Return of the Jedi Review
This review paper of the film “Return of the Jedi” will cover the film’s story line, main characters, conflict and theme. Additionally, I will describe some cinematographic techniques and special effects I observed during the film. Then, I will capture how the film played a part in American history and American culture was expressed by the film. Last, I will convey my personal reactions to the film.
The Return of the Jedi’s opening scene has Darth Vader, Luke’s long lost father Anakin Skywalker, arriving to inspect the unfinished Death Star. The Officer in Charge greets Vader then asked him for more time to compete the battle station. Darth Vader warned him that the Emperor is displeased and is not as forgiving as him. Next, Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance assembled to rescue their friend Han Solo from his carbon frozen state in the palace of a galactic villain called Jabba the Hutt. The Alliance will need all the help it can get to lead an attack on the Death Star. The rebels will seek to destroy the dooms day weapon and the evil Emperor. Luke knows that this will be his chance to confront Darth Vader. Luke believes that his father still has good within him and refuses to believe that Vader has gone over to the darks side forever. In the three-part action finale, Luke duels with Darth Vader while the Emperor watches and tries to manipulate Luke into using his feelings of anger and revenge to kill the Emperor, who is weaponless, in order to lure Luke to the dark side. While Luke is on the Death star, the Rebel Alliance engages the Emperor’s fleet with every ship they have but are sustaining heavy causalities. On the forest moon of Endor, Han Solo, Princess Leia, the droids, R2...
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Personally, I thought the filmmakers didn’t put that much imagination into the main plot as they did in the film's opening scene. Again, I believe the film set the bar for special effects. On a positive note, making the fight between Luke Skywalker vs. Dark Vader as important as the Rebels vs. the Empire is very dramatic. Another dramatic scene is the idea of Luke struggling to avoid feelings of anger and revenge, which might lure him to the Dark Side. Unfortunately, I observed an obsession with visual gimmickry, silly aliens and robots, not so well developed plotlines and a disinterest in good acting. The three-part action finale is thrilling but cutting back and forth among the scenes interrupts the overall flow of the film.
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Luke’s return most certainly takes place at the end of the movie. It seems all might be lost as Darth Vader has wiped out all the fighters except for Luke. Darth is moving Luke into his sights when Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon appear and remove all threats to Luke’s safety.
However the film had some flaws. The beginning failed at establishing strong characters. Most of the characters in the film had no in depth personality and instead were just objects to push the story forward. On the other hand, the ending of the film was very effective. It lead well into the beginning of A New Hope. It ends with the rebels fleeing from Vader while A New Hope begins with Darth Vader boarding the rebels ship. Also the audience got an explanation to why the Death Star was so easy to destroy. Galen Erso designed the planet killer with a flaw in the the center of the star. This allowed the rebels to easily blow it up in A New Hope. Rogue One accomplishes its main goal of developing a story outside of the normal episodes in the
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Luke on the other hand, begs to differ. The evil Empire establishes itself within the gigantic Death Star and using Darth Vader’s help, they demolish the Jedi Order. The Jedi Order has nearly been eliminated when Luke Skywalker makes the decision to help destroy the evil Empire. He gets sucked into the Death Star and captured, but he fights his way out with Princess Leia and his droids. After he escapes, he comes back with more people for the final battle. In Luke’s final battle of the Death Star, he is able to use the force and communicate with Obi-Wan Kenobi who guides him into the long hard fought battle of
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