Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

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Movie Series

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Star Wars (Movie Series)

1977 - 2008

Title	Release Date
Star Wars: The Clone Wars	2008
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	2005
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	2002
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace	1999
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi	1983
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back	1980
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	1977

 

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Music that reference Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

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A Bunch of Muppets (Song)

performed by Clerks (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

October 11, 1994

In 'A Bunch of Muppets", Dante and Randal discuss which movie is better, "Return of the Jedi" or "The Empire Strikes Back".

 

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Family Guy

Airport '07 (Television Episode)

Season: 5
Episode: 12

March 4, 2007

After Quagmire crashes the plane, his co-pilot is shown to be Nien Nunb, a reference to 1983 science-fiction film Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

 

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Blue Harvest (Television Episode)

Season: 6
Episode: 1

September 23, 2007

The working title of Return of the Jedi was "Blue Harvest".

 

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How I Met Your Mother

Field Trip (Television Episode)

Season: 7
Episode: 5

October 10, 2011

One of the debates Barney wants settled has to do with EWOKs. Barney learns that his girlfriend Nora, does not like EWOKs, and is very upset about it, thinking she must be over the age of 37 (according to his EWOK/Teddy Bear scale).

 

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Hannah Banana (Television Episode)

Season: 8
Episode: 5

November 8, 2009

The trap that Chris sets for Peter with the two logs that smash his head is the same as the trap that the Ewoks set for the AT-ST.

 

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It's a Trap! (Television Episode)

Season: 9
Episode: 18

May 22, 2011

 

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Slutty Pumpkin (Television Episode)

Season: 1
Episode: 6

October 24, 2005

Marshall references Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi when he says "The rebellion would have failed without Ewoks".

 

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Friends

The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy (Television Episode)

Season: 3
Episode: 1

September 19, 1996

Ross tells Rachel that his fantasy is to see her in the gold bikini worn by Princess Leia in 'Return of the Jedi'.

 

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Clerks (Movie)

October 19, 1994

Genres: Comedy

Dante and Randal discuss which movie is better, "Return of the Jedi" or "The Empire Strikes Back". This discussion is the track titled "A Bunch of Muppets" on the Clerks Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

 

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Mallrats (Movie)

October 19, 1995

Genres: Comedy

Jay tells Brody and T.S. that Silent Bob just watched "Empire" and "Jedi" last week, and he's trying to use the force to move his cigarette with his mind.

 

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The Simpsons Movie (Movie)

July 26, 2007

Genres: Animation / Comedy

The celebration at the end of the Simpsons movie is a parody of the ending scene of Return of the Jedi (including Carl's hand gestures which mimic Lando Calrissian).

 

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Television Series

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Star Wars: Ewoks (Television Series)

September 7, 1985 - December 13, 1986

Genres: Animation / Sci-Fi / Fantasy

The Ewoks introduced in Return of the Jedi are featured in the Ewoks cartoon

 

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