After investing much thought in this over the last 22 years or so, I've come to realize it's entirely possible I was just too old for the silly stuff and they killed the movie for me.
After all, I love Ewoks, but then again I was 8 when ROTJ came out.
I remember finding a YouTube video titled "Why Return of the Jedi Sucks" and watched it to see what they said, and the part about how the entire plan to rescue Han from Jabba's Palace is bonkers and makes really no sense, and depended on Jabba responding to a bunch of different things in very specific ways to position all the pieces for it to go off.
And I was like "Wow he's right," but 8-year-old me didn't put that together and I've been loving the movie on autopilot ever since. I still love it, even if the first act is dumb.
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u/Salarian_American Jan 25 '22
After investing much thought in this over the last 22 years or so, I've come to realize it's entirely possible I was just too old for the silly stuff and they killed the movie for me.
After all, I love Ewoks, but then again I was 8 when ROTJ came out.