[bigstrat2003]

Return of the Jedi was in fact the best of the original trilogy. It's weird to use it as a point of comparison like that's a diss.

[frollogaston]

It's not a diss, it was an ok movie. Most people consider it less great than 4 and 5, partially because they redid the big scene in 4.

[Cthulhu_]

It did feel derivative, but then they just did it again with one of the sequels because they could, except this time it's a death planet instead of star/moon. The Empire or whatever they called it had been reduced to a parody / comic relief.

[frollogaston]

And somehow the death planet also has a self-destruct. Well, parody is a good way to put it, the sequels are about as Star Wars as Spaceballs is.