Your birth year
2006
Return of the Jedi
1983
Return of the Jedi is 23 years older than you
It's from 1983, before you were born.
- Director
- Richard Marquand
- Genre
- Space opera
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 1983
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About
As of 2026, it's 43 years old.
Return of the Jedi wrapped up the original Star Wars trilogy with a redemption arc, a second Death Star, and a forest full of small fuzzy warriors who somehow defeat a galactic empire — the Ewoks, beloved and mocked in roughly equal measure ever since. It's the triumphant, slightly cuddlier finale.
Jabba's palace, the speeder chase, and Vader's final turn delivered the emotional payoff the saga was building toward.
Satisfying, spectacular, and faintly merchandise-driven, Return of the Jedi is the finale that stuck the landing — with a little help from some controversial teddy bears.
