Questions tagged [return-of-the-jedi]
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983, third movie produced) After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke Skywalker struggles to make Darth Vader return from the dark side of the Force. Use with the [star-wars] tag.
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Where do the Rebel and Imperial symbols appear onscreen in the Original Trilogy?
On an episode of the podcast Star Wars Minute, one of the hosts puts forward a tongue-in-cheek theory about the intent of the Rebel and Imperial emblems, summarized here:
Rebellion and Empire emblems
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Does Salacious B. Crumb have a tail longer than his body?
I'm making a custom Jabba's Palace diorama with 3.75-inch action figurines. I've noticed that most of the Salacious figures on the market have relatively short tails. Given that I recall Salacious' ...
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Why does authority to deactivate the shield transfer from the Death Star II to the Executor?
In the opening scene of Return of the Jedi, Darth Vader's shuttle drops from the hangar bay of his command ship Executor, and heads toward the Death Star under construction. The shuttle commander ...
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Is there any legitimacy to hearing "So long, d**kheads?" on Admiral Ackbar’s ship at the end of “Return of the Jedi?”
A persistent internet rumor has been that in Return of the Jedi (1983), after the Super Star Destroyer Executor is destroyed and the audience sees the reaction on the bridge of Home One, you can hear ...
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How did Luke's X-wing and the Millennium Falcon avoid Tatooine's Imperial blockade in order to rescue frozen Han?
In Legends junior novel Star Wars Trilogy: Return of the Jedi written by Ryder Windham, we learn that following Darth Vader's failure to capture Luke Skywalker at Bespin, a blockade of Tatooine was ...
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What does "Jedi Rocks" mean?
In the 1997 Special Edition of Return of the Jedi, a musical number replaces Lapti Nek, known as "Jedi Rocks":
This is apparently its name both out of ...
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How did Jabba know that Leia was Boushh and had planned to rescue Han from the Palace?
I'm not sure if this question has been asked before, but here we go. As everyone knows, in Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), Princess Leia, disguised as the bounty hunter Boushh ...
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How high is the Death Star above Endor?
This is part of the answer to How did the Death Star 2 stay in orbit above Endor when it did not have functional ion engines nor a functional hyperdrive system?. The answer is so large I decided to ...
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How did the Death Star 2 stay in orbit above Endor when it did not have functional ion engines nor a functional hyperdrive system?
In the movie Star Wars - Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the Death Star 2 orbits around the moon of Endor.
According to the Death Star 2 wiki page on Wookiepedia, the space station did not have ...
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When Lando refers to the “north tower” in “Return of the Jedi” how can one determine the cardinal points in center of a sphere?
When this exchange happens during the final batter in Return of the Jedi (1983), how was “north” determined within the structure of the Death Star?
LANDO: There it is. All right, Wedge, go for the ...
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What is the big modified Mon Calamari cruiser in RotJ?
It looks like a standard, but seems to have fins extending out and is the first thing hit by the 2nd Death Star. It appeared to be holding a small freighter/cruiser similar to a GR-75 transport, when ...
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Why were the A-wings painted red at the Battle of Endor?
We all know Alliance fighter squadron design:
Red Squadron
Blue Squadron
Gold Squadron (although a little hard to see)
So why was "Green Squadron" colored like this in the movie?
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Who opens Jabba's gate?
When the droids approach Jabba's Palace, they're interrogated by a droid eye on a stalk, known canonically as a TT-8L/Y7 gatekeeper droid.
Is the TT-8L the one controlling the gate or does it report ...
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Did Luke use the Force to forcefully lift up the large gate of Jabba's palace?
I have always wondered if Luke Skywalker had used the Force to forcefully lift up the large gate of Jabba's palace, or if he had used the Force to access the gate's control unit and manipulated it so ...
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Was Leia originally raised by her and Luke's mother? [duplicate]
This is a question that's sort of looking for an out-of-universe answer.
In Return of the Jedi, Luke asks Leia if she remembers her mother. Leia responds that she has faint memories of her being kind ...
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