Fresh
Reasonably fast paced for its 133-minute length, a visual treat throughout.
Variety Staff, Variety
Return of the Jedi
Return to a galaxy far far away.
1983 · 2h 12m · PG
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Richard Marquand
Overview
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor.
Director and cast
- Richard Marquand Director
- Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
- Harrison Ford as Han Solo
- Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia
- Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian
- Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
- Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
- James Earl Jones as Voice of Darth Vader (voice)
- Sebastian Shaw as Anakin Skywalker
- Ian McDiarmid as The Emperor
- Frank Oz as Yoda (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Rotten
With its feints at horror and pathos, the third Star Wars film is the most Disney-esque in its emotional outline, yet that outline is buried beneath an obnoxiously hyped-up pace that reduces the emotions to rubble.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
In scope and ambition, Jediresembles nothing so much as the next level of a computer game, with a new environment, new gadgets and new creatures.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Though it looks almost too polished, a handful of eye-smacking action scenes were breakthroughs in precomputer cinematic graphics. And when the film moves, it does so with blazing energy and awesome noise.
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Jedi may not be George Lucas's crown jewel, but his trilogy as a whole is as good as film fantasy gets.
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
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