Director: Richard Marquand

Writers: Lawrence Kasdan; George Lucas

Keywords: Sci-Fi, Star Wars, Robots, Explosions

Luke Skywalker and friends rescue Han Solo, frozen in carbonite on Tatooine, from Jabba the Hut; Luke returns to Dagobah where Yoda informs him Darth Vader is in fact his father and Leia his twin sister; another Death Star is under construction with its shield generator on Endor, home moon of the Ewoks; rebel forces launch an attack on the half-completed Death Star as Ewoks battle storm troopers on Endor. Film is tainted by the presence of the Ewoks, a ham-handed merchandising ploy; by far the weakest of the original trilogy. Won a special Oscar achievement award for Visual Effects; received 4 Oscar nominations including Best Set Decoration and Best Original Score.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kenny Baker	Actor	24-Aug-1934	13-Aug-2016	The man inside R2-D2
Caroline Blakiston	Actor	13-Feb-1933		Lady Patience Hardacre on Brass
Jeremy Bulloch	Actor	16-Feb-1945		Boba Fett in the Star Wars series
Tony Cox	Actor	31-Mar-1958		Marcus in Bad Santa
Anthony Daniels	Actor	21-Feb-1946		C-3PO
Warwick Davis	Actor	3-Feb-1970		Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Carrie Fisher	Actor	21-Oct-1956	27-Dec-2016	Princess Leia in Star Wars
Harrison Ford	Actor	13-Jul-1942		Han Solo in Star Wars
Alec Guinness	Actor	2-Apr-1914	5-Aug-2000	Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
Mark Hamill	Actor	25-Sep-1951		Luke Skywalker in Star Wars
James Earl Jones	Actor	17-Jan-1931		Voice of Darth Vader and CNN
Peter Mayhew	Actor	19-May-1944	30-Apr-2019	Chewbacca in Star Wars
Ian McDiarmid	Actor	11-Aug-1944		Emperor Palpatine
Frank Oz	Actor	25-May-1944		Yoda, Miss Piggy, and The Stepford Wives
David Prowse	Actor	1-Jul-1935		Darth Vader, Green Cross Code Man
Felix Silla	Actor	11-Jan-1937		Cousin Itt on The Addams Family
Billy Dee Williams	Actor	6-Apr-1937		Lando Calrissian, Colt-45 malt liquor pitchman

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