Return of the Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi)is a 1983 American epic space-opera film directed by Richard Marquand. The screenplay is by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas from a story by Lucas, who was also the executive producer. It is the third installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, the third film to be produced, and sixth film in the “Skywalker saga”., set one year after The Empire Strikes Back. The film stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew and Frank Oz.
- Starring : Mark Hamill / Harrison Ford
- Genre : Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
- Country : United States
- Language : English
- Director : Richard Marquand
- Production : Lucasfilm
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Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi movie
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi release date
- May 25, 1983 : USA
- June 2, 1983 : UK
- June 3, 1983 : Ireland
- July 2, 1983 : Japan
- September 30, 1983 : Sweden
- October 19, 1983 : France
- October 27, 1983 : Australia
- November 21, 1983 : Spain
- March 29, 1985 : USA (re-release)
- December 26, 1989 : UK (TV premiere)
- March 14, 1997 : USA (special edition)
- April 23, 1997 : France (special edition)
- April 24, 1997 : Australia (special edition)
- April 24, 1997 : Germany (special edition)
- April 25, 1997 : Switzerland (German speaking region) (special edition)
- April 25, 1997 : UK (special edition)
- April 25, 1997 : Ireland (special edition)
- May 2, 1997 : Sweden (special edition)
- June 19, 1997 : Singapore (special edition)
- July 26, 1997 : Japan (special edition)
- October 7, 2013 : USA (Mill Valley Film Festival)
- October 8, 2016 : USA (Mill Valley Film Festival)
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi cast
- Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
- Harrison Ford as Han Solo
- Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia
- Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian
- Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
- Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
- Sebastian Shaw as Anakin Skywalker
- Ian McDiarmid as The Emperor
- Frank Oz as Yoda(voice)
- James Earl Jones as Darth Vader(voice)
- David Prowse as Darth Vader
- Alec Guinness as Ben ‘Obi-Wan’ Kenobi
- Kenny Baker as R2-D2 / Paploo
- Michael Pennington as Moff Jerjerrod
- Kenneth Colley as Admiral Piett
In the film, the Galactic Empire, under the direction of the ruthless Emperor, is constructing a second Death Star in order to crush the Rebel Alliance once and for all. Since the Emperor plans to personally oversee the final stages of its construction, the Rebel Fleet launches a full-scale attack on the Death Star in order to prevent its completion and kill the Emperor, effectively bringing an end to his hold over the galaxy. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker struggles to bring his father Darth Vader back to the light side of the Force.
Steven Spielberg, David Lynch and David Cronenberg were considered to direct the project before Marquand signed on as director. The production team relied on Lucas’ storyboards during pre-production. While writing the shooting script, Lucas, Kasdan, Marquand, and producer Howard Kazanjian spent two weeks in conference discussing ideas to construct it. Kazanjian’s schedule pushed shooting to begin a few weeks early to allow Industrial Light & Magic more time to work on the film’s effects in post-production. Filming took place in England, California, and Arizona from January to May 1982. Strict secrecy surrounded the production.
The film was released in theaters on May 25, 1983, six years to the day of the release of the first film, receiving mostly positive reviews. It grossed $475 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1983. Several re-releases and revisions to the film have followed over the decades.
From attempting to rescue Han Solo from crime lord Jabba the Hutt, C-3PO and R2-D2 are sent to Jabba’s palace on Tatooine in a trade bargain made by Luke Skywalker. Disguised as a bounty hunter, Princess Leia infiltrates the palace under the pretense of collecting the bounty on Chewbacca and unfreezes Han, but is caught and enslaved. Luke soon arrives to bargain for his friends’ release, but Jabba drops him through a trapdoor to be executed by a rancor. After Luke kills the rancor, Jabba sentences him, Han, and Chewbacca to death by being fed to the Sarlacc, a huge, carnivorous plant-like desert beast. Having hidden his new lightsaber inside R2-D2, Luke frees himself and battles Jabba’s guards while Leia uses her chains to strangle Jabba to death. As the others rendezvous with the Rebel Alliance, Luke returns to Dagobah to complete his training with Yoda. He finds that Yoda is dying and his training is already complete. Yoda confirms that Darth Vader, once known as Anakin Skywalker, is Luke’s father, and becomes one with the Force. The Force ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi reveals that Leia is Luke’s twin sister, and tells Luke that he must face Vader again to finish his training and defeat the Empire.
The Rebel Alliance learns that the Empire has been constructing a second Death Star under the supervision of the Emperor himself. As the station is protected by an energy shield, Han leads a strike team to destroy the shield generator on the forest moon Endor; doing so would allow a squadron of starfighters to destroy the Death Star. Luke and Leia accompany the strike team to Endor in a stolen Imperial shuttle. Luke and his companions encounter a tribe of Ewoks and, after an initial conflict, gain their trust. Later, Luke tells Leia that she is his sister, Vader is their father, and that he must confront him. Surrendering to Imperial troops, he is brought before Vader, and tries to convince his father to reject the dark side of the Force.
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