Slower, longer and less powerful than Episodes IV and V, Return of the Jedi closes this extraordinary trilogy more with a whimper than a bang,
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Return of the Jedi (1983)
74 %
Reviews Counted: 58 Fresh: 43 Rotten:15 Average Rating: 6.5/10
Consensus:
Though failing to reach the cinematic heights of its predecessors, Return of the Jedi remains an entertaining sci-fi adventure and a fitting end to the classic trilogy.
Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins
Theatrical Release: May 25, 1983 Wide
Synopsis: The third and final chapter in the wondrous STAR WARS saga is RETURN OF THE JEDI. Luke (Mark Hamill) must save Han Solo (Harrison Ford) from the clutches of the monstrous Jabba the Hut, and bring down the newly reconstructed--and even more powerful--Death Star. With Solo imprisoned, Luke... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams, Ian McDiarmid
Reviews
Top Critic
It is not as exciting as Star Wars itself, which had the advantage of novelty. But it is better and more satisfying than The Empire Strikes Back...
08/13/08
Return is such a dud that no amount of [Special Edition] reworking could have saved it.
07/13/08
The finale to the saga's first chapter wobbles from time to time and the mythology grows a little woolly, but that spectacular conclusion is hard to resist.
03/04/08
Reasonably fast paced for its 133-minute length, a visual treat throughout.
06/06/07
Top Critic
The space battles are well-staged and various loose narrative threads are pulled together neatly.
06/06/07
With its feints at horror and pathos, the third Star Wars film is the most Disney-esque in its emotional outline, yet that outline is buried beneath an obnoxiously hyped-up pace that reduces the emotions to rubble.
06/06/07
The third Star Wars film, and the sixth in the series, begins with a bang as our heroes try to wrap up the threads left hanging at the end of The Empire Strikes Back.
05/26/06
In scope and ambition, Jediresembles nothing so much as the next level of a computer game, with a new environment, new gadgets and new creatures.
02/09/06
The problems with Jedi cannot be fixed even with the best digital software in the galaxy: the weak story, the bad performances, the burp jokes, and Luke's bizarre-looking hair mop.
12/06/05
Return of the Jedi est en bout de ligne juste assez satisfaisant [...] pour que cette trilogie se boucle comme étant marquante.
05/22/05
Among the cinema's most iconic villains — the Wicked Witch of the West; Hannibal Lecter; Nosferatu… — Vader's story arc stands strikingly alone in its climax.
05/16/05
...Lucas’s first serious decline into juvenilia for the Star Wars saga.
09/09/04
Scores with its imaginative sweep, colorful characters, and ambitious mythology
07/23/03
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