STAR WARS: RETURN OF JEDI Clip - "Destruction Of The Second Death Star" (1983) Sci-Fi 

Wedge honestly has one of my favorite character arcs in the Original Trilogy. - A New Hope: Starts off the Battle of Yavin intimidated by the Death Star and ultimately has to abandon the attack because his ship was damaged. - The Empire Strikes Back: One of Luke's best pilots on Rogue Squadron, comes off sounding a lot more confident and is the only pilot in the squadron to successfully pull off the harpoon and tow cable trick to trip up the AT-ATs. - Return of the Jedi: Now leads Red Squadron and sounds calm and focused throughout the battle, delivering orders quickly and clearly. Keeps his cool flying through Death Star II and fires one of the two shots that destroys the station.

Beautiful. Almost 38 years old and the FX still looks and feels more powerful than many contemporary sci-fi movies.

The space battle in this movie is one of the major reasons it's my favorite out of the OT. That shot of the Falcon flying back into the tunnel as the reactor collapses behind it, combined with the sound effects and music, not to mention the shockwave from the Death Star's explosion....chef's kiss.

i love the little detail of wedge closing the s-foils right before the falcon loses the dish

The first trilogy is a masterpiece in every way, flawless effects, incredible performances, great script and lack of unnecessary jokes.

As much as I love the destruction of the first Death Star, there’s something about this one’s destruction that feels so much more satisfying. At least in my opinion.

Love it when the reactor explodes and the Falcon flies towards the camera. I still wish they had released this in 3D, that scene would be even more epic.

Emperor: "So, they got rid of the trench that led to the exhaust port that was essentially a self destruct button on this 2nd Death Star?" Storm Trooper: "Yes sir. Now it's a tunnel that leads to the energy source that is essentially a self destruct button." Emperor: "Sounds good."

That model/camera work of the tunnels and flying over the surface still blows my mind!

The fire emerging from the sides of the tunnel in FRONT of the Millenium Falcon at 3:10 is such a great, thrilling little touch.

Luke took a serious risk flying that shuttle out of the disintegrating Death Star. I wouldn’t be surprised if the rebels blasted him out of the sky, thinking he was the Emperor or Vader making a break for it.

wedge is goated. “i’m going in”, yea you are king

Wedge Antilles is the Star Wars ultimate badass. Name one other pilot who survived *both* Deathstar attacks? I'll wait.

I cannot imagine how many times I have watched this scene or this movie and not until today did I notice that at 1:15 the X-Wing closes its foils to slip through a smaller gap.

Iconic Scene 3:08-3:19. Lando and The Crew was almost finished when the explosion nearly finished them and they got out just in time

All these years of watching this, and I've only just noticed - at 3:33, just after 3PO says 'They did it', he get s a gentle pat on the back from a member of the squad.

1:16 That was more than a scratch, Lando.

It was much easier for Lando than Luke destroying the first Deathstar, having to evade Vader’s TIE squadron through a narrow path heavily defended by cannons, and hitting a much smaller target at more precise timing.😎

dude the FXs from ILM in the original SW are the best EVER in all cinema HANDS DOWN.

3:07 ?????: You've become so strong, Fox.

I have watched this for 40 years now but earlier have I not noticed the effect at 2:38. Right before the explosion, the upper part of the center is seen imploding downwards. Cool!

The shot of the Falcon reentering the duct, the explosion behind it, and the change to the musical score is one of the best cinematic shots in history. The fact the shot is now 41 years old is unbelievable. I was 7 years old watching this in the State Theater in Eureka, CA and I still get goosebumps today. One of the best scenes of all time.

Man I still find it funny that with seeing The Return of the Jedi and then seeing The Rise of Skywalker that in both films Lando was piloting the Millennium Falcon during the final battles.

This movie is actually totally underrated. I think a good case can be made for it being the best Star Wars movie of all. Not sure why the Emperor was so cocky, even with successfully pulling off his trap. From the battle that I saw, the imperial fleet was getting their asses kicked.

Still a better scene than anything from the sequels!

The chronological final Star Wars movie.

That hee haw gets me everytime

Second favorite Star wars movie of all time behind the original.

I feel a bit sad for that last TIE-Pilot.

3:18 RIP.

emperor: build me a fancy throne room crew: shouldn't we install first the gate that prevents ships from penetr... emperor: THRONE ROOM!

This trilogy is really the telling of one story. Lucas had planned the Death Star destruction to be here, when he thought he’d have to cram everything into one movie then he needed to destroy the first Death Star at the end of that movie, thinking he wouldn’t get to make any sequels.

1:16 Poor Satellite 📡

The Space Battles is 1 of the main things I love about return of the Jedi⚡⚡ I'm so obsessed with the millennium falcon, it's too bad I didn't have that ship for real along with all its capabilities ✨✨✨💫💫💫❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯

I would pay to time travel and be with the audience in the 1983 premiere

3:12 This is playing in my head every time i watch the enterprise destroy the cube in the picard finale

best battle before dark time before Disney times 🙂

So, do Wedge and Lando just share that Death Star kill? Or did they have an epic sabacc game to decide? Or rock paper scissors?

Goosebumps

Lando orders all fighters to follow him.... who's left to protect the rebel frigates outside then?

I wonder if Han actually ripped into Lando about losing the dish while flying through the super structure of the Death Star?

Special FX more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

So Palpatine would survive falling thousands of feet, two massive explosions and being in the vacuum of space...?

Victory is Rebel alliance and Jedi order!

When the reactor falls and explodes. Pretty epic scene. I guess the rebels know it would blow instantly. Just enough time to get ahead of the explosion. Destroyed the power regulator, and destroyed some type of energy field generator holding up the reactor. Clever. (100th comment)

I wished there was a brief shot of the fighters actually getting back to the surface before going back in.

4 minutes of Lando and wedge better than Disney's entire movies with star wars

Palpatine response to that tie first tie that didn’t turn hard enough and crashed “ who hired that guy”

The super star destroyer not only had its bridge offline, but also one of its engines was on fire. Plus the admiral made a mistake being so close to the death star 2. Piett, you fool.

One Fighter lost vs one Super Star Destroyer.

"Concentrate all fire on that Super Star Destroyer!"

Legendary ❤❤❤

2:37...with a large hi resolution monitor, you can see one of the Tie Interceptors being vaporized as the main reactor's death spark ignites!

The best clip

I think I commented on this in another comment but after the Battle of Endor I'll bet Han wasn't too happy learning his ship lost it's rectenna dish when it was flying through the guts of the Death Star.

a little direct action to make people laugh

This is when Y wings need their gunner.

It's like Cortex's Space Station exploded!

they're on him go go go

This is my favorite space battle cause I remember when I was a kid I pretended my dads car as the Falcon

How the fuck did Palpatine survive this?

He wasnt i can feel it Han: 🤨

I can’t tell if the fighters are flying downwards or in a straight line forward towards the death stars main reactor

Peitt, you Fool. 2:04

Then came Disney, Kathleen Kennedy & Rey to undo every beauty of the original trilogy

Boom 💥 3:12

At 3:26 That's the biggest explosion than the first Death Star.

They rebuilt the Death Star only to have it destroyed again. Good thinking villains

always above water

3:14 😂😂😂😂

Remastered From A 4K Scan 👍

Imagine this as a mission in Ace Combat

bro the rollers vs my face

oh brother the next one

Yea….some freaking how palpatine returned from that!

fine

ya ya gg the guy blocks the whole tunnel...

and to think "somehow" Palpatine survided this

How the hell did Luke managed to get that shuttle all by himself which wasn't exactly hidden on the bay and nobody else trying to grab it first or at least demanding that he take them with him?

"no we cant do that with an xwing"

Princess Leia is my idea of a strong woman. She’s beautiful and strong. She does not act or dress like a man, she is not foul mouthed and there are no tattoos. She is strong and she is Feminine, not Feminist.

wedge went first because they're all still

Who was the kamikaze Rebel pilot?

I dont know where they arre

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no bro bro i train my arms bro

2:26-2:31

The director wanted Ackbar to whoop it up excitedly with his crew after the Super Star Destroyer went down, but the actor thought it'd have more gravitas if Ackbar slumped in his chair, overcome with the enormity of th emoment.

recount the sandals I know you're going to

vs me and your boat

no they wanted to use SS tie fighters

it's crazy bro, the jewish dance and we're the best

it can be funny

so do tsun zu

Vamos Lando destruye la segunda estrella de la muerte. O morireis todos!!! Tratar de desviar la atencion de los cazas imperiales.....

trump trying to get in the arena banging on the door's window MY WIFE HE HAS MY WIFE!

The biggest mistake George Lucas 🧔🏻made was sacking John Dykstra .. Without Dykstraflex 🎥🎞️ there would be no Starwars

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we're faster

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