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Return Of The Jedi (1983)

Directed by Richard Marquand · Cinematography by Alec Mills, Alan Hume

PG131 min79 frames

AdventureActionScience Fiction

Return to a galaxy far far away.

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What is Return Of The Jedi about?

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.

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What does the cinematography of Return Of The Jedi look like?

Sampled across 79 frames, the coverage of Return Of The Jedi leans on wide compositions (30% of the sample) and medium shots (30%). Cinematographer Alec Mills keeps 54% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 59% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 58% of the frames.

What is the color palette of Return Of The Jedi?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Return Of The Jedi (1983) are #0b0b0e, #2c2d2f, #131829, #2d374b, #f5f6f8, #53524f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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