Return of the Jedi: Difference between revisions

The [[Star Wars opening crawl|opening crawl]] reveals that the Galactic Empire has been working on the construction of a new armored space station which is to be even larger and more powerful than the first Death Star. [[Jedi]] knight Luke Skywalker, [[Chewbacca]], [[Lando Calrissian]], [[Princess Leia Organa]], [[C-3PO]], and [[R2-D2]] return to Tatooine in an attempt to rescue Han Solo from the gangster Jabba the Hutt. Leia, disguised as a bounty hunter named [[Princess Leia Organa#Return of the Jedi|Boussh]], attempts to secretly free Solo, who had been encased in [[Tibanna gas|carbonite]] at the end of ''The Empire Strikes Back'', only to be discovered and captured by Jabba soon after. Several days later, Luke arrives to make one final plea to Jabba to release Solo. Luke is also captured and is sent with Solo and the others to the Great Pit of Carkoon to be slowly consumed by the [[Sarlacc]]. With the help of R2-D2, Luke escapes and a large battle erupts. During the battle, Leia strangles Jabba and Solo accidentalyaccidentally knocks [[Boba Fett]] into the Sarlacc pit. Following this, Luke blasts Jabba's sail barge with its own deck cannon, and all of the heroes manage to escape before it explodes.