Réalisation:
Richard MarquandMusique:
John WilliamsActeurs·trices:
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz, James Earl Jones (plus)VOD (5)
Résumés(1)
L'Empire galactique est plus puissant que jamais: la construction de la nouvelle arme, l'Etoile de la Mort, menace l'univers tout entier... Arrêté après la trahison de Lando Calrissian, Han Solo est remis à l'ignoble contrebandier Jabba Le Hutt par le chasseur de primes Boba Fett. Après l'échec d'une première tentative d'évasion menée par la princesse Leia, également arrêtée par Jabba, Luke Skywalker et Lando parviennent à libérer leurs amis. Han, Leia, Chewbacca, C-3PO et Luke, devenu un Jedi, s'envolent dès lors pour une mission d'extrême importance sur la lune forestière d'Endor, afin de détruire le générateur du bouclier de l'Etoile de la Mort et permettre une attaque des pilotes de l'Alliance rebelle. Conscient d'être un danger pour ses compagnons, Luke préfère se rendre aux mains de Dark Vador, son père et ancien Jedi passé du côté obscur de la Force. (texte officiel du distributeur)
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Critiques (11)
A pretty uneven climax to the most overrated story in the history of cinema. The scenes with the Emperor and Darth Vader are great, the events on the forest moon are unnecessarily ruined by the childish Ewoks, and the opening half hour in Tatooine is almost unbearable. It’s decent fun, but putting Star Wars at the level of other fantasy and science fiction worlds is way too much.
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Probably the most fairytale-like episode of the existing series of Star Wars. It almost looks as if George Lucas found himself in the effects which brought us Critters, Gremlins, or the legendary series Dinosaurs. All of those monsters and freaks look just as good. But, I have to say that I don’t mind this deviation. On the contrary, I was happy not only because of them, but because of Chewbacca, who is on stage a lot more than usual. And when he isn’t there, you can still hear those odd sounds of his somewhere in the background. And the finale? That’s literally top-notch. It’s a shame that I will never get to know the feelings the fans back then had to have when they finished the movie and then realized they actually didn’t know how it all began and had to wait for it for almost twenty years.
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It’s too bad that Marquand didn’t have his turn until after the brilliant Episode V. In Return of the Jedi, unlike in the preceding episode, Lucas became heavy-handedly involved in this, and his little live Monchhichi almost buried the movie. Although, compared to what Lucas gave us in Episode I, here we get only a tolerable dose of childish lameness, however annoying it is. Compared to the preceding episode, the pace at the beginning of this is overly relaxed while at the end the pace is overly rushed. In any case, this is a respectable end to the original trilogy, although it could (and should!) have been significantly better.
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This film seems to be setting the scene for the infantile boom from Episode 1, yet the ending and fateful duel with Darth Vader and the Emperor are among the highlights of the series. It is simply clear that Lucas was slowly succumbing to the size of his fiction world and its possible flexible adaptability to viewers of different ages. A slightly weaker link, yet he still has enough to keep in touch with the peak of science fiction...
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The Skywalkers definitely don't limp to the finish line, but there are a few stumbles along the way. The very slow introduction of the main characters on stage, in fact, misses the desired effect, and it's not until Luke takes the lightsaber in his hand that I finally got the atmosphere of the classic Star Wars. However, what Return of the Jedi loses in the beginning, it gains in the end. The final hour with the ultimate clash of lightsabers, non-stop action, final revelations, and inevitable goodbyes captivates and moves you at the same time.
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