The Making of Return of the Jedi Quotes

“Han and Leia enter the bunker and realize the whole setup is a trap, Holland was, originally, to shout, “That is correct, rebel scum!” But the line was shortened on set to, “You rebel scum.” (An extended shootout featuring Han and company blasting their way through the Endor bunker was also shot, but would not make the final cut.) “During the very first rehearsal of the scene Harrison Ford said to me ‘What did you call me?’ and playfully slapped my face,” Holland would say.”
― J.W. Rinzler, The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

“I’d have laughed on camera if Mark had told me for the first time on camera,” Fisher says. “It would have been like, ‘Carrie, your dad isn’t Eddie Fisher. Hitler is.’ ”
― J.W. Rinzler, The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

“This thing with dismemberment I’ve been dead set against from the very beginning,” Hamill adds. “What really galled me was the ice monster—I mean, I’m a Jedi. I could have just grazed him.”
― J.W. Rinzler, The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

“When Hamill heard ILM was working on Star Trek II, he protested to Lucas, “You traitors! George, how could you do that?” To which Lucas replied, “It’s a business, kid.”
― J.W. Rinzler, The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

“I’m only doing this because I started it and now I have to finish it,” he adds. “The next trilogy will be all someone else’s vision.”
― J. W. Rinzler, The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi