Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Overall:

After searching the galaxy for his friend, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight, returns to his home planet of Tatooine. Once he and his friends escape the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, Luke returns to Dagobah to complete his training under Yoda's tutelage. It is there, in the dying Master's presence that he confirms the truth of Vader's true identity and that Luke is not the last of the Jedi.

He gains more knowledge from a spectral Obi-Wan, who confirms that yes, Luke is not alone and that another Skywalker roams the galaxy. Armed with this new information, Luke rejoins the Rebel fleet as they embark upon their greatest offensive of all time: an attack against a second Death Star which will not only wipe one more threat off the face of the galaxy, but bring an end to the Empire, as well.

In the final showdown between father and son, Luke fights the darkness within himself as he withstands the lure of the Emperor and defies the evil inside of Vader in an effort to redeem the man he once was.

Likes:

Wheee! My all-time fave of the Original Trilogy. Love it all, my precious!

Dislikes:

Ah, now, see? This is where I have to turn to those silly DVD versions once more. I have only one peeve with this and it's very spoilerific.

So, if you have no qualms about being spolied, please highlight the space between the two bars.

If, on the other hand, you wish to not know, please leave it at the fact that I have issues and skip on down 

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Luke Skywalker pauses at the end of this movie and sees three ghostly figures in the distance: Yoda, obi-Wan and his father, Anakin.

In the original cut, Anakin Skyalker was played by the late Sebastian Shaw.

In the DVD-cut, Anakin Skywalker is played by none other than Vader-Boy himself, Hayden Christensen.

Now, while I do not begrudge Hayden his rightful place as Anakin, I do totally disagree with CG'ing him into Mr. Shaw's place. I feel it is a serious slap in the face of the dearly departed actor, and an awful tribute to his part in one of the greatest trilogies ever made.

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That's all for me

In Closing:

A great end to a great story, you will not be disappointed.  Again, I must council that you dust off the VCR's and watch the original version of this movie. Once you're familiar with it, then you may go ahead and try out the DVDs.

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