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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Studio executives summary / pitch
Episode 6 of legendary sci-fi six part trilogy
Short plot summary

All loose ends tied up, everyone lives happily ever after, after Leia finds out she is Luke's sister and her Dad is Darth Vadar too.

What our panel of critics thought

"It made my knockers sing."

"I never thought he could pull it off, good luck for the next three in the series."

"I made love for the first time while watching this movie."

"I have it on video and do my ironing to it once a month. Well done George a nice film."

"Stupendous action sequences set in a forest. Never seen anything quite like it before. Were any chipmunks killed during the filming?"

"The blue screen is so obvious I walked out."

"A bit like a high tech video game we all know so well now, but then it was so new."

"Jabba the Hutt stole the show. A truly inspirational baddie and not half sexy to boot."

Please tell me the ending
Darth Vader dies, killed by son Luke Skywalker, who tearfully tries to save him by cradling his neck. All the good guys live happily ever after, apart from Yoda.
What snack should I avoid eating while watching this movie?

Traffic lights lollipop that color your teeth.

Alternative casting suggestions

Mucho baddies version:

Osama bin Laden as Darth Vader
Adolf Hitler as Emperor
Stalin as Hans Solo.
If I were to watch this on video/DVD how best should I sit?

Legs splayed onto coffee table in front. Cushions behind neck, table to right-hand side to hold drinks and light snacks.

Could this film be improved with more explosions?

In the words of the New York Times: "The explosivity quotient is fine." Some of the in-forest effects have dated as audiences have become more sophisticated. When this movie was first released, computer games were not as advanced as they are today and some liberties were taken hoping nobody would notice.

How funny is this film?

It has its unintentional moments, there is no obvious attempt to get a belly laugh. Leia fearlessly dispenses with the need for Danish pastries on her ears, in favor of marginally more suitable across the top-of-head long-croissants (thankfully unfilled).

In screen advertising
Watch out for Yodeling Yoda's CD, available in all good supermarket bargain bins, only $2.50 (some prints have a poster behind the bar advertising this).
Would the scary bits make your cat jump out of your lap causing scratch marks?

The only scary bit is when Luke lazers Vader. This could scare a particularly nervous cats, but Luke attempts to make up with his father after the lazering episode by the tried and trusted cradling of the head technique - could bring a tear to the eye of cats who watch the reruns of Little House on the Prairie.

Could you base a lasting philosophy on this movie? Specify whether suicide pact or not.

"May the force be with you", "the force is strong in this one" and "I can feel the force, can you feel the force?"

Other comments

We suppose you have to see this film if you have sat through the second one (fifth one). In our opinion it is better than number 2 (five) by a large margin.

Get out the snacks and why not make an end of Star Wars party out of it? There's another three after this one.... At the time of writing the second one is about to come out. By the time of reading this Lucas may well have started on episode 7.

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