The cold take is that this is a lame Star War because the Ewoks are a transparent ploy to sell toys - I actually bought my little sister a Wicket stuffie for Christmas that year!
I have grown to like this movie more and more with every viewing. The Ewoks are cute, but they are also effectively kill a ton of Stormtroopers, and help thwart the Empire's trap.
The audience was a ton of fun, everyone was excited, and my friend Richard reports his seat-mates were all drunk on wine!
Pete had a great time, he brought his Mace Windu lightsaber, and ran into his teacher Ms Warner on Main Street en route to the movie! It truly is a small county. More Star Wars content here!
NOTE: My wife Emily is on an eight-day vacation to Canada, so in preparation for solo parenting, I deliberately stuffed in as many nights out at the movies as I could this week. It has been a long time since I saw four movies in seven days!