From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (1983)
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga is a 1983 television documentary special that originally aired on PBS. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the original Star Wars trilogy, with particular emphasis on the final film, Return of the Jedi. Narrated by actor Mark Hamill, the documentary was written by Richard Schickel who had written the previous television documentaries The Making of Star Wars (1977) and SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
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George Lucas as Self |
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Mark Hamill as Self - Narrator |
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Carrie Fisher as Self |
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Harrison Ford as Self |
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Ben Burtt as Self |
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Phil Tippett as Self |
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Stuart Freeborn as Self |
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Joe Johnston as Self |
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John Williams as Self |
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Tim Rose as Self |
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Dennis Muren as Self |
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Richard Marquand as Self |
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Irvin Kershner as Self |
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David Alan Barclay as Self |
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Mike Edmonds as Self |
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Toby Philpott as Self |
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Howard G. Kazanjian as Self |
| Editing | Duwayne Dunham | Editor |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Richard Schickel | Writer |
| Camera | Robert Charlton | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sidney Ganis | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Agamemnon Andrianos | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Teresa Eckton | Sound Editor |
| Production | Howard G. Kazanjian | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Nancy Jencks | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Richard Burrow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Steve Klocksiem | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Production | Miki Herman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Richard Schickel | Producer |
| Sound | Gary Summers | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |