Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)

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Wikidata Q181803, film, IMDb tt0086190, TMDB 1892: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 2 more episodes agree.

Also said as Return of the Jedi (1983): the same Wikidata item, so listed here.

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Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Casablanca: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Casablanca ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca.
    “The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Revenge of the Sith: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Revenge of the Sith ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Lucas added a 'No' to Vader's turn in Jedi that matches Revenge of the Sith.
    “same fucking no from the end of Avenge of the Sith.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:13:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Star Wars (A New Hope): 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. craft (craft): Star Wars (A New Hope) ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Leia pulls the Chewbacca-in-manacles disguise trick from A New Hope when infiltrating Jabba's palace.
    “pulling the same trick that they pulled in New Hope, that like Chewbacca in Manacles trick.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:39:43 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). A second, bigger Death Star is called a lateral remake of the first.
    “We're kind of, it's like a lateral remake.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sydney Greenstreet: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Sydney Greenstreet ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Jabba is said to be visually based on Sydney Greenstreet.
    “He's based on Sydney Green Street, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:12:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

The Phantom Menace: 3 lines the host's read ×3

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read). The Obi-Wan log scene starts the over-explanation that typifies the prequels.
    “tiptoe towards the problems of the Phantom Madness trilogy, whereas, like, where it's all explained out loud.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:58:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Lego Star Wars: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (adaptation): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ Lego Star Wars (the host's read). Lego game levels from Jedi are always fun; the prequels' plot-heavy levels play less well.
    “weirdly, like Return of the Jedi levels are always really fun to play.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:31:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Revenge of the Sith: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ Revenge of the Sith (the host's read). The Emperor in Jedi sits in a chair saying roughly the same things as in the identical-chair scene in Revenge of the Sith.
    “he's basically saying most of the same thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:11:34 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

The Incredibles: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Incredibles (the host's read). The speeder bike forest chase is a clear inspiration for the Incredibles chase.
    “This is such a big inspiration too, clearly, on the Incredibles chase sequence.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:02:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Connected to

The Phantom Menace: 6 lines lineage ×4 contrast ×2

  1. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace. Original films don't explain world-building; the prequels explain everything out loud.
    “And what I like about these movies, as opposed to how the prequels work, is that the original trilogy, episode one, two, and three, I like that these films, like just don't explain shit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:37:10 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

George Lucas: 5 lines craft ×4 what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): George Lucas → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. If Lucas went back to these films, Leia would be training with a lightsaber by film three.
    “I think if Lucas went back to these movies, he would be like, Leia should by the 3rd movie Leia should be starting up with a lightsaber.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:22:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker: 4 lines lineage ×3 what-if ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. Yoda and Obi-Wan dumping plot revelations at the last minute resembles Rise of Skywalker's information dump.
    “It does kind of have that feeling of the rise of Skywalker there, just suddenly like yelling a bunch of information at you.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:47:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: 3 lines contrast ×2 industry ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Yoda's advice in Empire was not to confront Vader; in Jedi he asks if Luke has done it.
    “It's interesting that Yoda's advice in Empire was like, definitely don't confront Vader.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:44:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens: 3 lines lineage ×2 programming ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Luke's lost lightsaber (his father's) turns up again in The Force Awakens.
    “Which then reappears, of course, in The Force Awakens.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi: 3 lines lineage ×2 theme ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi. Admiral Ackbar dies in The Last Jedi, which angered fans.
    “No, Akbar dies in the last Jedi, which people were very angry about.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:53:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Mandalorian: 3 lines programming ×1 theme ×1 lineage ×1

  1. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Mandalorian. Baby Yoda being 50 and still a baby is used to argue Yoda's 900 years are not comparable to human math.
    “Yoda died when he was 900, if you do the math on that, then you're just like 35 in human years.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:43:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

David Lynch: 2 lines what-if ×2

  1. what-if (what-if): David Lynch → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Lynch could have handled the Luke, Emperor and Vader climax but not Endor.
    “I actually think he would probably do a good job with the final chunk with Luke and the Emperor and Vader.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:04:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Dune: 2 lines craft ×1 career ×1

  1. career (career): Dune → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Lynch chose Dune over Return of the Jedi.
    “that he makes Dune after being like, Dune is the right choice for me over return of the Jedi.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:59:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Marcia Lucas: 2 lines people ×2

  1. people (people): Marcia Lucas → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Marcia Lucas (transcribed Marshall) edited the film, her last with Lucas; they divorce right after.
    “Well, Marshall Lucas did edit this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:07:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Revenge of the Sith: 2 lines lineage ×2

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Revenge of the Sith. Lucas added a 'No' to Vader's turn in Jedi that matches Revenge of the Sith.
    “same fucking no from the end of Avenge of the Sith.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:13:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Star Trek: 2 lines theme ×2

  1. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Trek. The film's alien-gender worldbuilding shares Star Trek's problem: utopian only by its own era's standards.
    “sort of the same problem with Star Trek where it's like a genuinely utopian future.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:19:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars (A New Hope): 2 lines lineage ×1 craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars (A New Hope). Leia pulls the Chewbacca-in-manacles disguise trick from A New Hope when infiltrating Jabba's palace.
    “pulling the same trick that they pulled in New Hope, that like Chewbacca in Manacles trick.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:39:43 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace: 2 lines lineage ×2

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Lucas's goofy special-edition additions anticipate the broad humor of the prequels, such as Jar Jar.
    “It's weird how many of the Lucas alterations are like really goofy broad humor.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: 2 lines lineage ×1 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Jedi has the weakest finish of the three; the first ends on the trench run, the second on the Cloud City battle.
    “I still think it's the weakest finish of the three.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:20:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back: 2 lines verdict ×2

  1. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Ranks Empire a little better than A New Hope, A New Hope a lot better than the prequels, and Jedi a little worse than all of the originals.
    “Empire's a little better than New Hope and New Hope's a little better than the prequel trilogy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:07:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Apocalypse Now: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Apocalypse Now. The Ewok guerrilla war ties to Lucas's Vietnam interest; he was supposed to make Apocalypse Now before handing it to Coppola.
    “George Lucas is supposed to make apocalypse now, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:46:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Attack of the Clones: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Attack of the Clones. Boba Fett is hyped in Attack of the Clones yet dies by Mr. Magoo accident in Jedi.
    “Boba Fett dies at the hands of a Mr. Magooba.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:51:27 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Ben Burtt: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Ben Burtt → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. The sound designer (transcribed Ben Burt) is called the stealth MVP of all the Star Wars films, praised for the imperial noise.
    “I mean, Ben Burt really is the stealth MVP of all of these films.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:05:48 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Bop Till You Drop (Rick Springfield video): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (hiring reason): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Bop Till You Drop (Rick Springfield video). Springfield was excited to work with Fincher because Fincher had worked on Return of the Jedi.
    “Rick was really excited to be working with Fincher because while this is Fincher's 1st major music video, he had previously worked on Return of the Jedi.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 0:07:18 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Casablanca: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Casablanca. Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca.
    “The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Frozen: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (free-association): Frozen → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. A riff on rock trolls leads to the Frozen trolls being cut from the Broadway version, set off by the Death Star catwalk scene.
    “Is it so weird that frozen on Broadway, they cut out the trolls because they were like, yeah, that stuff wasn't working, huh?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:44:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Ghostbusters: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Ghostbusters. Terry Windell, who made Palpatine's lightning, did the proton streams for Ghostbusters the next year.
    “He also, the following year, did the proton streams for Star Wars.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:58:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Harrison Ford: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Harrison Ford → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Ford wanted Han killed off, secure by then with Indiana Jones.
    “That's the other reason I think Ford is just like, maybe killing Han Solo.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:21:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

In the Heights: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (free-association): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → In the Heights. Leia's reference to her mother sets off a riff on Usnavi's greeting and a Broadway cast swap.
    “Good morning, Usnavi.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:21:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Labyrinth: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Labyrinth. Same childhood-video fantasy world as Jedi.
    “Labyrinth is okay.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:11:16 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Lego Star Wars: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (adaptation): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Lego Star Wars. Lego game levels from Jedi are always fun; the prequels' plot-heavy levels play less well.
    “weirdly, like Return of the Jedi levels are always really fun to play.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:31:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Little Shop of Horrors: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Little Shop of Horrors. The digital Sarlacc with all its movement now feels like Audrey II instead of a scary pit.
    “It makes it feel like Audrey too.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:34:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Marriage Story: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Marriage Story. Blowing up the Death Star is a pleasure so rare in cinema that Marriage Story could have ended with it.
    “Most movies, like marriage story could have ended with it blowing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:05:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Michael Winslow: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Michael Winslow → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Winslow is imagined seeing C-3PO's sound-effect routine and thinking the film stole his act.
    “This guy stole my act.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:19:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Police Academy: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Police Academy. C-3PO's sound-effect storytelling for the Ewoks recalls Police Academy and Michael Winslow's act.
    “Yeah, this is some fucking police academy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:19:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Raiders of the Lost Ark: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Raiders of the Lost Ark. Jedi is the first Star Wars after Indiana Jones, whose pitch was a movie of only the exciting parts; Jedi chases theme-park set pieces.
    “Indiana Jones, he was like, my pitch is, what if you make a movie that's only the exciting parts?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:00:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Rob Leffield: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Rob Leffield → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. A joke that Han's demand for the third film was to have Rob Leffield design his pocket-heavy vest.
    “I want Rob Leffield to design my vest.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:25:03 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Rogue One: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Rogue One. Mon Mothma, newly introduced in Jedi, is later heard about in Rogue One.
    “Yeah, well, you know, we hear about her in Rogue one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:51:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (adaptation): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Bringing down an AT-ST in Fallen Order felt great.
    “I just took one down and fall in order.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:48:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars prequel trilogy: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars prequel trilogy. Sebastian Shaw makes Anakin tragic in one scene in a way neither Jake Lloyd nor Hayden Christensen manages in the prequels.
    “Which I think Neither Jake Lloyd or Hayden Christensen ever get at.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:03:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Later CGI Jabba (prequels, special edition, Clone Wars) is perfectly balanced, unlike the lopsided puppet.
    “And then when he's in the prequels, when he's in the special edition, when he's in clone wars, he's like perfectly balanced.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:18:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sydney Greenstreet: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Sydney Greenstreet → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Jabba is said to be visually based on Sydney Greenstreet.
    “He's based on Sydney Green Street, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:12:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Blair Witch Project: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Blair Witch Project. Jabba's snot-and-spit commitment to every take is compared to Heather Donahue in Blair Witch.
    “we just have to have some, like, Heather Donahue in Blair Witch Project.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:23:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Dark Crystal: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Dark Crystal. The Muppety, British-fantasy tone of Jedi is the kind of thing the speaker watched on video as a child, like Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.
    “much like Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, neither of which I think are great movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:11:06 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

The Force Awakens: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Force Awakens → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Jedi was the last Star Wars movie in story order until The Force Awakens, the day after recording.
    “This is us looking at what was up until now chronologically the last Star Wars movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:03:22 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

The Hangover Part II: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Hangover Part II. Death Star 2 is framed as a sequel that repeats the first one, like a Hangover sequel.
    “It's like hangover two.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Incredibles: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Incredibles. The speeder bike forest chase is a clear inspiration for the Incredibles chase.
    “This is such a big inspiration too, clearly, on the Incredibles chase sequence.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:02:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Tootsie: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Tootsie → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Tootsie ran 24 weeks and made $177 million alongside Jedi's summer; its premise is that there are no good parts for men.
    “So a team made $177 million.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:14:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Warcraft: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Warcraft. The Warthog creatures in Jabba's palace are judged better looking than the Warcraft movie.
    “those Warthogs look better than the Warcraft movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:25:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Dune → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Lynch chose Dune over Return of the Jedi.
    “that he makes Dune after being like, Dune is the right choice for me over return of the Jedi.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:59:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Harrison Ford → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Ford wanted Han killed off, secure by then with Indiana Jones.
    “That's the other reason I think Ford is just like, maybe killing Han Solo.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:21:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (7)

  1. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Later CGI Jabba (prequels, special edition, Clone Wars) is perfectly balanced, unlike the lopsided puppet.
    “And then when he's in the prequels, when he's in the special edition, when he's in clone wars, he's like perfectly balanced.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:18:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Yoda's advice in Empire was not to confront Vader; in Jedi he asks if Luke has done it.
    “It's interesting that Yoda's advice in Empire was like, definitely don't confront Vader.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:44:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Vader confrontations in Empire are tense; in Jedi they feel like Luke and a chatty dad.
    “I do love that like the Vader confrontations in Empire are like so tense.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:27:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars prequel trilogy. Sebastian Shaw makes Anakin tragic in one scene in a way neither Jake Lloyd nor Hayden Christensen manages in the prequels.
    “Which I think Neither Jake Lloyd or Hayden Christensen ever get at.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:03:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace. Jabba is an ugly race guy in Phantom Menace and soft on Han in A New Hope, so he should have debuted only in Jedi.
    “I think he probably should not be in the movies other than this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:34:27 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace. Original films don't explain world-building; the prequels explain everything out loud.
    “And what I like about these movies, as opposed to how the prequels work, is that the original trilogy, episode one, two, and three, I like that these films, like just don't explain shit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:37:10 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  7. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Attack of the Clones. Boba Fett is hyped in Attack of the Clones yet dies by Mr. Magoo accident in Jedi.
    “Boba Fett dies at the hands of a Mr. Magooba.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:51:27 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

craft (13)

  1. craft (craft): Dune → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Movement-heavy effects like the Jedi speeder chase are what Lucas pioneered and Lynch's film fails at.
    “And the movement stuff is the stuff that he specifically fails on that is the thing that Lucas was so good at.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:43:56 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Ben Burtt → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. The sound designer (transcribed Ben Burt) is called the stealth MVP of all the Star Wars films, praised for the imperial noise.
    “I mean, Ben Burt really is the stealth MVP of all of these films.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:05:48 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Blair Witch Project. Jabba's snot-and-spit commitment to every take is compared to Heather Donahue in Blair Witch.
    “we just have to have some, like, Heather Donahue in Blair Witch Project.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:23:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Warcraft. The Warthog creatures in Jabba's palace are judged better looking than the Warcraft movie.
    “those Warthogs look better than the Warcraft movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:25:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Little Shop of Horrors. The digital Sarlacc with all its movement now feels like Audrey II instead of a scary pit.
    “It makes it feel like Audrey too.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:34:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Police Academy. C-3PO's sound-effect storytelling for the Ewoks recalls Police Academy and Michael Winslow's act.
    “Yeah, this is some fucking police academy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:19:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Dark Crystal. The Muppety, British-fantasy tone of Jedi is the kind of thing the speaker watched on video as a child, like Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.
    “much like Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, neither of which I think are great movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:11:06 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  8. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Labyrinth. Same childhood-video fantasy world as Jedi.
    “Labyrinth is okay.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:11:16 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  9. craft (craft): George Lucas → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. The 1990s special-edition CGI changes touch Jedi more than the other two originals.
    “I would argue more than the other 2 in this trilogy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:23:09 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  10. craft (craft): George Lucas → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Lucas's puppet Jabba works because it was a real puppet and shouldn't have been replaced.
    “It's really good that Lucas did not replace that puppet.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:38:50 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  11. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars (A New Hope). Leia pulls the Chewbacca-in-manacles disguise trick from A New Hope when infiltrating Jabba's palace.
    “pulling the same trick that they pulled in New Hope, that like Chewbacca in Manacles trick.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:39:43 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  12. craft (craft): George Lucas → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Jedi's Yoda deathbed scene is added at Lucas's request after a child psychologist doubted kids believed Vader was Luke's father.
    “the kids might think that Vader was just lying when he said he was his Luke's father.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:56:20 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  13. craft (craft): George Lucas → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Lucas did Blu-ray insertion of Hayden Christensen as ghost Anakin so viewers must watch the prequels.
    “he basically makes it impossible for you to not watch the prequels in one final little visual like gag.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:16:51 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Tootsie → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Tootsie ran 24 weeks and made $177 million alongside Jedi's summer; its premise is that there are no good parts for men.
    “So a team made $177 million.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:14:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Jedi's 1997 re-release opened to $19 million, lower than the other two re-releases.
    “It opened lower than the other 2 rereleases.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:15:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (28)

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Hangover Part II. Death Star 2 is framed as a sequel that repeats the first one, like a Hangover sequel.
    “It's like hangover two.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. A second, bigger Death Star is called a lateral remake of the first.
    “We're kind of, it's like a lateral remake.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): Sydney Greenstreet → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Jabba is said to be visually based on Sydney Greenstreet.
    “He's based on Sydney Green Street, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:12:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Casablanca. Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca.
    “The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Lucas's goofy special-edition additions anticipate the broad humor of the prequels, such as Jar Jar.
    “It's weird how many of the Lucas alterations are like really goofy broad humor.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Luke's lost lightsaber (his father's) turns up again in The Force Awakens.
    “Which then reappears, of course, in The Force Awakens.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. Opening on the Emperor is an idea Rise of Skywalker did.
    “But it's always one of these things you're like, guess what movie open with that?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:40:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. Yoda and Obi-Wan dumping plot revelations at the last minute resembles Rise of Skywalker's information dump.
    “It does kind of have that feeling of the rise of Skywalker there, just suddenly like yelling a bunch of information at you.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:47:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Rogue One. Mon Mothma, newly introduced in Jedi, is later heard about in Rogue One.
    “Yeah, well, you know, we hear about her in Rogue one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:51:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi. Admiral Ackbar dies in The Last Jedi, which angered fans.
    “No, Akbar dies in the last Jedi, which people were very angry about.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:53:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  11. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Raiders of the Lost Ark. Jedi is the first Star Wars after Indiana Jones, whose pitch was a movie of only the exciting parts; Jedi chases theme-park set pieces.
    “Indiana Jones, he was like, my pitch is, what if you make a movie that's only the exciting parts?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:00:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  12. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Incredibles. The speeder bike forest chase is a clear inspiration for the Incredibles chase.
    “This is such a big inspiration too, clearly, on the Incredibles chase sequence.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:02:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  13. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Han being over it and drifting back to old ways is what Force Awakens later does.
    “Well, that's kind of what Force Awakens does”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:23:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  14. lineage (adaptation): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Lego Star Wars. Lego game levels from Jedi are always fun; the prequels' plot-heavy levels play less well.
    “weirdly, like Return of the Jedi levels are always really fun to play.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:31:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  15. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. Rise of Skywalker has a great scene in the Emperor's throne room on the Death Star: the Sith Wayfinder and the Kylo/Rey fight.
    “Of course, Rise of Skywalker has a great scene in this room.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:33:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  16. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi. Bombers rarely show bombings in the saga; Last Jedi finally has a bombing scene (Paige Tico).
    “Of course, in last Jedi.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:43:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  17. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Apocalypse Now. The Ewok guerrilla war ties to Lucas's Vietnam interest; he was supposed to make Apocalypse Now before handing it to Coppola.
    “George Lucas is supposed to make apocalypse now, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:46:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  18. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Mandalorian. The chicken-walker AT-STs are back in The Mandalorian.
    “I like that they're back in the Mandalorian.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:48:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  19. lineage (adaptation): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Bringing down an AT-ST in Fallen Order felt great.
    “I just took one down and fall in order.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:48:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  20. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The special edition's final celebration montage adds Naboo and the Gungans.
    “you get to see some Gungans.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:08:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  21. lineage (lineage): The Force Awakens → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Jedi was the last Star Wars movie in story order until The Force Awakens, the day after recording.
    “This is us looking at what was up until now chronologically the last Star Wars movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:03:22 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  22. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace. Sees seeds planted in Jedi that bloom in the prequels.
    “you see the things, the mechanations starting to come into place a little bit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:08:34 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  23. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace. Jedi's Death Star 2 and bureaucrat-nagging scene is Lucas griping, as the Trade Federation is him griping at his tax bill.
    “the trade federation is him griping at his tax bill, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:15:43 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  24. lineage (lineage): Star Wars (A New Hope) → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. A New Hope has the Jabba scene as an example of modern CGI bullshit, but Jedi has more.
    “A new Hope has the Java scene.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:23:15 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  25. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace. The Obi-Wan log scene starts the over-explanation that typifies the prequels.
    “tiptoe towards the problems of the Phantom Madness trilogy, whereas, like, where it's all explained out loud.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:58:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  26. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Phantom Menace. Ewok guerrilla tactics echo the Gungan thing in Phantom Menace, though that one is far worse.
    “And it just sort of reminds you of the Gungen thing, which is way worse, but is in the same, like, ballpark.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:08:02 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  27. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Revenge of the Sith. The Emperor in Jedi sits in a chair saying roughly the same things as in the identical-chair scene in Revenge of the Sith.
    “he's basically saying most of the same thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:11:34 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  28. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Revenge of the Sith. Lucas added a 'No' to Vader's turn in Jedi that matches Revenge of the Sith.
    “same fucking no from the end of Avenge of the Sith.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:13:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (people): Marcia Lucas → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Marcia Lucas (transcribed Marshall) edited the film, her last with Lucas; they divorce right after.
    “Well, Marshall Lucas did edit this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:07:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Michael Winslow → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Winslow is imagined seeing C-3PO's sound-effect routine and thinking the film stole his act.
    “This guy stole my act.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:19:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Ghostbusters. Terry Windell, who made Palpatine's lightning, did the proton streams for Ghostbusters the next year.
    “He also, the following year, did the proton streams for Star Wars.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:58:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): Marcia Lucas → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Marcia Lucas edited all three originals and helped develop the scripts, and Jedi was her last editing job.
    “Her last editing job ever was Return of the Jedi.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:26:17 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

programming (2)

  1. programming (programming): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Mandalorian. After The Mandalorian the speaker wants new characters, not known ones, as a model for future Star Wars.
    “after Mandalorian, I'm like, don't give me characters we already know.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. The next Patreon commentary is Force Awakens, ten days later.
    “The next commentary episode is the Force Awakens.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:22:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (5)

  1. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Trek. Whether droids feel pain is compared to Star Trek's Data having a switch for his emotions.
    “it's sort of like in Star Trek, like data can turn his emotions on.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:14:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Trek. The film's alien-gender worldbuilding shares Star Trek's problem: utopian only by its own era's standards.
    “sort of the same problem with Star Trek where it's like a genuinely utopian future.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:19:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → The Mandalorian. Baby Yoda being 50 and still a baby is used to argue Yoda's 900 years are not comparable to human math.
    “Yoda died when he was 900, if you do the math on that, then you're just like 35 in human years.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:43:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Complaints about Snoke being unexplained are answered by pointing to the Emperor: a creepy old withered guy is compelling enough.
    “It's a compelling idea to have some creepy old withered old guy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:57:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Marriage Story. Blowing up the Death Star is a pleasure so rare in cinema that Marriage Story could have ended with it.
    “Most movies, like marriage story could have ended with it blowing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:05:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

  1. unmapped (hiring reason): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Bop Till You Drop (Rick Springfield video). Springfield was excited to work with Fincher because Fincher had worked on Return of the Jedi.
    “Rick was really excited to be working with Fincher because while this is Fincher's 1st major music video, he had previously worked on Return of the Jedi.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 0:07:18 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (free-association): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → In the Heights. Leia's reference to her mother sets off a riff on Usnavi's greeting and a Broadway cast swap.
    “Good morning, Usnavi.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:21:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (free-association): Frozen → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. A riff on rock trolls leads to the Frozen trolls being cut from the Broadway version, set off by the Death Star catwalk scene.
    “Is it so weird that frozen on Broadway, they cut out the trolls because they were like, yeah, that stuff wasn't working, huh?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:44:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Jedi has the weakest finish of the three; the first ends on the trench run, the second on the Cloud City battle.
    “I still think it's the weakest finish of the three.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:20:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Jedi's performances are weaker than Empire's and the script is weaker.
    “I will say I think the performances in this one are not as good as they were in Empire.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:07:23 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Ranks Empire a little better than A New Hope, A New Hope a lot better than the prequels, and Jedi a little worse than all of the originals.
    “Empire's a little better than New Hope and New Hope's a little better than the prequel trilogy.”
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what-if (5)

  1. what-if (what-if): David Lynch → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Lynch would have gone wild on Jabba's Palace.
    “The whole 1st 30 minutes, you're like, Lynch would go fucking hog wild on that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:04:23 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): David Lynch → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Lynch could have handled the Luke, Emperor and Vader climax but not Endor.
    “I actually think he would probably do a good job with the final chunk with Luke and the Emperor and Vader.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:04:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): George Lucas → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. If Lucas went back to these films, Leia would be training with a lightsaber by film three.
    “I think if Lucas went back to these movies, he would be like, Leia should by the 3rd movie Leia should be starting up with a lightsaber.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:22:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Rob Leffield → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. A joke that Han's demand for the third film was to have Rob Leffield design his pocket-heavy vest.
    “I want Rob Leffield to design my vest.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:25:03 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if): Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Zorii Bliss, with Keri Russell, as Rey's mother would have fit the theme that your parents were nobody.
    “I wish Story Bliss was her mother.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:39:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: The Ziegfeld manager overslept before the first Sunday showing of a special edition and the speaker's family got in free with free popcorn.
    “we just got in for free and they gave us free popcorn.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:07:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: Jedi has the only other speaking female roles in the trilogy, and they are all complicit or villainous.
    “Well, this movie is the only one of the original trilogy that has another speaking female role.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:50:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: Death Star 2 is unfinished, which is why a flyable weakness exists.
    “The thing about the Death Star 2 is that it's not finished, so you can literally fly into it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:33:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: May 1983 box office: Jedi opened number one, ahead of Blue Thunder, Flashdance, Breathless, Tootsie, in a quiz format.
    “This is May 1983.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:11:14 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: A 1997 Entertainment Weekly re-release recap headline joked about Ewoks.
    “Their headline was Ewok, don't run to see Return of the Jedi.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:15:03 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: The scene where the droids' boss brands robots makes the hosts wonder whether robots feel pain.
    “wait, robots can feel pain?”
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Who the speakers said made it

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