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Return of the Jedi showing at the University Theatre in Toronto; the marquee reads, "The Smash of 83". Return of the Jedi grossed $314.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $166 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $480 million, against a production budget of about $32.5 million. [4] [5]
For Return of the Jedi only, two newly recorded music tracks were added at George Lucas's request. John Williams wrote and recorded a new ending melody with the London Symphony Orchestra titled "Victory Celebration", replacing "Ewok Celebration" from the original release. Jerry Hey composed and arranged "Jedi Rocks" as a replacement for "Lapti ...
The filmmakers had discussions of what further changes could be done to past films or in revisions of this film; Lucas was impressed enough with the Creature Shop's radio-controlled mask for the background character of Senator Meena Tills that he briefly considered replacing the footage containing Admiral Ackbar's mask in Return of the Jedi ...
John Williams Won [22] Best Production Design Norman Reynolds: Nominated Best Sound Peter Sutton, Ben Burtt and Bill Varney: Nominated 1984: Best Special Visual Effects: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston and Kit West: Won [23] Best Makeup and Hair: Phil Tippett and Stuart Freeborn: Nominated ...
Stay gold, Princess Leia. On May 25, 1983, George Lucas brought his Star Wars saga to a (temporary) end with the trilogy-capping Return of the Jedi.It's the film that introduced the Ewoks, blew up ...
Lucas penned the next draft, the first screenplay to feature episodic numbering for a Star Wars story. [38] Lucas found this draft enjoyable to write, as opposed to the yearlong struggle writing the first film, and quickly wrote two more [39] in April 1978. The plot twist of Vader being Luke's father had drastic effects on the series. [40]
The most enduring contribution to the "Star Wars" series isn't a single action sequence or line of dialogue. Instead, it's a single costume: the golden bikini worn by Carrie Fisher's galactic ...
A dramatization of Return of the Jedi was produced by most of the same team and it was also broadcast on NPR. The radio serials were made with the full cooperation of George Lucas, who, in exchange for a dollar each, sold the rights to KUSC-FM, the public radio affiliate at his alma mater, the University of Southern California (USC). Lucas also ...