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55 free Return of the Jedi trivia questions with answers. Return of the Jedi closed the original Star Wars trilogy in 1983 with a rancor, a sail barge, a moon full of Ewoks and a father throwing an emperor down a shaft. This quiz sticks strictly to Episode VI: Jabba's palace and Leia's disguise, Boba Fett's fall into the Sarlacc, Yoda's deathbed confession, the Battle of Endor with Ackbar, Lando and Nien Nunb, the Emperor's lightning, and how it was all made: the Blue Harvest cover name, the Revenge of the Jedi posters, the Yuma desert and redwood shoots, the one-ton Jabba puppet, the Steadicam speeder chase and the Special Edition changes fans still argue about. Easy questions ask how Jabba dies and where the shield generator is. The hard ones want the dog breed behind the Ewoks, the language Ewokese is based on, and which future composer orchestrated for John Williams. It suits a May the Fourth party or any fan who thinks the Ewoks get a bad rap. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the film and its characters, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01Who directed Return of the Jedi?
Richard Marquand
He joked it was like directing King Lear with Shakespeare in the next room, since Lucas was on set constantly.
Q 02Who was George Lucas's first choice to direct the film?
Steven Spielberg
Spielberg was barred by their separate feuds with the Directors Guild; Lynch and Cronenberg both declined.
Q 03What was the film's title on its original teaser trailer and posters?
Revenge of the Jedi
Lucas decided in December 1982 that a Jedi should never seek revenge; leftover posters were sold to fans for $9.50.
Q 04What fake title was used to disguise the production from fans and price-gouging suppliers?
Blue Harvest
Its tagline was 'Horror Beyond Imagination'.
Q 05On which planet does the film open, at Jabba the Hutt's palace?
Tatooine
C-3PO and R2-D2 arrive as a 'goodwill gift' from Luke.
Q 06How does Leia get into Jabba's palace?
Disguised as a bounty hunter with Chewbacca as her 'prisoner'
She frees Han from the carbonite but is caught and enslaved.
Q 07What creature does Jabba drop Luke through a trapdoor to face?
A rancor
Lucas wanted a man in a suit, Godzilla-style, but settled for a puppet filmed at high speed.
Q 08How does the beast beneath Jabba's throne room end up being realised on screen?
As a puppet filmed at high speed
Several attempts at a Toho-style suit performer failed to convince.
Q 09Into what does Jabba plan to throw Luke, Han and Chewbacca?
The Sarlacc pit
Boba Fett is swallowed by it during the sail-barge fight.
Q 10How does Jabba the Hutt die?
Leia strangles him with her chain
His sail barge is destroyed as the heroes escape.
Q 11Roughly how heavy was the Jabba the Hutt puppet?
One ton
Several puppeteers operated it, and Larry Ward supplied the voice.
Q 12Who confirms to Luke that Darth Vader really is his father?
Yoda, on his deathbed
Lucas added the scene after a child psychologist warned kids might think Vader had lied.
Q 13Who tells Luke that Leia is his twin sister?
Obi-Wan Kenobi's Force spirit
He also tells Luke he must face Vader again to finish his training.
Q 21Why did Warwick Davis end up playing Wicket the Ewok?
Kenny Baker got food poisoning on the day of the shoot
It was Davis's first film acting job; Baker played another Ewok, Paploo, instead.
Q 22The Ewoks were originally going to be which species?
Wookiees
Wookiees had become too technologically advanced, so Lucas wanted something short and primitive.
Q 23Which dog breed owned by Lucas inspired the Ewok design?
Griffon Bruxellois
Makeup artist Stuart Freeborn developed the look.
Q 14Where is the second Death Star's shield generator located?
The forest moon of Endor
Han leads the strike team sent to destroy it.
Q 15Which two rebels lead the fleet assault on the Death Star?
Lando Calrissian and Admiral Ackbar
They arrive to find the shield still up and the Imperial fleet waiting.
Q 16Which two pilots fly into the Death Star's core and destroy its reactor?
Lando and Wedge Antilles
Denis Lawson played Wedge in all three original films.
Q 17How does the Emperor die?
Vader throws him down a shaft
Vader is fatally wounded by the Force lightning in the process.
Q 18Which actor plays the unmasked Anakin Skywalker?
Sebastian Shaw
Marquand wanted Olivier or Gielgud, but Lucas thought a star would be distracting.
Q 19Who plays the Emperor?
Ian McDiarmid
Alan Webb was originally cast but fell ill; McDiarmid was in his late 30s under heavy ageing makeup.
Q 20Which actor auditioned for Moff Jerjerrod but lost the part to Michael Pennington?
Alan Rickman
Rickman's film debut came five years later in Die Hard.
Q 24The Ewok language created by Ben Burtt is based on which real language?
Kalmyk
He heard the Mongolic language in a documentary and liked its alien sound.
Q 25What real-world conflict inspired the Ewoks' battle against the Empire?
The Vietnam War
Lucas said the Ewoks' job was to distract the troops, not really win.
Q 26Which word is never spoken in the film despite the creatures' fame?
Ewok
Only the end credits name Wicket, Paploo, Teebo, Logray and Chirpa.
Q 27Which species is Admiral Ackbar?
Mon Calamari
Puppeteer Tim Rose played him, with Erik Bauersfeld's uncredited voice.
Q 28Who is Lando's co-pilot aboard the Millennium Falcon at the Battle of Endor?
Nien Nunb
The Sullustan pilot was played as both a puppet and a costumed actor.
Q 29Where were the Endor forest scenes filmed?
Redwood forests near Smith River, northern California
Vader's funeral pyre was shot at Skywalker Ranch.
Q 30Where were the sail-barge battle exteriors filmed?
Yuma, Arizona
The crew spent two weeks there in April 1982.