Category: 1983
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Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Oh hey! Another made-for-TV Star Wars documentary directed by Mr. Robert Guenette coming out almost immediately after one of the main films! I had planned on covering documentaries at some point when I dreamed up 2024: A Star Wars Event, but it was only after watching The Making of Star Wars and finding out the director did two more–SP FX: Special Effects – The Empire Strikes Back and this one–that I decided to follow each of the original trilogy films with their corresponding doc. And I–a former die hard Star Wars nerd–actually learned a fair amount watching these, so I…
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Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t absolutely sure that I’d be reviewing Return of the Jedi right here. Mr. George Lucas clearly wants people to watch his Star Wars movies in episode order, but I didn’t want to go that route. And sure, release order–4, 5, 6, 1, 2, and 3–is what I’m apparently leaning towards, but I was really tempted to do flashback mode–4, 5, 1, 2, 3, and 6–,the logic is flashing back to Anakin Skywalker’s past after the revelation that no, he is Luke’s father. But at just about the last minute I decided at the very…
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