Scene Analysis: Return of the Jedi

Last semester, Madison Media Institute had me take a Film & TV History class. It was one of my favorite. Our final paper for the class was to pick a scene from a movie, and write a paper on it. Being a Star Wars fan most of my life, the original movies came to mind immediately. Also having just watched Return of the Jedi, I immediately thought of the final scene where Luke rejects the Dark Side, is force lightninged by the Emperor, and saved by his father.

Fair warning: it’s 7 pages, double spaced. I was the only one in my class to receive a 100 on my paper. Here it is in PDF format. Let me know what you think, and please excuse my blasphemy in not picking a scene from Empire Strikes Back.