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Return of the Jedi 40: ILM and Sprocket Systems cast and crew reunion

By Mark Newbold

May 25, 2023

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Forty years after their work on the original trilogy was completed, the Industrial Light and Magic and Sprocket Systems (now better known as Skywalker Sound) teams from Return of the Jedi reunited to celebrate Episode VI, as well as their work on the Special Edition of Jedi back in 1997, making it a double celebration of sorts.

Here we have members of the cast, the crew, along with friends and families, photographed by former R2-D2 wrangler and Lucasfilm archivist Don Bies.

We reminded Oola actress Femi Taylor of this double celebration on the 165th episode of Making Tracks, which you can listen to below.

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From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

Hardcover Book
Blake, Olivie (Author)
English (Publication Language)
592 Pages - 08/29/2023 (Publication Date) - Random House Worlds (Publisher)

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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Forty years after their work on the original trilogy was completed, the Industrial Light and Magic and Sprocket Systems (now better known as Skywalker Sound) teams from Return of the Jedi reunited to celebrate Episode VI, as well as their work on the Special Edition of Jedi back in 1997, making it a double celebration of sorts.

Here we have members of the cast, the crew, along with friends and families, photographed by former R2-D2 wrangler and Lucasfilm archivist Don Bies.

We reminded Oola actress Femi Taylor of this double celebration on the 165th episode of Making Tracks, which you can listen to below.

Sale

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

Hardcover Book
Blake, Olivie (Author)
English (Publication Language)
592 Pages - 08/29/2023 (Publication Date) - Random House Worlds (Publisher)

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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