Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi

Release Date: May 25, 1983 (original); March 14, 1997 (Special Edition)

Synopsis: (4 years after Episode IV) In the epic conclusion of the saga, the Empire prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star while the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts his father Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor. In the last second, Vader makes a momentous choice: he destroys the Emperor and saves his son. The Empire is finally defeated, the Sith are destroyed, and Anakin Skywalker is thus redeemed. At long last, freedom is restored to the galaxy.

Opening Crawl:

Luke Skywalker has returned to
his home planet of Tatooine in
an attempt to rescue his
friend Han Solo from the
clutches of the vile gangster
Jabba the Hutt.

Little does Luke know that the
GALACTIC EMPIRE has secretly
begun construction on a new
armored space station even
more powerful than the first
dreaded Death Star.

When completed, this ultimate
weapon will spell certain doom
for the small band of rebels
struggling to restore freedom
to the galaxy...

Awards: Academy Award Winner: Special Achievement in Visual Effects. Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Sound, Best Original Score.

BAFTA Award Winner: Best Special Visual Effects. BAFTA Nominee: Best Make Up Artist, Best Production Design/Art Direction, Best Sound

Saturn Award Winner: Best Actor, Best Costumes, Best Make-Up, Best Science Fiction Film, Best Special Effects. Saturn Award Nominee: Best Actress, Best Director, Best Music, Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing.


Cast
Luke Skywalker
Mark Hamill
Han Solo
Harrison Ford
Princess Leia Organa
Carrie Fisher
Lando Calrissian
Billy Dee Williams
See Threepio (C-3PO)
Anthony Daniels
Chewbacca
Peter Mayhew
Anakin Skywalker
Sebastian Shaw
The Emperor
Ian McDiarmid
Yoda
Frank Oz
Voice Of Darth Vader
James Earl Jones
Darth Vader
David Prowse
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
Alec Guinness
Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
Kenny Baker
Moff Jerjerrod
Michael Pennington
Admiral Piett
Kenneth Colley
Bib Fortuna
Michael Carter
Wedge
Denis Lawson
Admiral Ackbar
Tim Rose
General Madine
Dermot Crowley
Mon Mothma
Caroline Blakiston
Wicket
Warwick Davis
Paploo
Kenny Baker
Boba Fett
Jeremy Bulloch
Oola
Femi Taylor
Sy Snootles
Annie Arbogast
Fat Dancer
Claire Davenport
Teebo
Jack Purvis
Logray
Mike Edmonds
Chief Chirpa
Jane Busby
Ewok Warrior
Malcom Dixon
Ewok Warrior
Mike Cottrell
Nicki
Nicki Reade
Star Destroyer Controller #1
Adam Bareham
Star Destroyer Controller #2
Jonathan Oliver
Star Destroyer Captain #1
Pip Miller
Star Destroyer Captain #2
Tom Mannion
Jabba Puppeteers
Toby Philpott
David Barclay
Mike Edmonds
Puppeteers
Michael McCormick
Simon Williamson
Swim Lee
Richard Robinson
Deep Roy
Hugh Spirit
Michael Quinn
Ewoks
Margo Apostocos
Ray Armstrong
Eileen Baker
Michael H. Balham
Bobbie Bell
Patty Bell
Alan Bennett
Sarah Bennett
Pamela Betts
Dan Blackner
Linda Bowley
Peter Burroughs
Debbie Carrington
Maureen Charlton
William Coppen
Sadie Corrie
Tony Cox
John Cumming
Jean D'agostino
Luis De Jesus
Debbie Dixon
Margarita Fernandez
Phil Fondacaro
Sal Fondacaro
Tony Friel
Dan Frishman
John Gavam
Michael Gilden
Paul Grant
Lydia Green
Lars Green
Pam Grizz
Andrew Herd
J.J. Jackson
Richard Jones
Trevor Jones
Glynn Jones
Karen Lay
John Lummiss
Nancy Maclean
Peter Mandell
Carole Morris
Stacy Nichols
Chris Nunn
Barbara O'laughlin
Brian Orenstein
Harrell Parker Jr.
John Pedrick
April Perkins
Ronnie Phillips
Katie Purvis
Carol Read
Nicholas Read
Diana Reynolds
Daniel Rodgers
Chris Romano
Dean Shackenford
Kiran Shah
Felix Silla
Linda Spriggs
Gerald Staddon
Josephine Staddon
Kevin Thompson
Kendra Wall
Brian Wheeler
Butch Wilhelm
Mime Artists
Franki Anderson
Ailsa Berk
Sean Crawford
Andy Cunningham
Tim Dry
Graeme Hattrick
Phil Herbert
Gerald Home
Paul Springer
Stunt Performers
Bob Anderson
Dirk Yohan Beer
Marc Boyle
Mike Cassidy
Tracy Eddon
Sandra Gross
Ted Grossman
Frank Henson
Larry Holt
Bill Horrigan
Alf Joint
Julius Leflore
Colin Skeaping
Malcom Weaver
Paul Weston
Bob Yerkes
Dan Zormeier

Crew
Directed By
Richard Marquand
Screenplay By
Lawrence Kasdan
George Lucas
Story By
George Lucas
Produced By
Howard Kazanjian
Executive Producer
George Lucas
Co-Producers
Robert Watts
Jim Bloom
Production Designer
Norman Reynolds
Director Of Photography
Alan Hume B.S.C.
Edited By
Sean Barton
Marcia Lucas
Duwayne Dunham
Visual Effects
Richard Edlund
Dennis Muren A.S.C.
Ken Ralston
Costume Designers
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Nilo Rodis-Jamero
Mechanical Effects Supervision
Kit West
Make-Up And Creature Design
Phil Tippett
Stuart Freeborn
Sound Design
Ben Burtt
Music By
John Williams
First Assistant Director/ Second Unit Director
David Tomblin
Casting
Mary Selway Buckley
Location Director Of Photography
Jim Glennon
Additional Photography
Jack Lowin
Production Sound
Tony Dawe
Randy Thom
Supervising Music Editor
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Recording
Eric Tomlinson
Orchestrations
Herbert W. Spencer
Chief Articulation Engineer
Stuart Ziff
Production Supervisor
Douglas Twiddy
Production Executive
Robert Latham Brown
Unit Production Manager
Miki Herman
Assistant Production Manager
Patricia Carr
Associate To Producer
Louis G. Friedman
Conceptual Artist
Ralph McQuarrie
Art Directors
Fred Hole
James Schoppe
Set Decorators
Michael Ford
Harry Lange
Property Master
Peter Hancock
Chief Hairdresser
Patricia McDermott
Stunt Co-Ordinator
Glenn Randall
Stunt Arranger
Peter Diamond
Production Controller
Arthur Carroll
Production Accountant
Margaret Mitchell
Second Assistant Directors
Roy Button
Michael Steele
Chris Newman
Russell Lodge
Production Assistant
Ian Bryce
Production Co-Ordinator
Lata Ryan
Co-Ordination Assistants
Sunni Kerwin
Gail Samuelson
Script Supervisor
Pamela Mann Francis
Location Script Supervisor
Bob Forest
Location Casting
Dave Eman
Bill Lytle
Assistant To Mr. Kazanjian
Kathleen Hartney
Assistant To Mr. Bloom
John Syrjamaki Ross
Assistant To Mr. Lucas
Jane Bay
Assistant Art Directors
Michael Lamont
John Fenner
Richard Dawking
Set Dresser
Doug Von Koss
Construction Manager
Bill Welch
Assistant Construction Manager
Alan Booth
Construction Supervisor
Roger Irvin
General Foreman
Bill Iiams
Construction Foremen
Greg Callas
Guy Clause
Doug Elliott
Stan Wakashige
Paint Foreman
Gary Clark
Sketch Artist
Roy Carnon
Scenic Artist
Ted Michell
Decor And Lettering Artist
Bob Walker
Set Draftsmen
Reg Bream
Mark Billerman
Chris Campbell
Production Buyer
David Lusby
Construction Storeman
David Middleton
Operating Cameramen
Alec Mills
Tom Laughridge
Mike Benson
Focus Pullers
Michael Frift
Chris Tanner
Assistant Cameramen
Leo Napolitano
Bob La Bonge
Second Assistant Cameramen
Simon Hume
Steve Tate
Martin Kenzie
Michael Glennon
Gaffers
Mike Pantages
Bob Bremner
Aerial Photography
Ron Goodman
Margaret Herron
Helicopter Pilot
Mark Wolfe
Key Grip
Dick Dova Spah
Best Boy
Joe Crowley
Dolly Grip
Chunky Huse
Reg Hall
Matte Photography Consultant
Stanley Sayer, B.S.C.
Rigging Gaffers
Clark Garland
Tommy Brown
Chief Make-Up Artists
Tom Smith
Graham Freeborn
Make-Up Artists
Peter Robb King
Dickie Mills
Kay Freeborn
Nick Dudman
Hairdressers
Mike Lockey
Paul Le Blanc
Assistant Articulation Engineer
Eben Stromquist
Armature Designer
Peter Ronzani
Plastic Designer
Richard Davis
Sculptural Designers
Chuck Wiley
James Howard
Key Sculptors
Dave Carson
Tony McVey
Dave Sosalla
Judy Elkins
Derek Howarth
Chief Moldmaker
Wesley Seeds
Moldmaker
Ron Young
Creature Technicians
Randy Dutra
Kirk Thatcher
Dan Howard
James Isaac
Brian Turner
Jeanne Lauren
Richard Spah, Jr.
Ethan Wiley
Creature Consultants
Jon Berg
Chris Walas
Production/ Creature Co-Ordinator
Patty Blau
Latex Foam Lab Supervisor
Tom McLaughlin
Animatronics Engineer
John Coppinger
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ron Beck
Costume Supervisor
Mary Elizabeth Still
Wardrobe Mistress
Janet Tebrooke
Shop Manager
Jenny Green
Jeweler
Richard Miller
Creature Costumers
Barbara Kassal
Edwina Pellikka
Anne Polland
Elvira Angelinetta
Assistant Property Master
Charles Torbett
Property Supervisors
Dan Coangelo
Brian Lofthouse
Property
Holly Walker
Ivan Van Perre
Propmakers
Bill Hargreaves
Richard Peters
Master Carpenter
Bert Long
Master Plasterer
Kenny Clarke
Master Painter
Eric Shirtcliffe
Supervising Rigger
Red Lawrence
Supervising Stagehand
Eddie Burke
Sail Co-Ordinators
Bill Kreysler
Warwick Tompkins
Sails Engineering
Derrick Baylis
Peggy Kashuba
Assistant Film Editors
Steve Starkey
Conrad Buff
Phil Sanderson
Nick Hosker
Debra McDermott
Clive Hartley
Sound Effects Editors
Richard Burrow
Teresa Eckton
Ken Fischer
Dialogue Editors
Laurel Ladevich
Curt Schulkey
Bonnie Koehler
Vickie Rose Sampson
Assistant Sound Editors
Chris Weir
Bill Mann
Gloria Borders
Suzanne Fox
Kathy Ryan
Nancy Jencks
Mary Helen Leasman
Re-Recording Mixers
Gary Summers
Roger Savage
Ben Burtt
Randy Thom
Re-Recording Engineer
Tomlinson Holman
Boom Operators
David Batchelor
David Parker
Sound Assistants
Shep Dawe
Jim Manson
Audio Engineers
T.M. Christopher
Catherine Coombs
Kris Handwerk
K.C. Hodenfield
Howie
Tom Johnson
Brian Kelly
James Kessler
Susan Leahy
Robert Marty
Scott Robinson
Dennie Thorpe
John Watson
English Lyrics
Joseph Williams
Huttese Lyrics
Annie Arbogast
Ewokese Lyrics
Ben Burtt
Special Effects Supervisor
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Foreman
William David Lee
Special Effects Floor Controller
Ian Wingrove
Senior Effects Technician
Peter Dawson
Chief Electronics Technician
Ron Hone
Wire Specialist
Bob Harman
Location Special Effects
Kevin Pike
Mike Wood
Choreographer
Gillian Gregory
Location Choreographer
Wendy Rogers
Production Accountant
Colin Hurren
Assistant Accountants
Sheala Daniell
Barbara Harley
Location Accountants
Diane Dankwardt
Pinki Ragan
Transportation Co-Ordinator
Gene Schwartz
Transportation Captains
John Feinblatt
H. Lee Noblitt
Studio Transportation Managers
Vic Minay
Mark La Bonge
Location Contact
Lennie Fike
Still Photographers
Albert Clarke
Ralph Nelson, Jr.
Unit Publicist
Gordon Arnell
Assistant Publicist
June Broom
Research
Deborah Fine
Minature And Optical Effects Unit
Industrial Light And Magic
Art Director-Visual Effects
Joe Johnston
Optical Photography Supervisor
Bruce Nicholson
General Manager, Ilm
Tom Smith
Production Supervisor
Patricia Rose Duignan
Matte Painting Supervisor
Michael Pangrazio
Modelshop Supervisors
Lorne Peterson
Steve Gawley
Animation Supervisor
James Keefer
Supervising Visual Effects Editor
Arthur Repola
Effects Cameramen
Don Dow
Michael J. McAlister
Bill Neil
Scott Farrar
Selwyn Eddy Iii
Michael Owens
Robert Elswit
Rick Fichter
Stewart Barbee
Mark Gredell
David Hardburger
Assistant Cameramen
Pat Sweeney
Kim Marks
Robert Hill
Ray Gilberti
Randy Johnson
Patrick McArdle
Peter Daulton
Bessie Wiley
Maryan Evans
Toby Heindel
David Fincher
Peter Romano
Production Co-Ordinators
Warren Franklin
Laurie Vermont
Optical Printer Operators
John Ellis
David Berry
Kenneth Smith
Donald Clark
Mark Vargo
James Lim
Optical Line-Up
Tom Rosseter
Ed L. Jones
Ralph Gordon
Philip Barberio
Lab Technicians
Tim Geideman
Ducan Myers
Michael Moore
Production Illustrator
George Jenson
Matte Painting Artists
Chris Evans
Frank Ordaz
Matte Photography
Neil Krepela
Craig Barron
Stop Motion Animator
Tom St. Amand
Chief Model Makers
Paul Huston
Charles Bailey
Michael Glenn
Fulmer
Ease Owyeung
Model Makers
William George
Marc Thorpe
Scott Marshall
Sean Casey
Larry Tan
Barbara Gallucci
Jeff Mann
Ira Keeler
Bill Beck
Mike Cochrane
Barbara Affonso
Bill Buttfield
Marghi McMahon
Randy Ottenberg
Head Effects Animators
Garry Waller
Kimberly Knowlton
Effects Animators
Terry Windell
Renee Holt
Mike Lessa
Samuel Comstock
Rob La Duca
Annick Therrien
Suki Stern
Margot Pipkin
Visual Effects Editors
Howard Stein
Peter Amundson
Bill Kimberlin
Assistant Visual Effects Editors
Robert Chrisoulis
Michael Gleason
Jay Ignaszewski
Joe Class
Supervising Stage Technician
Ted Moehnke
Stage Technicians
Patrick Fitzsimmons
Bob Finley Iii
Ed Hirsh
John McLeod
Peter Stolz
Dave Childers
Harold Cole
Merlin Ohm
Joe Fulmer
Lance Brackett
Pyrotechnicians
Thaine Morris
Dave Pier
Supervisor-Still Photography
Terry Chostner
Still Photographers
Roberto McGrath
Kerry Nordquist
Electronic System Designers
Jerry Jeffress
Kris Brown
Electronic Engineers
Mike Mackenzie
Marty Brenneis
Computer Graphics
William Reeves
Tom Duff
Equipment Engineering Supervisor
Gene Whiteman
Machinists
Udo Pampel
Conrad Bonderson
Apprentice Machinists
David Hanks
Chris Rand
Design Engineer
Mike Bolles
Equipment Support Staff
Wade Childress
Michael J. Smith
Cristi McCarthy
Ed Tennler
Administrative Staff
Chrissie England
Laura Kaysen
Paula Karsh
Karen Ayers
Sonja Paulsen
Karen Dube
Production Assistants
Susan Fritz-Monahan
Kathy Shine
Steadicam
Garrett Brown
Plate Photography
Ultra High Speed Photography
Bruce Hill Productions
Color Timers
Jim Schurmann
Bob Hagans
Negative Cutter
Sunrise Film, Inc.
Additional Optical Effects
Lookout Mountain Films
Pacific Title
Monaco Film Labs
California Film
Visual Concepts Engineering
Movie Magic
Van Der Veer Photo Effects

Special Edition Crew
Producer
Rick McCallum
Editor
T.M. Christopher
Sound Designer
Ben Burtt
Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Summers
First Assistant Editor
Samuel Hinckley
Assistant Editor
Robert Marty
Assistant Avid Editors
Mike Jackson
Robin Lee
Sound Editor
Teresa Eckton
Assistant Sound Editor
Lisa Storer
Re-Recordist
Ronald G. Roumas
Digital Mix Technician
Gary A. Rizzo
Archivist
Tim Fox
Optical Supervisors
Phillip Feiner
Chris Bushman
Film Restoration Supervisor
Pete Comandini
Color Timer
Robert J. Raring
Negative Continuity
Ray Sabo
Negative Cutter
Bob Hart

Special Edition Digital Remastering Provided By
Skywalker Sound A Lucas Digital Ltd. Company
Film Restoration Consultant
Leon Briggs
Optical Restoration
Pacific Title
Film Restoration By
Ycm Laboratories

Industrial Light And Magic

Visual Effects Supervisor
Dave Carson
Visual Effects Producer
Tom Kennedy
Computer Graphics Supervisor
Tom Hutchinson
Visual Effects Art Director
George Hull
Visual Effects Editor
Michael McGovern
Color Timing Supervisor
Bruce Vecchitto
Visual Effects Coordinator
Lisa Todd
Digital Effects Artists
Don Butler
Michael Conte
Howard Gersh
Marshall Krasser
Tia Marshall
Stuart Maschwitz
Julie Neary
Ken Nielsen
Eddie Pasquarello
Ricardo Ramos
Tom Rosseter
Lawrence Tan
Paul Theren
Hans Uhlig
Li-Hsein Wei
Ron Woodall
Digital Matte Artists
Ronn Brown
Eric Chauvin
Brian Flora
William Mather
3d Matchmove Artist
James Hagedorn
Digital Paint & Roto Artists
Lisa Drostova
Heidi Zabit
Chief Creature Maker
Howie Weed
Model & Creature Makers
Carol Bauman
Don Bies
Giovanni Donovan
Wendy Morton
Anne Polland
Mark Siegel
Steven Walton
Sabre Group Supervisor
Daniel McNamara
Sabre Artists
Rita Zimmerman
Chad Taylor
Mary McCulloch
Grant Guenin
Caitlin Content
Software Research And Development
David Benson
Jim Hourihan
Zoran Kacic-Alesic
Florian Kainz
Jeff Yost
Digital Scanning Supervisor
Joshua Pines
Digital Scanning Operators
Randall Bean
Michael Ellis
Earl Beyer
Negative Supervisor
Doug Jones
Negative Line-Up
Andrea Biklian
Tim Geideman
Projectionist
Tim Greenwood
Digital Plate Restoration
Melissa Monterrosa
Mike Van Eps
Wendy Hendrickson
Assistant Visual Effects Art Director
Alex Laurant
Assistant Visual Effects Editor
John Bartle
Video Editor
Angela Leaper
Animatic Artist
Jonathan Rothbart

Digital Effects Technical Assistants
Okan Ataman
Peter Chesloff
Joshua Levine
Dawn Matheson
Daniel Shumaker

Digital Effects Resource Assistant
Daniel Brimer


Visual Effects Production Staff
Julie Creighton
Joshua Marks


Video Assistants
Dawn Martin
Wendy Bell


Production Engineering
Ken Beyer
Ken Corvino
Gary Meyer


Aerial Camera System By Wesscam Camera Systems (Europe)
Aerial Cameraman
Assistant
Ron Goodman
Margaret Herron


Helicopter Supplied By Dollar Air Services Limited
Pilot
Mark Wolfe

Cloud Plates Photographed With
Astrovision(c) By Continental Camera Systems Inc.

Snow Vehicles Supplied By
Aktiv Fischer

R2 Bodies Fabricated By
White Horse Toy Company

Special Assistance From
Giltspur Engineering And Compair

Photographed On The Hardengerjekulan Glacier, Finse, Norway
And At Emi - Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England

Music Recorded At
Anvil Studios, Denham, England

Re-Recording At
Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Los Angeles, California

Special Visual Effects Produced At
Industrial Light And Magic, Marin County, California


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