Disney Plus YouTube Channel Lists 10 Fun Facts About the Making of ‘Return of the Jedi’
The Disney Plus YouTube channel has released a new video, part of their “Disney+ Deets” series, listing 10 fun facts about the making of Return of the Jedi. Hosts Kenneth Brown and Marcellus Kidd discuss many details that most fans will be familiar with, like the fact that it had the working title of Blue Harvest to keep production as secret as possible. They also talk about some lesser-known details, like how they filmed Han Solo’s defrosting from carbonite.
Check the video out here:
Return of the Jedi was recently added to the United States National Film Registry, meaning that all three movies in the original trilogy are now “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant to the Library of Congress. A total of 825 films are part of this list, which was created to preserve American films of cultural significance for posterity. A huge honor for the Star Wars franchise.
This is also not the first time the Disney+ Deets series has tackled a Star Wars movie — in a previous episode, the team also went over a long list of fun facts about the making of A New Hope, the one that started it all. You can also check it out here:
It feels like it’s only a matter of time before they take on Empire Strikes Back, so stay tuned!
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as movies from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
