Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for Star Wars movie culture:
We’re counting down the days to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by devoting a week’s worth of movie culture roundups to the seven live-action installments of the Star Wars Saga, continuing today with the third installment (sixth episode), Return of the Jedi, and further in release order through next Thursday.
See More Star Wars Movie Culture:
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Classic Trailer of the Day:
The first teaser for the second Star Wars sequel arrived in 1982 with a different title: Revenge of the Jedi. Watch the preview below, and check out the redone version with the final title here.
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Alterations of the Day:
Return of the Jedi has arguably the most controversial changes from its original form to the 1997 Special Edition on onward post-prequels. Here is a video showing every change between 1983 and 2011:
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Alternative Movie Poster of the Day:
Tim Anderson’s design for a Return of the Jedi poster is one of the best minimal yet representative fan-made works there is:
Film Analysis of the Day:
Earthling Cinema takes a humorous approach to analyzing the plot of Return of the Jedi from the point of view of aliens from our future:
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Scene Analysis of the Day:
Film Theorists examines the final duel between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader with focus on its story beats — or “screenwriting mind tricks”:
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Movie Mashup of the Day:
Years before Disney bought Lucasfilm and Star Wars, fan artist Francesco Francavilla gave us this crossover between Winnie the Pooh and the Ewoks:
Movie Trivia of the Day:
ScreenCrush tests your knowledge of Return of the Jedi with the following 15 facts:
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Vintage Image of the Day:
“Are you kidding me with this outfit?” Carrie Fisher seems to be asking of George Lucas, who seems to be replying, to his audience, “You’re welcome.”
Cosplay of the Day:
Speaking of the slave Leia costume, it’s now a huge part of cosplay, but the best Return of the Jedi costume of all time is this Rancor, which made its debut at Comic-Con last summer:
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Movie Takedown of the Day:
How It Should Have Ended took on a few of Return of the Jedi‘s plot holes, including that big one where the Empire didn’t make sure the second Death Star couldn’t be easily destroyed, too.
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