From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

Dec 3, 1983

1h 5m

★ 7.1

Overview

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga is a 1983 television documentary special that originally aired on PBS. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the original Star Wars trilogy, with particular emphasis on the final film, Return of the Jedi. Narrated by actor Mark Hamill, the documentary was written by Richard Schickel who had written the previous television documentaries The Making of Star Wars (1977) and SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

Lucasfilm Ltd.

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga Trailers

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Cast

Self

George Lucas

Self - Narrator

Mark Hamill

Self

Carrie Fisher

Self

Harrison Ford

Self

Ben Burtt

Self

Phil Tippett

Self

Stuart Freeborn

Self

Joe Johnston

Self

John Williams

Self

Tim Rose

Self

Dennis Muren

Self

Richard Marquand

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