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Plot & Details

In the final episode of the Star Wars saga, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) emerges intact from the carbonite casing in which he'd been sealed in The Empire Strikes Back. The bad news is that Solo, together with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), is prisoner to the grotesque Jabba the Hutt. But with the help of the charismatic Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), our heroes and our heroine manage to escape. The next task is to rid the galaxy of Darth Vader (body by David Prowse, voice by James Earl Jones) and the Emperor (Ian McDiarmid), now in command of a new, under-construction Death Star. On the forest moon Endor, the good guys enlist the help of a feisty bunch of bear-like creatures called the Ewoks in their battle against the Empire.
  • MPAA Rating: PG
  • Genre(s): Action,Science Fiction
  • Run Time: 133min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 03/14/1997
  • DVD Release Date: 09/12/2006
  • Status: In Theaters
  • Distributor(s): Fox
  • Director(s): Richard Marquand
  • Starring: Mark Hamill , Harrison Ford , Carrie Fisher , Billy Dee Williams , Anthony Daniels
  • Themes: Daring Rescues,Space Wars,Redemption,Heroic Mission
  • Tone: Rousing,Slick,Stylized,Sweeping,Tense
  • Keywords: alien [not human],android,battle [war],bounty-hunter,good-vs-evil,kidnapping,princess,rebel,rescue,robot,spacecraft
  • Language: English

Awards

Academy Awards

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Randy Thom Nominated
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Special Achievement Phil Tippett Won
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction Fred Hole Nominated
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Ben Burtt Nominated
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Gary Summers Nominated
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Special Achievement Dennis Muren Won
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Score John Williams Nominated
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Tony Dawe Nominated
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Special Achievement Ken Ralston Won
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Effects Ben Burtt Nominated
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Special Achievement Richard Edlund Won
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction Norman Reynolds Nominated
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction James L. Schoppe Nominated
1983 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction Michael Ford Nominated