Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

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American film feature film science fiction film space opera film

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi is the 1983 concluding film of the original Star Wars trilogy, depicting the Rebel Alliance’s final battle against the Galactic Empire and the redemption of Darth Vader.

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instanceOf	American film ⓘ feature film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ space opera film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⓘ surface form: Return of the Jedi
basedOn	Star Wars characters by George Lucas ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Alan Hume ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Richard Marquand ⓘ
distributor	20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy	Duwayne Dunham ⓘ Marcia Lucas ⓘ Sean Barton ⓘ
episodeNumberInSaga	VI ⓘ
executiveProducer	George Lucas ⓘ
featuresSpecies	Ewoks ⓘ
followedBy	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace ⓘ
follows	The Empire Strikes Back ⓘ surface form: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
genre	adventure film ⓘ science fiction ⓘ space opera ⓘ
mainCharacter	C-3PO ⓘ Chewbacca ⓘ Darth Vader ⓘ Emperor Palpatine ⓘ Han Solo ⓘ Jabba the Hutt ⓘ Lando Calrissian ⓘ Luke Skywalker ⓘ Princess Leia ⓘ R2-D2 ⓘ Yoda ⓘ
musicBy	John Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLocation	Death Star ⓘ surface form: Death Star II Forest moon of Endor ⓘ Tatooine ⓘ
notableScene	Battle of Endor ⓘ Luke confronts Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Star Wars film series NERFINISHED ⓘ original Star Wars trilogy ⓘ
plotFocus	final battle between Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire ⓘ redemption of Darth Vader ⓘ
precededByInStory	events of The Empire Strikes Back ⓘ
producer	Howard Kazanjian ⓘ surface form: Howard G. Kazanjian
productionCompany	Lucasfilm ⓘ surface form: Lucasfilm Ltd.
releaseDate	1983-05-25 ⓘ
releaseYear	1983 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	131 ⓘ
setInFictionalUniverse	Star Wars universe ⓘ
starred	Anthony Daniels ⓘ Billy Dee Williams ⓘ Carrie Fisher ⓘ Frank Oz ⓘ Harrison Ford ⓘ Ian McDiarmid ⓘ James Earl Jones ⓘ Kenny Baker ⓘ Mark Hamill ⓘ Peter Mayhew ⓘ Sebastian Shaw ⓘ
writer	George Lucas ⓘ Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ

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