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From: FIRST@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA
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Subject: ROTJ
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Date: Thu, 26-May-83 10:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 26 10:59:59 1983
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From:  Michael First 

1) SF-LOVERS was RIGHT!!  Back about 2 years ago, a super spoiler
message appeared on SF-LOVERS from someone who claimed that
a friend who worked at Lucasfilm got to see the
script for RotJ, and leaked that Leia and Luke wre in fact
siblings! 
2) I enjoyed the film but I was somewhat disappointed
about several aspects.  I claim that of the 3 films, ESB was
the most innovative and exciting.  RotJ was very much a rehash
of ESB with respect to ideas and technique.  It seemed that
there were very few novel sets (in fact, most of the
sets seemed to be leftovers from the previous two films),
few new gadgets, and very little new pure Sci-Fi ideas.
The only "new" things were the creatures which were done at least
as imaginatively in "Dark Crystal".  The battle scenes also
were very similar to those in the previous films.  In fact, the
primary interesting thing was the plot development, which was
foreshadowed in ESB.  With the exception
of the major plot points concerning Darth and Luke, there
was little else suspenseful in RotJ--everything else was
extremely predicatable--i.e. the Death Star really being
fully operational, etc.

3) The direction in this film was also lacking; battle scenes
seems overly confused on the screen, and an inordinate amount
of time was spent showing the muppets dancing.

4) Finally,it seems
unlikely that Darth could have killed the emperor with such ease.  I mean,
this guy is supposed to be the most powerful user of the Dark Side,
and Darth just tossed him down the shaft to his death.  It is always
disappointing to suspend one's disbelief for the magic of a story
only to have the plot resolved in such an unsatisfying way.

5)  Well, I still enjoyed the film but I don't find myself caring
very much when SW part I hits the screen.

--Michael (FIRST@SUMEX-AIM)
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