TheRetroCritic

Force Majeure  is a new, unofficial  Star Wars  podcast in which each film in the franchise is given its own sort-of-in-depth review. In this second episode, guest co-host Alex Weiss and I discuss  Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi . http://forcemajeurepod.blogspot.com https://rocketpantspodcast.wordpress.com/ @TheRetroCritic @Chronoslinger #ForceMajeure

The Star Wars mania which had rocked the late 70's and become a huge phenomenon real quick finally came to an end in 1983 with  Return Of The Jedi ,   the third instalment of the space opera which saw our heroes fight back after losing some steam against the Empire in the last movie. Still frozen in carbonite, Han Solo (Harrison Ford), is hanging as a wall decoration in an alien blob's humble abode. Said blob is Solo's last employer Jabba The Hutt, a cold, vile and greedy creature who not only lets the guy gather up dust but soon reduces Leia (Carrie Fisher) to a scantily-clad slave woman and sets a trap (it's a trap!) for Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), before almost having him thrown in the Sarlacc (don't ask) pit for lols. Luckily, Luke has now pretty much mastered the powers of the Force and is a bonafide Jedi master so the gang are promptly reunited and escape, droids and all. The tone for this one is a little different than in the previous films. A New

After the original Star Wars trilogy, somehow the idea of an Ewok spin-off got tossed around and eventually became a thing. As if Return Of The Jedi didn't have enough puppets and furry creatures, we were then graced with not one but two made-for-TV movies all about the Ewoks. And of course I rented the hell out of those movies as a kid because... I was unhinged, I guess. Of course the point was to select some kid-friendly characters from the movies and give younger viewers something to keep them quiet at home post-Star Wars but, as we all know, kids would have probably much preferred a Boba Fett spin-off or, at the very least, some show about C-3PO and R2-D2 getting into all sorts of wacky adventures. But no: we got Ewoks and a mostly unwatchable Holiday Special. Thanks. Luckily, the blandly titled Caravan Of Courage: An Ewok Adventure , which was somehow released in theatres in Europe, at least had some sort of story and dialogs a human could understand. On the o