Star Wars “The Force Looks Back”: ‘Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi’ (1983)

Vader arrives in his shuttle on a docking bay, and Luke, having already surrendered to the Empire, talks with Vader in an attempt to bring the Sith Lord out of the dark side of the Force, but to no avail. The Empire takes Luke into custody for transportation to the Death Star. The next day, the Rebels attempt to locate the shield generator, and the Rebel fleet enters hyperspace from Sullust to prepare for the final attack. Luke and Vader finally enter the Death Star and confront the Emperor, who looks forward to completing Luke’s training and believes that while Vader would never turn from the dark side, neither would Luke. He also reveals that it was he who coordinated the Rebels finding the secret plans and locating the shield generator so that the Alliance can fall into a trap of Palpatine’s devising.

The Rebels enter the heart of the shield generator, only to be taken prisoner by the Imperial forces. The fleet emerges from hyperspace for the battle, but discovers the shield is still up. As they contemplate their options, the Imperial fleet, which they were led to believe was away, appears and an intense battle begins. Han and the strike team are led out of the bunker by the stormtroopers, but the droids and the Ewoks have already orchestrated the attack on the Empire, and another intense battle commences with the Rebels and Ewoks on one side, the Empire on another. Palpatine shows to Luke the full power of the Death Star, and the station, now fully operational, destroys one of the Alliance’s ships. Meanwhile, on Endor, the battle continues, with casualties (Rebel, stormtrooper, and Ewok) already mounting. Eventually, Han, Leia, and Chewbacca gain access to the bunker.

VI. Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader (Anakin)
The battle begins with Palpatine provoking Luke to draw his lightsaber on Darth Vader after a few remarks. Luke Skywalker ends up obliging to the emperor’s quick quips throwing the Dark Lord off guard for a moment. The final duel has begun. This battle had a mixture of emotions and alignment turns along the way. The action between the two was definitely furious unlike the last two encounters Vader had with Obi-Wan & Luke. They both were out to prove something to one another and to the emperor who was spectating the father and son clash. It wasn’t until Vader would stalk the hidden Jedi and look into his mind about having a sister to turn her to the dark side that Luke would use a fury of angry attacks at Vader with fighting Form V. Luke then, cuts off his Vader’s mechanical hand (like Vader did in the “Empire Strikes Back”). Palpatine encourages Luke to kill his father so the young Jedi can take Vader’s place at his side. But Luke controls his anger and throws aside his lightsaber. He declares himself to be a Jedi Knight as his father Anakin was before he turned over to the dark side and turned into Darth Vader. Refusing to join the dark side, Palpatine begins to torture Luke trying to persuade him. Calling out to his father for help, Vader makes his decision (similar to how he had to make his decision to choose Palpatine or the Jedi Order in ‘Revenge of the Sith”). Vader makes his decision – he cannot let one of the two last remaining links to his deceased wife, Padmé Amidala, die, so he lifts the Emperor into the air and throws him into the Death Star’s power core/ reactor shaft. The Emperor disappears into the abyss, screaming, and then he is gone. There is an explosion but during the process of killing Palpatine, his lightning enters Vader’s organic remains, striking Vader’s life support system and his respirator (Vader’s mechanical lungs), mortally wounding him. Luke has carried his father’s ravaged body to the foot of an Imperial shuttle. Vader stops Luke and asks him to remove his mask so that he can look upon the face of his son, just for once, with his “own eyes.” Luke removes the mask and sees the face of his father, Anakin Skywalker. Anakin’s face is revealed to be pale white (from not seeing natural sunlight in 23 years), and his head remaining with some scars after healing for 23 years from his duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi (as depicted in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith). Anakin tells Luke that his son was right – he did have good left in him, and asks him to tell his sister the same. With that, Anakin Skywalker, the redeemed Jedi Knight, dies

With the battle of the light and dark side finally over, the Rebels close in on destroying the second Death Star, and ending the reign of the Galactic Empire. The Millennium Falcon and its strike force (in the last Rebel fighter inside) reach the Death Star’s main reactor and fire concussion missiles and proton torpedoes at it, causing it to collapse. Luke escapes the Death Star with his father’s body and flies out through the flames, and so do Wedge Antilles and the Millennium Falcon before the Death Star explodes.

Seeing the destruction from above, Han senses Leia’s love for Luke. He offers to step aside when Luke arrives, but she tells Han that Luke is her brother. After a moment of shock and/or surprise, Han and Leia engage in a passionate kiss.

Luke is reunited with his companions Han, Lando, the droids, Chewbacca, the surviving Rebel fleet, the Ewoks, and his sister Leia. Luke then catches sight of the spirit figures of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and a redeemed Anakin Skywalker. Luke is pleased – not only is he now and forever a Jedi, but his father is once again on the light side of the Force. Leia takes Luke by the hand and they rejoin their friends and colleagues as the spirits of Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Anakin continue to look on with pride.

32 years later… The Force has been dormin and the balance has been peaceful until the galaxy is shaken up by an evil who intents to carry-out Darth Vader’s plans for the dark side to take over the galaxy. As the way of the Jedi finds a new, hunters, and pilots of the worlds in peace come together to stop this threat. The Force has awaken and it’s time for the battle between the dark and light side of the force, to wage war once more for a time long ago, in a galaxy far far away….