Happy 30th birthday to Return of the Jedi

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• darkjedimaster Posts: 18,621

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  25/05/13 - 05:44 #2

  Was just about to post this but was beaten. :mad::D
  
  Cannot believe that I was only 7 yrs old when this originally came out. May have to crack open the collection later & give it another watch.

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• thedarklord _ Posts: 565

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  25/05/13 - 06:07 #3

  I only caught up with the Star Wars films at the end of last year (I know, where have I been?) and I have to say I'm not a convert. Though if I were to pick a favourite, it would be Return of the Jedi.

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• stripedcat Posts: 6,689

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  25/05/13 - 07:52 #4

  The first film that I ever saw in a cinema. At the old Cannon Cinema in Queen Street in Deal, Kent. About year before it closed as well!
  
  I do remember that when

  Vader was unmasked, the whole audience went : "Urgggh!"

  
  The weakest of the trilogy - and at the time I hadn't seen "Empire"(that came the following year at the same cinema - it got a repeat showing), but still has some memorable moments - Jabba, speedbike chase, Luke and Vader battling it out, the Emperor, etc. Compared to the latest SW films - it is a masterpiece!

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• JaiJai Posts: 541

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  25/05/13 - 15:29 #5

  My favourite Star Wars. The last hour is just epic.

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• fink Posts: 2,364

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  25/05/13 - 17:04 #6

  "Young fool. Only now, at the end, do you understand"

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• Tassium Posts: 31,639

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  25/05/13 - 19:29 #7

  I think audiences were invested in those characters so the film seems better than it is.
  
  But it's creaky and badly directed, rather like the prequels.
  
  Effects and music raise it up somewhat.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 14,920

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  26/05/13 - 03:51 #8

  30 years? my god.

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• Fizzbin Posts: 36,827

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  26/05/13 - 03:54 #9

  Ginger Nut wrote: »

  30 years? my god.

  
  A mere whippersnapper as the original film also had its birthday today - 36 years old.
  
  Neither were released in the UK on the same day as the US however.

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• Big Boy Barry Posts: 35,389

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  26/05/13 - 06:09 #10

  A shame that the movie has been vandalised by George Lucas.

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• Bester Posts: 9,698

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  26/05/13 - 06:31 #11

  Big Boy Barry wrote: »

  A shame that the movie has been vandalised by George Lucas.

  
  
  
  I remember seeing this at the cinema as well. 30 years, fcuk me I feel old. :mad:

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