Return of the Jedi 1983

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 134 min

genre: action

theme: space opera

director: Richard Marquand

Score: 8 / 10

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. The sequel to Star Wars (1977) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980), it is the third installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, the third film to be produced, and the sixth chronological film in the "Skywalker Saga". The film stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew and Frank Oz.

Plot

A year after Han Solo's capture, C-3PO and R2-D2 are sent to crime lord Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tatooine in a trade bargain made by Luke Skywalker to rescue Han, who is still frozen in carbonite. Disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh, 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 eaten by a rancor. After Luke kills it, Jabba sentences him, Han, and Chewbacca to death by being fed to the sarlacc, a deadly beast entombed in the desert floor that digests its prey over the course of a millennium. Having hidden his new lightsaber inside , Luke frees himself and his friends, and they battle Jabba's men aboard the crime lord's sail barge. During the chaos, Boba Fett falls into the sarlacc after Han inadvertently damages his jet pack, and Leia strangles Jabba to death with her chains. The group destroy Jabba's sail barge and escape.

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author	George Lucas Lawrence Kasdan
award	Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
contentLocation	Dagobah Endor Tatooine
director	Richard Marquand
editor	Duwayne Dunham Marcia Lucas Sean Barton
genre	action adventure animation drama fantasy saga science fiction
keywords	admiral ackbar boba fett bounty hunter c-3po capture chewbacca collect crime lord dark side darth vader death star emperor empire ewok fighter pilot force force lightning force spirit galactic empire han solo imperial command ship jabba the hutt jedi jedi training jet pack lando calrissian lightning lightsaber luke skywalker millennium falcon obi-wan kenobi palpatine princess leia prosthetic r2-d2 rancor rebel alliance sarlacc second death star super star destroyer the death star the empire strikes back torture train twin sister wait wedge antilles x-wing fighter yoda
musicBy	John Williams
nomination	Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
producer	Howard Kazanjian
productionCompany	Lucasfilm Ltd.
publisher	20th Century Fox
recordedAt	Arizona California Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
theme	science fantasy science fiction action science fiction adventure science fiction war sequel space opera