Return of the Jedi (1983)




Carrie Fisher - Return of the Jedi

David Prowse - Return of the Jedi

Harrison Ford - Return of the Jedi


Mark Hamill - Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi






Leia infiltrates the headquarters of Jabba the Hutt, who has Han frozen in carbonite. She frees Han, but both are captured. Luke arrives and is also taken prisoner, but he uses his new prosthetic arm to defeat their enemies. A dying Yoda confirms that what Vader told Luke is true: that he is Luke's father. The revelation that Leia is Luke's sister resolves his conflicts with Han. In the final battle against the Evil Empire, the rebels are aided by a race of furry creatures, the Ewoks. Luke hopes that his final confrontation with Vader will not end in violence but rather a satisfying resolution.


Books with substantial mentioning of Return of the Jedi

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.)
Icons of film, The 20th century
Munich; New York, 2000

Beth A. Fhaner (editor), Devra M. Sladics and Jeff Hermann (Contributing Editors)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1998, 17th Edition. A Survey of the Films of 1997
Detroit; London, 1998

James Robert Parish
Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films, Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 264 Theatrical and Made-for-Television Releases
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1994

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1984, A Survey of 1983 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1984
pp. 326-331 info

Articles on Return of the Jedi

Kim Newman, Still stuck in the '70s, in: Empire, nr. 208 (October), 2006 pp. 146-147

Reviews

Gregory Solman, Return of the Jedi, in: Films in Review, vol. 34, 1983 pp. 368-370

Jay Holben, Star Wars Trilogy, in: American Cinematographer, nr. (January), 2005 pp. 20-22 (DVD review)