[Flick Lives]

Star Wars jumped the shark with “Return of the Jedi”. There has not been a decent show since “Empire”.

I'd agree "Empire" was the best of the bunch. "Return" got dangerously close to jumping the shark with the Ewoks. The franchise then fully embraced the shark when it introduced Jar Jar Binks.

[Thorliveshere]

I'd agree "Empire" was the best of the bunch. "Return" got dangerously close to jumping the shark with the Ewoks

I agree, too, but it wasn't just Ewoks that hurt the film. Making Luke and Leia siblings was by far the stupidest move, neutering Han Solo was another, some bad cinematography, muppet-filled opener, killing off Boba Fett in the opening, and lots of ham-fisted writing and bad dialog. Granted, there's some good in it, but still... not the best, but not as bad as the prequels.

I actually have some high hope for this sequel.