# Classic Creatures: Return Of The Jedi (CBS Broadcast)

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 Genre TV Special/Documentary Production company(s) Lucasfilm Distributor 20th Century Fox Television Release Original network CBS Picture format Color (1:1.33) Audio format Monaural Original release November 21, 1983

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1983
- By: CBS
- Genres: Science fiction, Science, Space
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/classiccreaturesreturnofthejedicbsversion1983)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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