We'll, to be honest, it all started going down the tubes with the stupid Ewoks. The "cringe" factor was turned up on Return of the Jedi and I can hardly watch that movie any more.
yeah the ewoks was bad
i think its just an american thing that some people decide in order to be kid friendly/family friendly they need the foofy comedy relief
but it really messes up the flow of the story
and think how much better it could have been without the ewok comedy relief