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From: DonProvan@CMU-CS-A@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.movies.sw
Subject: RotJ
Message-ID: <4156@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Aug-83 15:37:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 12 15:37:00 1983
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well, i finally saw RotJ and was quite disappointed.  yeah, yeah, lots
of things just didn't jive and most of the movie was just cashing in.
but the real disappointment was leia.  even since the firs time
i saw tESB, i knew that luke and leia were brother and sister.  when i
realized it, my eyes lit up.  they have the youth of america in the
palm of there hands: imagine how many little minds they could have
straightened out with a good light saber fight between leia and vadar.
wow!  a real powerful woman.  instead, they almost stripped her of
the strong qualities she had.  sure, she strangled Babba.  but she did
it in an exploitive costume she'd been on display in for the last 15 minutes
of the movie.  sure, she shoots one or two storm troopers, but only because
hans is busy trying to open the door.  and by the end of the movie, i
swear i expected her to say "now that the galaxy is safe, i want to live
my life's dream: become a houswife and have lots of babies."  well, maybe
i was a bit upset by that time.  but i still can't believe they blew it
so badly.  leia's a good character, but it's a shame to come so far and
not quite make it.

flame off.					don