Return of the Jedi

United States of America, 1983

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Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.

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Credits

director

Richard Marquand

costume design

Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Nilo Rodis-Jamero

producer

Howard G. Kazanjian

Rick McCallum

production company

20th Century Fox

Lucasfilm Ltd.

production design

Fred Hole

James L. Schoppe

Norman Reynolds

screenplay

George Lucas

Lawrence Kasdan

story

George Lucas

visual effects

Paul Huston

Duration

02:15:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-1892

Language

English

Subject categories

Action

Adventure

Science Fiction

TMDB-Movie

1892

Wikidata

Q181803

Collected

1375 times

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