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Release Date:
December 3, 1983
Original Title:
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Alternate Titles:
De 'Star Wars' a 'Jedi': La creación de una saga
From Star Wars to Jedi - The Making of a Saga
Genres:
Documentary | TV Movie
Production Companies:
Lucasfilm Ltd.
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 65
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga is a 1983 television documentary special that originally aired on PBS. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the original Star Wars trilogy, with particular emphasis on the final film, Return of the Jedi. Narrated by actor Mark Hamill, the documentary was written by Richard Schickel who had written the previous television documentaries The Making of Star Wars (1977) and SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
Assistant Sound Editor:
Nancy Jencks
Steve Klocksiem
Director of Photography:
Robert Charlton
Editor:
Duwayne Dunham
Executive Producer:
Sidney Ganis
Miki Herman
Howard G. Kazanjian
Original Music Composer:
John Williams
Producer:
Richard Schickel
Sound Editor:
Richard Burrow
Teresa Eckton
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Gary Summers
Sound Recordist:
Agamemnon Andrianos
Writer:
Richard Schickel
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