Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi is a 1983 American epic space opera film directed by Richard Marquand and written by George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan, with Lucas as executive producer. It is the third film in the Star Wars franchise and the first film to use THX technology. The film is set approximately one year after The Empire Strikes Back. The evil Galactic Empire, with the help of the villainous Darth Vader, is building a second Death Star in order to crush the Rebel Alliance. Since Emperor Palpatine 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 Palpatine, effectively bringing an end to the Empire. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker, a Rebel leader and Jedi Knight, struggles to bring Vader, who is his father and himself a fallen Jedi, back from the Dark Side of the Force. 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.
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| Release date: | May 25, 1983 |
| Directed by: | Richard Marquand |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 134 Minutes |
| Producer: | Howard Kazanjian, Rick McCallum |
| Editor: | Marcia Lucas, Duwayne Dunham, T.M. Christopher, George Lucas, Sean Barton |
| Music by: | John Williams |
| Cinematography: | Alan Hume, Alec Mills |
| Screenplay by: | George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan |
| Estimated budget: | $32,500,000 |
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Action |