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- Tomorrow marks the 30th anniversary of Return of the Jedi, the third and (for awhile) final chapter in the Star Wars saga. It also was, arguably, the weakest of the chapters until the 1999 release of Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. We’ll put aside that abomination and focus instead on Jedi, a more elegant film for a more civilized age.
Everyone knows the plot of Return and all the big set pieces it contains (Jabba’s palace! A new Death Star! Ewoks Ewoks Ewoks! OK, forget that last one.), but in celebration of a movie that defined so many childhoods, here are 30 things that you might not know about Return of the Jedi.