Return of the Jedi
A mythic space opera's crescendo, where desperate hope confronts absolute power in a final, soul-stirring battle for galactic freedom and a father's redemption.
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi

"Return to a galaxy far far away."

25 May 1983 United States of America 132 min ⭐ 7.9 (16,386)
Director: Richard Marquand
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels
Action Adventure Science Fiction
Redemption Conflict: Inner and Outer Triumph of the Underdog Family
Budget: $32,350,000
Box Office: $572,700,000

Return of the Jedi - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details

Easter Eggs

A tennis shoe and a potato can be seen floating among the debris during the space battle outside the Death Star.

These were inside jokes added by the visual effects artists at Industrial Light & Magic. Ken Ralston, one of the artists, famously included a shoe in the asteroid field in "The Empire Strikes Back" and continued the tradition here as a gag.

During the final confrontation, Darth Vader says to Luke, "Obi-Wan has taught you well."

This line gained a new layer of meaning after the release of "Revenge of the Sith" (2005). It echoes the climactic duel between Obi-Wan and Anakin on Mustafar, where Obi-Wan gained the high ground. Vader's line in "Jedi" can be interpreted as a bitter acknowledgment of Obi-Wan's skill, which led to his own defeat and dismemberment.

Director Richard Marquand has a cameo in the film.

He appears as an AT-ST driver on Endor. He can be seen briefly when Chewbacca and a pair of Ewoks hijack the walker.

The languages spoken by several aliens are based on real-world indigenous languages.

Jabba the Hutt's language, Huttese, was based on Quechua. The Ewoks' language was inspired by Tibetan and Kalmyk Oirat, and Lando's co-pilot Nien Nunb speaks a Kenyan dialect called Kikuyu.