Return of the Jedi
“Return to a galaxy far far away.”
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor.
How Return of the Jedi compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Star Wars, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #3 of 9
- Rank in the series by rating
- 3 years
- Wait since the previous film
- 11%
- Share of the series audience
Return of the Jedi (1983) ranks 3rd of the 9 rated films in the Star Wars series, at 7.9/10 on TMDB against a series average of 7.3/10.
It arrived 3 years after The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
Its 17,278 TMDB ratings are 11% of the 153,734 cast across the series.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Star Wars, comparing all 9 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
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Return of the Jedi is film 3 of 9. See the complete watch order.