a gas giant also called Endor. In the Endor binary system. The stars haven't been named (as far as I'm aware), but by this pattern I'd guess they're Endor and Endor.
The longer version is that it depends what source of information you use. By most accounts, Endor (moon) orbits Endor (planet). By others, Endor is a moon without a planet (I think the term 'rogue moon' is used). Which obviously strains the definition of 'moon', but the story was that the moon had survived the planet's destruction, and while it was now functionally a planet, still got called a moon out of habit or tradition or something. I don't recall if the destroyed planet was also named Endor or not. And all of that got retconned at some point by calling it an elaborate hoax. And most of this has been thrown into Legends discontinuity.
Either way, the moon is named Endor.
Tim Carmody Wow.
Tim Carmody duuuuude... that’s awesome! Lol
XTheJenovaProjectX I’ve always assumed that the generator was on a moon called Endor. Like how somebody would say “The planet of Earth”
CinemaSins: **DING!**
I did always like the one bit where 3PO is telling the ewoks about their past adventures and he's recreating the sound effects as he does so.
The Phantom Menace- 3/5
Attack of the Clones- 2/5
Revenge of the Jedi- 3.5/5
A new hope- 5/5
Empire strikes back- 5/5
Return of the Jedi- 5/5( my favorite Star Wars film. I love the ending with Darth Vader, sidious, and Luke)
+TheGeek41 agree with all your ratings except phantom menace, I'd give it 2/3
+Liam Shields yeah when I was kid I never liked the film only darth maul was the plus for me. Now that I'm 16, I payed close attention and I have to say some of the score( dual of the fates is fantastic). The end lightsaber battle is great, darth maul is menacing, qui qon I actually don't mind him being serious. It's different to see a serious Jedi like Qui-Qon. Obi-won is good, the pod race scene isn't all that bad. Didn't mind it. Convoluted Plot, major script issues , 90% of the characters are just poorly written or I get the feel of I don't scare about them. The droids are a joke, jar jar... Not going to bother.
*****Revenge of the Sith
TheGeek41 Revenge of the sith?
TheGeek41 I agree with most of your points I just feel that the negatives out weigh the positives
1)ESB
2)ANH
3)RTJ
4)RTS
The other to don't qualify at all.
Two
+Constantine Zanikos
Phantom Menace qualifies. It's kind of a mediocre plot but it still makes an essential contribution to the overall narrative of the six films.
Attack of the Clones was sheit. I skipped it when it hit theaters and didn't miss a thing when I went to see Revenge of the Sith.
+Constantine Zanikos hahaha loved the last sentence.
+Ikrani
PM also shit(jaaaaarjaaaaar)
+Constantine Zanikos Agree
The scenes between Vader and Luke in both this movie and Empire are some of the best scenes in the entire franchise.
19:15
You know, that's something that I love making the connection when I rewatch the saga. In the end, Anakin did fulfill the prophecy that he was part of, and it genuinely feels like the major turning point of a character that has been fleshed out through so many movies, comics, and TV shows. His redemption and fulfillment of the prophecy is just so satisfying to me.
This is definitely a big oof moment
@@Operation_Bagel lol because of skywalker?
@@Gadget-Walkmen Yep, good ol’ TROS 😠
The moment when Vader turns on the Emperor is my favorite movie memory. I saw this movie when it first came out, in a fully packed theater. When Vader acted, the audience as one erupted in joy.
I subscribe to the belief that Han should have died in Empire. Not only does it mean he can't be around in Jedi to do basically nothing, but it also gives Leia a second wind to find the Empire again.
I mean, after the events of Empire Strikes Back, everyone's gotta be pretty tuckered out with this war. Having Han die and be like a sort of martyr would have introduced a host of opportunities with the story and Leia
I agree.
+TheGoldenCaulk I very much agree. Maybe Leia would get really involved in some kind of Jedi training after the death of Han. Devastated but finding her balance in the force and carving a much better ark for her character. She would become more of a lead in ROTJ. After watching the last trailers for the new movie, i very much like the idea of Rey in TFA as she seems to be the new Skywalker in the new trilogy :)
+TheGoldenCaulk I had heard that Ford actually thought his character should have died in ESB as well... He was concerned about playing a major part in two big block busters at the same time (Indy had landed on screens by then).
Personally I was totally fine with him being there and glad that he was - the rescue at the start of RotJ was a good intro sequence for the movie I felt.
I was actually looking forward to Han being revived b/c I assumed that it would bring a lot of tension into the group given that Lando has almost taken his place. I would've also preferred Luke to be more emotionally unstable. I think those two changes would've benefited the film very well.
+TheGoldenCaulk Yeah no, I wholeheartedly disagree. Han being put on ice and captured at the end of ESB setup dramatic beats for both movies that were damn near perfect, and vital. The sense of despair and uncertainty at the end of ESB was the perfect way to end the film (had Han died then it'd be more like a sense of sadness and revenge). And having all our main heroes get back together again to fight alongside each other at Jabba's was pivotal to conveying the evolution of all the characters. Also, Ben already served as that martyr figure in ANH so it would just be a repeat of that trope.
Damn, all this time I thought all the original Star Wars movies were critically acclaimed :(
@lschroter2020 he gave TFA an A not an A+.
Still in shock at how Chris rated TLJ higher than this...
If u look at a critics point of view it is better but I personally like ROTJ more the all of the sequel Trilogy
Actually it’s a common misconception that the rancor was stop motion, it was going to be but it was later change to be a puppet because that was more practical.
Han wasn't mad at Lando because Lando was on Tatooine rescuing him...why would he be mad?
+Michael Rosenow Exactly! I feel like that Han saw Lando had come back with Luke to help rescue him and Han had grown more as a character by this point in the series that he probably decided to let bygones be bygones. Would it have been nice to have a scene of dialogue where we see them let it go? Perhaps, but I honestly don't really mind it much.
I was about to say this.
The Phantom Menace: C-
Attack of the Clones: C-
Revenge of the Siths: B
A New Hope: A+
The Empire Strikes Back: A+
Return of the Jedi: B+
What do you guys think The Force Awakens will get? I predict A.
I say C+
B
+ShinobiNintendo Z !
It's going to be A+
It's probably gonna be a B or a A-
2:56 This guy has gone mad, someone call the cops!!!
Out of all of the Original Trilogy this was my favourite as a kid (like Chris Stuckmann and Oliver Harper) and it's still my favourite of the Original Trilogy. Due to the action sequences, in particular the Sarlacc Pit sequence, the story in the 3rd act and THE WHOLE SPACE AND ENDOR BATTLE!!!!!!!
The whole Luke vs Darth Vader fight is fantastic, leading to one of the best shots in cinema: Luke's face covered in light and shadow.
The Ewoks are great: They're cuties that can eat you if they want to. Oh and no matter how many times I see this, whenever I see the Millennium Falcon fly out of the Death Star as it explodes, I punch my fist up in the air in triumph.
This film just brings back so many great memories to my childhood.
20:33 woah wtf. I've never seen that shot with Darth Vader's actor. I've only seen the remastered version with the actor from the prequels
Isn't that the saddest thing ever??? I remember when I saw it in the movie theater, to see the actor underneath Vader's mask come back as a spirit, such a poignant and exquisite moment, to only be replaced by that stupid wooden boy in the remasters 15 years later was a slap in the face. I hate Hayden C. I just want to lightsaber him and Natalie wooden woman into oblivion. That said, I am thrilled that I have both versions so I can choose what I want to see...
yeah they should have kept the original actor instead of switching to hayden c.. It makes way more sense. or they could've changed ben kenobi with young obi wan for balance.
I have the special edition and there are some things that ignore me Greedo shot first and the cgi which didn't aged well.
JB Jacobs Don’t hate the actors. Hate George Lucas for failing to direct the actors, like, at all.
@@jbjacobs9514 look i thought it made sense since thats the last time vadernwas really a hero.
Not really sure where Chris gets the idea that this film's special effects don't hold up as well compared to the previous two films. A New Hope by far had most noticeably aged, particularly by the lackluster duel between Obi Wan and Vader, as well as a scene where Luke turns on his saber and you can obviously tell they had to jump to another cut in the middle of it. Not to mention some space scenes of TIE fighters and X wings looked unnatural, like they were almost "wobbling" and weren't really floating around in space, and you didn't notice this as much in V and VI. Also if you want to talk about anti-climactic and rushed deaths, hello? Obi-Wan anybody? There was barely any time spent mourning him when he passed away. Time-wasting scenes like Ewoks cooking Han and the gang? How about the fact that Episode IV wastes at least a good 10-15 minutes of the movie with C3PO and R2 just aimlessly wandering the desert. I was certainly not engaged by that any more than I was by the Ewoks.
I'm disappointed that Chris puts a skeptical eye on Return of the Jedi for what seems like only because the consensus generally views ROTJ as the weakest of the trilogy, so he's gotta pander. There are plenty of flaws in the other movies too if you actually bother to look. Personally I consider Episode IV to be the weakest of the trilogy, but I still highly appreciate what it started and what it accomplished for film.
Otherwise good review. Can't wait for Episode 7.
+Derpalon When I saw ROTJ in the theater the blue screen lines were pretty obvious. That stuff got cleaned up in the special edition release. A New Hope can be forgiven for some stuff because they were pretty much learning on the job.
+Derpalon At least we can all agree that Empire Strikes Back is the best one by far.
+Kolumaic Not only that, but I also feel like Star Wars (1977) was more aware of it's special effects limitations and tried to clever maneuver around it through a good use of editing. So I feel like the first movie makes more of an effort to hide these flaws, but Return of the Jedi gets a little too confident about it that it shoves in your face. This is one instance where I'm actually torn about the Special Editions, which I normally hate. I do like how the Special Edition of RotJ polishes some of the special effects, but I hate some of the stupid shit it adds.
I don't think it's fair to judge this movie off the original copy since the re releases everyone hates fixed that. I wish people would stop complaining about them. For whatever reason people think of the Jabba and Greedo scene but forget the countless amount of CGI problems they fixed.
+Kolumaic Sure, and I can understand that perspective, but the question here isn't whether the movies' special effects flaws are more "forgivable" as a product of their time, it's whether they stand up to modern effects, and the reality is A New Hope's don't stand up as well as the two sequels, so for Chris to claim A New Hope's are literally "flawless" while nitpicking away at ROTJ just comes off as questionable.
I preferred return of the jedi more than empire.. purely because of the emperor.. he made vader look like a reasonable guy.. you gotta love Ian mcdiarmid great actor.
If this movie was released today, 40 year old basement dwellers would call it the worst movie ever made.