So since it is Thanksgiving, I am going to be posting both
my posts tonight. That way I can get them out of the way and try to enjoy part
of my weekend. I work around 30 hours over Black Friday weekend so I am going
to be exhausted. Some break… I really hate the fact that many big retailers are
opening up on Thursdays. It is absolutely ridiculous! Go enjoy time with your
family and loved ones, don’t be out shopping! Do that on Friday, but not on the
holiday. Honestly, I guess I would be okay with stores opening up later at like
9 or 10 P.M. that way employees can have the day to spend with their families
and then once everyone is starting to turn in for the night, they would go to
work. As bad as it sounds, I almost wish that our stores didn’t do so well on
Thanksgiving this year, that way next year, they’ll hopefully push the opening
time later or even make it early Friday. We will see…
So I am going to be doing my posts a little out of order and
do this one as mediocre persuasive and then on my next post that will be
available tonight, I will go full blown persuasive! This post will be about Star
Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. Released in 1983, it marks the end of
the original trilogy and the Star Wars story, until December when the
next film is released. Growing up, I always found this movie interesting but I
think George Lucas’ last film in the story was a little weak compared to what
it should have been. After being frozen in carbonite, stolen by the bounty
hunter Boba Fett and given to Jabba the Hutt, Han Solo’s friends are trying to
rescue him. Jabba the Hutt is that strange, big, green worm from the Star
Wars films. He speaks in a strange tongue and has his own kingdom full of
weird and even singing aliens. Strange is good but some of these things is too
strange, especially this annoying like rat looking thing. The make things short
and as you would probably figure, Han Solo is rescued and Jabba the Hutt is
killed. I won’t spoil the whole thing for you, but I was very disappointed how
they killed the villain Boba Fett. He was supposed to be a cool villain but was
lamely knocked into a pit where he is presumably dead. Now there is
construction of a second Death Star and it hovers a planet called Endor. Endor
supplies a shield for the space station that way the Rebels can’t destroy it
again. An assault team is assembled with most of the main characters and is
sent to Endor to destroy the shield, but on this planet, the team runs into
another strange habitant. Little fuzzy bears called Ewoks. Well there Ewoks
have some crazy rock throwing and archery skills because these little bears are
able to take out armored, Stormtroopers. A bit odd, but whatever, still a
pretty good movie. Luke is able to defeat Darth Vader and able to take down the
Empire, leaving hope in the galaxy for now…
IMDb gives Return of the Jedi a solid 8.4/10 and
Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 79%. Personally, I would give it a 8/10. Overall, I enjoyed the movie and have watched it many time since I was a kid. It’s a pretty
good ride and ending to the beloved story, though some of the acting is dull. Some parts Return of the Jedi just don’t make sense, leaving you to wonder if Lucas will continue
directing these movies or let someone else take over. The answer is sadly no
which we will see in the prequel trilogy. Thankfully in the upcoming film, Episode
VII The Force Awakens, we have a new director and hopefully revive many fan’s
feelings about Star Wars.
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