| − | Of the three original films, ''Return of the Jedi'' is considered to be the weakest. In recent years, many fans have cited it to be the prototype, of sorts, of how things would be with the Prequel Trilogy. On a similar note, Return of the Jedi was also effectively the prototype to Lucas pushing his leftist views on the audiences via the Ewoks taking out the Empire on Endor, when Lucas stated that the Ewoks were meant to represent in his mind the Vietcong, which would later be expanded upon in the Prequel Trilogy. [[Bill Whittle]] in an episode of Afterburner relating to George Lucas's remarks on the Han Shot First controversy, noted when referencing this admission from Lucas that this effectively implied that the Empire, the villains of the trilogy whom viewers spent their childhoods rooting against, was meant to be America.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns1m_aXJa58</ref> | + | Of the three original films, ''Return of the Jedi'' is considered to be the weakest. In recent years, many fans have cited it to be the prototype, of sorts, of how things would be with the Prequel Trilogy. On a similar note, Return of the Jedi was also effectively the prototype to Lucas pushing his leftist views on the audiences via the Ewoks taking out the Empire on Endor, when Lucas stated that the Ewoks were meant to represent in his mind the Vietcong, and to a lesser extent promoting post-modernism via Obi-Wan's explanation of why he misled Luke into thinking Vader killed his father, which would later be expanded upon in the Prequel Trilogy. [[Bill Whittle]] in an episode of Afterburner relating to George Lucas's remarks on the Han Shot First controversy, noted when referencing this admission from Lucas that this effectively implied that the Empire, the villains of the trilogy whom viewers spent their childhoods rooting against, was meant to be America.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns1m_aXJa58</ref> |