Classic Creatures: Return Of The Jedi (CBS Broadcast)

About

A two-reel 16mm transfer is available right here. This version is from a VHS recording of an original CBS broadcast, with all of the commercials intact. Snagged from the now-defunct Aneesh's Retrovision YouTube channel.

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi is a television documentary, first broadcast on CBS in 1983. It is a look behind-the-scenes of the creation of the various alien creatures from the third Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi, which was released that year. The documentary was presented by Star Wars actors Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams, and directed by Robert Guenette who had directed the previous television specials The Making of Star Wars (1977) and SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

Credits

Written by Robert Guenette & Greg O'Neill

Directed by Robert Guenette

Starring Carrie Fisher (presenter)

Billy Dee Williams (presenter)

Composer(s) John Williams

Executive producer(s) Sidney Ganis

Howard Kazanjian

Producer(s) Robert Guenette

Editor(s) Peter Wood

Archive

Internet Archive, in The VHS Vault

Licence or status

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Credit

CBS

Language

English

Subtitles

English (automatic), English

Who can watch

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