The Empire Falls…|May. 25, 1983|United States, United Kingdom|135 Min.|TV-PG
Genre: Action;Adventure;Science;Fiction
Description: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) is an iconic film set in a galaxy far, far away. The story unfolds a year after Han Solo’s capture, as C-3PO and R2-D2 are sent to Jabba the Hutt’s palace on Tatooine. Their mission, arranged by Luke Skywalker, is to rescue Han. Disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh, Princess Leia infiltrates the palace under the guise of claiming a bounty on Chewbacca. She successfully unfreezes Han but is caught and enslaved. When Luke arrives to negotiate for his friends’ freedom, Jabba betrays him, dropping him into a pit with a deadly rancor. Luke manages to kill the creature, but Jabba sentences him, Han, and Chewbacca to a grim fate: being fed to the Sarlacc, a desert-dwelling beast whose victims endure a slow digestion over a thousand years.
Using his resourcefulness, Luke had hidden his new lightsaber inside R2-D2. He frees himself and his friends, leading to a dramatic battle on Jabba’s sail barge. Amid the chaos, Boba Fett falls into the Sarlacc after Han accidentally damages his jetpack, and Leia strangles Jabba to death with her chains. The group destroys Jabba’s barge and escapes. While the others reunite with the Rebel Alliance, Luke returns to Dagobah to complete his Jedi training with Yoda, who reveals he is nearing death.
Yoda confirms that Darth Vader, formerly the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, is Luke’s father. He also hints at the existence of another Skywalker before passing away and becoming one with the Force. Obi-Wan Kenobi’s spirit later informs Luke that Leia is his twin sister and that he must confront Vader again to complete his training and bring down the Empire. Meanwhile, the Rebel Alliance discovers the Empire’s construction of a second Death Star, protected by an energy shield. Han, Luke, Leia, and Chewbacca lead a strike team to Endor’s forest moon to disable the shield generator, enabling the Rebel Fleet to destroy the Death Star.
Cast director: George Lucas
Cast actor: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Sebastian Shaw, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz, James Earl Jones
Original name: Return of the Jedi