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...relationships between characters in Return of the Jedi are sappy and unbelievable at times--but that's par for the course; the superficial portrayals keep events from slowing down. Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia and Harrison Ford as Han Solo don't make very convincing lovers, but Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker successfully reveals something resembling inner struggle between the Force and the evil his father represents. Since Star Wars. Hamill has changed Skywalker from the typical fairy-tale incarnation of goodness into a character torn by his affections for his father and his desires to save his friends...
Like Hamill, the special effects in Jedi have progressed spectacularly. A series of chase scenes through a forest is filmed from each character's perspective separately as they fly through trees. The community of Ewoks, the furry little creatures that aid Han Solo and Leia in their battle against the Empire, are cute--indeed, adorable--but not so much as to be ridiculous. The Ewoks will make perfect gifts next Christmas for youngsters who adored Return of the Jedi. Indeed, the whole two and a half hours of running time are filled with gimmicks for eager entrepreneurs...
...happy on the international front. North Korea has defaulted on several foreign loans and arbitrarily rescheduled others, piling up an overseas debt of more than $2 billion. In addition, the country's foreign envoys have occasionally been caught cheating. Last month Yu Jae Han, North Korea's Ambassador to Finland, was expelled for trying to bribe the former Speaker of Finland's parliament. Other North Korean diplomats in recent years have been ejected from Denmark, Sweden and Norway for attempting to sell drugs, cigarettes and liquor on the black market...
...Student Han Park and his wife Moonhee have started their own Oriental food delivery business, which offers fresh sushi and other delicacies, delivered to students' doors from 9 to 9.45 p.m. every night, Monday through Saturday...
...tree houses and live to be 350 years old. The six-breasted females deliver their offspring in litters. After an invasion by Imperial forces, which may be alluded to in the "prequel," the Wookies were rounded up by slave traders and sold throughout the Empire. Chewy was rescued by Han Solo and installed as his copilot. Got that...