I have a lot of affection for Jedi myself, and I certainly had a ton of love for the film when I first saw it. It's rollicking fun, it just has a bunch of fairly big flaws to me:
1. It's practically a two-act rather than a three-act film, and that hurts it on a structural level. 2. While I don't despise the Ewoks like most SW fans seem to, they aren't necessarily who you want around for the final chapter of a six-movie epic. 3. The good guys win without having to lose anything, which is just bad mythic writing on George's part. There's no sacrifice involved. The one I've heard was apparently considered at the time was Lando and the Falcon not making it out of the Death Star, which would have been perfect.
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Date: 2006-12-20 01:16 am (UTC)1. It's practically a two-act rather than a three-act film, and that hurts it on a structural level.
2. While I don't despise the Ewoks like most SW fans seem to, they aren't necessarily who you want around for the final chapter of a six-movie epic.
3. The good guys win without having to lose anything, which is just bad mythic writing on George's part. There's no sacrifice involved. The one I've heard was apparently considered at the time was Lando and the Falcon not making it out of the Death Star, which would have been perfect.