Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
Jedi may not be George Lucas's crown jewel, but his trilogy as a whole is as good as film fantasy gets.
– Bruce Westbrook,
Houston Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Though it looks almost too polished, a handful of eye-smacking action scenes were breakthroughs in precomputer cinematic graphics. And when the film moves, it does so with blazing energy and awesome noise.
– Peter Stack,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
rotten:
In scope and ambition, Jediresembles nothing so much as the next level of a computer game, with a new environment, new gadgets and new creatures.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
With its feints at horror and pathos, the third Star Wars film is the most Disney-esque in its emotional outline, yet that outline is buried beneath an obnoxiously hyped-up pace that reduces the emotions to rubble.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
6 Jun 2007
fresh:
Reasonably fast paced for its 133-minute length, a visual treat throughout.