Return Of The Jedi 40th Anniversary Cinemas

[edd_jedi]

I found this list of cinemas showing ROTJ later this month, closest one to me is Southampton. It's only on for a few days, have booked the Saturday



Odeon

• Birmingham Broadway Plaza
• Glasgow Quay
• Kingston
• Lea Valley
• Metrocentre (Gateshead)
• Milton Keynes Stadium
• Norwhich
• Liverpool One
• Trafford Centre (Manchester)

Cineworld

• Ashton Under Lyne
• Basildon
• Crawley
• Edinbrugh
• Glasgow
• Hemel Hempstead
• London
• Sheffield
• Stevenage

Showcase (3D Only)

• Bluewater
• Bristol
• Coventry
• Leeds
• Notingham
• Peterbrough
• Reading
• Southampton

Picturehouse

• London - Ritzy

 

[Cazza]

Thanks, Edd!

 

[kysersozza]

I don't think that Showcase Cinemas are showing RotJ in 3D but are showing the film on their XPLUS screens which can show 2D and 3D. It is listed as 2D XPLUS for Showcase Leeds.

 

[Ollie-Wan]

Just booked the last decent seat at Odeon Stadium Milton Keynes on Monday 1st May, all other dates now sold out!

 

[Cardbackkid]

Saw it last night with my dad at Norwich Odeon, was great to see it on the big screen for the first time and seats was pretty much sold out.

 

[Cazza]

It's doing very well, considering its limited release. The screen averages are really high. Should've had a wider release!

 

[edd_jedi]

I saw it on Saturday, was great to see it on the big screen again for the first time since 1997, even if it was the special edition. Also worth mentioning the Showcase cinema in Southampton is incredible! Huge electric seats, massive screen, great sound, and no way of anyone blocking your view. Worth the 45 minute drive from me.

 

[Ravefish]

I saw it on Saturday, was great to see it on the big screen again for the first time since 1997, even if it was the special edition. Also worth mentioning the Showcase cinema in Southampton is incredible! Huge electric seats, massive screen, great sound, and no way of anyone blocking your view. Worth the 45 minute drive from me.

I also saw it in Southampton on Saturday The last time I thought the cinema was 1983 when I saw it at the Winchester cinema even though I enjoyed it I had the same thought when I left the cinema on Saturday as I did when I left it 40 years ago as a teenager and that was why did they even bother with the Ewoks
Anyhow the best bit about it was going with my 18-year-old son that alone made it extra special

 

[edd_jedi]

I think the love-hate relationship with Ewoks seems to be dependent on age, I think they're great but then I was only 2 when ROTJ came out, so didn't see any of the films in the cinema. But I can see how if you were 10 or 12 having seen the first 2 films in the cinema, the Ewoks could seem babyish.

 

[lejackal]

My only gripe is other old men moaning about it being the special edition/latest Disney tweaked version. Yes, I prefer the original 83 version but FFS get over it, they're never going to release that again.

I too watched it Saturday and also at a Showcase de lux- as above brilliant seats, screen and sound!

 

[edd_jedi]

I'm sure the theatrical versions will surface one day, they'll do it when they need yet another reason to release a Blu Ray/DVD set. They'll probably just pinch the 4Kxx series once Empire has been finished - apart from Lucas's alleged preference of the SE's (got to be kidding himself) the other main reason they haven't been released is because they don't currently exist in high definition, the DVD versions released back in the mid 2000s were rips of the Laser Discs, the best/only digital versions they had of the originals.

 

[palitoyjunky]

Saw it Sun at the Odeon Luxe Lea Valley. Took the old man & sister as almost 40 years ago he took us!
As I've said many times Jedi was the first SW movie I saw at the pictures and it is still to this day my best ever experience at the cinema
Indeed I'd have preferred to watch the original theatrical version but as Edd said seeing it on the big screen is a treat!. If u haven't seen it on the big screen…..

 

[DreadMack]

I saw it Friday in the Cineworld in Glasgow, loved it, you cannot beat the big screen for picture or sound, the whole experience was superb. My only gripe, no posters to be seen, cinema staff didn't even know about the free giveaway, I suspect the manager has a red hot e bay account

 

[Grant_C]

Watching Saturday, but might accidentally have the despecialised version on

 

[supergoose]

Watched it Saturday with the family at Liverpool Odeon. Good to see it back on the big screen since the last time I watched it at a cinema in '97 and first time on the big screen for both my daughters 23 and 12. It was a great night - sat till the end to hear all of Johnny's awesome score once again

 

[weasel]

Just seeing this thread, not that it mattered as the closest one to me was……..on a different ******* island!

 

[edd_jedi]

It is bloody strange that they've only put it on at a handful of cinemas for such a short time, when you look at the other tripe most are showing! Did they do 40th anniversary showings for Star Wars and Empire? I have no recollection of seeing them advertised

 

[Ollie-Wan]

It is bloody strange that they've only put it on at a handful of cinemas for such a short time, when you look at the other tripe most are showing! Did they do 40th anniversary showings for Star Wars and Empire? I have no recollection of seeing them advertised

It's odd, maybe they thought there wound't be enough interest? I don't remember there being a 40th for Star Wars in 2017, though it was shown at Star Wars Celebration Europe in July 2016. . There was a 40th anniversary limited release of Empire in 2020, which I saw in September, but for obvious reasons it wasn't widely seen.

 

[edd_jedi]

Luckily I saw Empire at Secret Cinema a few years ago so at least I got to see it on the big screen again

 

[Grant_C]

It is bloody strange that they've only put it on at a handful of cinemas for such a short time, when you look at the other tripe most are showing! Did they do 40th anniversary showings for Star Wars and Empire? I have no recollection of seeing them advertised

They did- managed to see it but in was between first and second lock down. Remember there was more people cleaning and one way systems than visitors.

 

[Ollie-Wan]

I saw it Monday 1st May 2023 at the Odeon Stadium Milton Keynes 7pm showing. It was a sold out screening. No sign of any posters, but I did manage to get my ticket printed out at the popcorn counter as it was "scan only" tickets to get in. This is the first time since May 1997 (26 years ago!!) I have seen ROJ on the big screen and it holds up very well. Those shots of the fleet assembling are still some of the best ever created and show ILM at the top of their practical VFX game . The Falcon swooping and banking past the fleet is pure poetry and looks effortless. The speeder bikes are still exciting and look genuinely fast with a sense of danger. I was struck at how much detail was put into the Ewok's behaviour, lots of small gestures and actions I'd not noticed before of them interreacting with each other and their environment. I know it's an unpopular opinion to be in favour of the little fuzzballs, but they serve an important purpose in the mythology that Lucas is showing us. Hopefully we wont have to wait another 26 years to see it, and the rest of the saga, on the big screen again where it belongs!

 

[Ollie-Wan]

Official box office figures are in from the BFI:

1	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	USA/Jpn	£ 3,067,431	Universal
2	Evil Dead Rise	USA/NZl/Irl	£ 1,059,777	StudioCanal
3	The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry	UK	£ 784,698	eOne Films
4	Ponniyin Selvan 2	Ind	£ 618,244	DG Tech
5	Dungeons And Dragons: Honour Among Thieves	UK/USA/Can	£ 575,796	eOne Films
6	John Wick: Chapter 4	USA	£ 479,677	Lionsgate
7	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi (40th Anniversary)	USA	£ 446,291	Disney
8	Air	USA	£ 374,598	Warner Bros
9	Polite Society	UK	£ 220,278	Universal
10	Missing	USA	£ 208,798	Sony Pictures

 

[Michael Sith]

Went to Manchester to see it

watched it in the 80s with my son and introduced him to Star Wars, so this time went with my son and my 5 year old grandson .. who loves SW, he sat all the way through glued to it!
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