Star Wars - Rare Revenge Of The Jedi Trailer

[plastique45]

I saw this trailer in theaters like 6 months or more before the movie came out. Call me psychic, but even as a kid, I felt the trailer looked stupid when compared to the first two movies. Of course it didn't prepare me for how awful the final film would really be.

[jubjub2112]

God! I remember that this was the big thing back then! To get a one sheet that still said "Revenge of the Jedi" instead of "Return of the Jedi" . . . I think I got one back then . . . but it wasn't a real one sheet . . . didn't have that kind of cashola back then! I was only 12! I did get Admiral Akbar by mail in Revenge of the Jedi Packaging though! That was cool!

[TacticalDynamic]

umm return of the jedi ???



[zainnnzy]

@TacticalDynamic before they changed the name to return of the jedi

[LAMFi1ms]

Anyone else think this movie should have been titled "It's a Trap"?

[DrMrSuperFrag]

I was almost positive this was a Rick Roll. I'm so glad it's legit.

[HitlerOnTheRoof]

Bon Jovi sucks.

[VongolaAQW223]

@HitlerOnTheRoof Fuck you

[HitlerOnTheRoof]

@VongolaAQW223 Thanks. Apparently, you are a big Bon Jovi fan.

[VongolaAQW223]

@HitlerOnTheRoof Heil Hitler!

[IbanezNick75]

1:07 looloololollololoololololllool­oloolllloololollolo

[nholt]

@0:39 when people saw Lie in her bikini for the first time I'll bet nerds around the world wet themselves.

[Kelrik93]

Obiwan is back? How did they manage that?

[VongolaAQW223]

@Kelrik93 Thats a ghost you noob

[BlytheWorld1972]

@VongolaAQW223

lol a knob is a wonderful thing

[justinbro2002]

yeah Lucas used alot of the ideas for "revenge of the jedi" in "revenge of the sith" The title being one and in jedi they were suppose to go to the wookie homeplanet and not endor with the ewokes that sotry was suppose to be far more voilent. But Lucas changed his mind and wanted a more family frendly story and fuzzy little toys to sell to the kids. Even thought I did have a chewy stuffed doll I slept with as a kid.

[creativeprojects720]

yes, they changed it to return of the jedi

[koukinshouyu]

I love how the only reason we have more than 2 colors for lightsabers was because George Lucas said "oh jeez, it totally clashes with the clear sky."

[SilverterrorII]

I think this trailer was on the '04 Bonus Material disc.

[Texamerican12]

Blue lightsaber did anybody else notice that?

[hanscombe72]

@Texamerican12 Yes I noticed that too. When scenes were first released back in the day, one of the first things I noticed was the green lightsaber. It showed up better against the blue sky in the desert.

[Texamerican12]

@hanscombe72 I know I just wanted everybody else to

[chrystalhope1]

I love that movie my dad is 1 of the fans

[fanboywannabe]

Is a tarp!!!!!!

[DarthStarscream1138]

1:07 Wonder if those days they thought how much that line would get famous.

[generalBlasto]

I thought the title referred to vader killing palpatine. Only at the last scene does that title make sense.

[Matt00851]

am i the only one who thought the laser disc versions sucked in sound and quality?

[gonevidder]

IT'S A TRAP

[LAMFi1ms]

@gonevidder nuff said

[azq76]

ANSWER THIS: was it originally called revenge of the jedi or something, i kind of want to know

[HoodenHen]

@azq76 yes it was

[Baseshocks]

@azq76 it makes sense, but ya it would have drove the fan boys nuts, think about it, Jedi not suppose to have emotion or hate etc.... so instead of revenge they just return.

[Shiny317]

It is genuine as it's from the Laserdisc edition which is an offical release. The reason its rubbish is partly as it's a trailer from a time before the film was finished, partly due to the fact it's old, and as previusly mentioned....it's from a laserdisc.

[aMiR1412]

I believe that the trailers genuine but I think your camera is rubbish

[danbay26]

"IT'S A TRAP!"

[WIACZO]

In Bioshock : Infinite dev diary about tears in the end Elizabeth opens portal and we see cinema with sighn :Revenge of Jedi ;)

watch?feature=player_embedded&­v=gbEFXCF90rc

[DarthRushy]

Yeah, Luke had a blue lightsaber because back then, Green Lightsabers hadn't been invented. And Revenge of the Jedi is kinda dark.

[gvehar]

Interesting! If you watch the shot where the Weequay falls into the Sarlacc, it seems to be a slightly different camera angle than the one that's in the movie... also, Luke isn't even swinging his lightsaber at him when he goes over the side.

[metalWIENERsolid]

i wish they didnt wait so long to make episodes 1 2 and 3 because of the "technology" atleast the acting and story would be better and they can "remaster" it later on like they did 4 5 and 6...

[narutofan4545]

WTF luke had a blue saber

[atarileaf]

I remember this trailer. It was late 1982 or early 83 I believe. We went to see A New Hope and ESB back to back because they were playing this new trailer between movies.

[HarryBillyBobGeorge]

@TuuBluu I heard it was still in early post-production when it was called "Revenge"

[HarryBillyBobGeorge]

All the way back since it had a different title, "It's a trap!" was famous.

I'm 15, and the Sarlaac looks better the old way.

[SLPIFan]

I'm sorry, but even beyond the fact that it isn't a Jedi trait, the term revenge does sound a bit too villainous in general.

[jbshaver29]

1:07

[cryptonoia]

Lucas toyed with the idea of killing off Han and bringing Obi-Wan back to life in this movie.

[xsf908]

Revenge of Jedi ?

[chrisfrmchi312]

"its a trap" its nice to see even back then they put one the best scenes in the trailer.

[hydra1970]

Why is Ben Kenobi in this trailer?

[TRUMPER007]

@hydra1970 - Ben Kenobi was in 'Return of the jedi' thats why he is in the trailer.

[Vylokanyk01]

Too bad I don't live in this galaxy. It would have been really cool if this movie came to a theater over here...

[FieldmasterFox]

Obi Wan in full flesh. ^_^

[JMClendenan]

People must have been craping their pants when they saw what looked to be Obi Wan alive.

[JMClendenan]

People must have been craping their pants when they saw what looked to be Obi Wan alive.

[SLPIFan]

I'm sorry, but the word revenge just sounds too evil, especially with context to Jedi.

I'm glad he in a way re-cycled the title with REVENGE OF THE SITH. That did make sense.

[Darthnexus78]

His Lightsaber is blue! 1:07

[ijkomisa]

@Darthnexus78 His lightsaber was supposed to be blue when the film first released, but Lucas made a last second decision to make the saber green because the blue clashed with the Tatooine sky. Fun fact that will win you Jeopardy someday. haha :)

[SovereignStatesman]

@ijkomisa

So why did Luke wear black throughout the whole film? Did it represent his slowly turning to the Dark Side, or did that clash with something too?

[ijkomisa]

To respect Vader and accept him as his father. No need to be an ass bro.

[SovereignStatesman]

@ijkomisa

Yeah, so that's why he wore black into Jabba's palace too, and used a Sith-choke on both guards, and eventually DEFEATED his father by using the Dark Side?

No need to be a DUMBASS, "bro."

[ijkomisa]

@SovereignStatesman lol you feel better now? He didn't use force choke, he just pushed the gamorreans back. Again, the black cloak matches his outfit which was to accept and respect his father. Why the hell would you wear a cloak other than black with a black tunic?

[SovereignStatesman]

@ijkomisa

Yeah, that's just why they were clutching at their throats. And he wore a black Sith-robe and outfit to Jabba's palace, not just to Endor.

Do you ever get tired of being full of shit?

[MartinNBambi]

@SovereignStatesman when it comes between luke and anakin wearing black, luke got more patient and matured since after the events of the empire strikes back while anakin on the other hand is slowly turning to the dark side since during the events of episode 2 and 3

[MartinNBambi]

@SovereignStatesman ...and luke still wears black after being redeemed to the light side by leia and after becoming a grand master of the new jedi order

[SovereignStatesman]

@MartinNBambi

Yeah fuck the EU. I'm talking stuff Lucas actually wrote, some second-rate douchebag hack with a word-processor. Why not fanfic while you're at it?

[MartinNBambi]

@SovereignStatesman Calm down, i also believe in wat lucas actually wrote. i not trying to say EU is better, i'm just helping u out on ur question. that's all

[SovereignStatesman]

@MartinNBambi

No, you're not. Lucas never told anyone that Luke wore black after RotJ, they just decided that on their own.

That's their story, not Lucas's.

[MartinNBambi]

@SovereignStatesman Okay, I'm fine with that anyway

[MartinNBambi]

@SovereignStatesman ...and yes we all have different opinions and we do not have to argue over them, okay. we do know we both share the same interest on star wars

[SovereignStatesman]

@MartinNBambi

There's nothing to argue; the movies are Lucas's story, the EU is other people's.

[MadInk1]

@ijkomisa

why was ut that in the movie poster for this Luke has a red saber n vader a blue 1?

[turbomaximus1966]

''REVENGE'' of the jedi?

[gruntguy007]

@turbomaximus1966 It was the original title, But Lucas quickly changed it to Return, because he worked out he could save $932 annually by printing of one less letter for videos, toys, t-shirts e.t.c

[deacon9260]

@gruntguy007 Someone made that up. It was changed simply because revenge was decided to be too harsh of a word for a movie geared towards kids.

[TRUMPER007]

@deacon9260 - I heard that it was changed on two counts - 1. Because Jedi's would not avenge (or revenge) and 2. The original title of Star Trek II was 'The Vengeance of Khan' and George Lucas deemed it was too similar to his title. Did'nt matter after all as Trek film was changed to 'The Wrath Of Khan'!

[sjl62]

It's a little anticlimacting to have "the epic battle between good and evil" cued to Chewie shoving some guy against a tree.

[erentheca]

@sjl62 yeah, I think that was a prediction of, "an entire legion of my best troops" getting defeated by primitive forest critters and the mighty Imperial fleet being wiped out by a rag-tag rebel fleet less than a third their size. Although I like this film, the Empire was a lot more menacing in Empire Strikes Back.

[zaigernets]

@sjl62 They should have put a snippet from the epic lightsaber fight.

[unclejay1973]

I remember going to see the 1982 re-release of the original "Star Wars" and they showed this trailer right before it. I remember going apeshit, because I had no idea it was coming!! I did nothing but talk about it to all my friends & family, anyone who would listen really. It was really exciting, quite simply one of the major greatest pleasures of my childhood was "Star Wars."

Later on, I found out that the '82 re-release poster has the "Revenge of the Jedi" trailer tag on it.

[beatallhalos]

1:05 IT'S A TWAP!

[GIRlovesWaffles]

LOL! Lucas asked Paramount to change the title of Star Trek II (The Vengeance of Kahn) because the title was to similar to "Revenge of the Jedi", and then ended up changing the title of Episode six.

[patricioriv]

1:07 IT'S A TRAP!

[TheDamnedRiders]

Weird, Because I thought that Revenge of The Jedi came out first...

[EduardoTVideos]

REVENGE OF THE JEDI, coming May 25th to a theater in yout galaxy!

I can not believe I have to drive to Gliese 581 once again.



[PIOSystems]

Ha, nice upload...Also liked the Blue Lightsaber before Lucas changed it to green.

[TheTrueChuster]

There still so many Ewoks! >:(

[monkeynuts76]

Dark Vader

[MrMarkzilla]

Woah! Now find the trailer for Blue Harvest.

[DippersandSmiles]

@MrMarkzilla I saw it. They made it very similar to this.

[GoogleEyePro]

ITS A TRAP

[jcgamer107]

Ha I didn't realize it was "Revenge" instead of "Return" until the end of the trailer, I guess they decided "Revenge" wasn't very jedi-like haha.

[nellyjelly099]

killed it

[vivalaspam13]

revenge? isnt it return?

[ghostofandy]

Oh, I hope my theater is one of the "Selected Theaters"

[igonn]

this trailer is a trap

[Shiny317]

Hi Boom. I didn't remember that bit, so listened to it again. He says, an Adventure as vast as theuniverse, though his diction and the sound quailty doesn't help hear it clearly. Still a good trailer after all these years though.

[boomstickblues]

@Shiny317 Ah, I see, haha. Thanks for clearing that up.

I've recently watched Episodes IV-VI for the thousandth time, and was surprised to find that the films were even more IMPRESSIVE than I remembered them being. Especially in terms of special effects, but certainly in other ways as well. But the effects! WOW.

I mean, I absolutely loved Star Wars as a kid, but now? Hate to be a crazy fan, but this stuff is *immaculate*.

Oh, SW. How are you so awesome?

[boomstickblues]

"An adventure as fast as the universe!"

...what does that mean?

Whatever the case, I COMPLETELY AGREE.

This trailer is basically awesome, Shiny317. Thank you for your generous contribution to Youtube and to me. Mostly to me.

On a side note, as much as I love the green one, I think I will forever mourn that beautiful blue lightsaber never seeing the light of day...

[jurassicraptor111]

@boomstickblues he says as VAST as the universe

[boomstickblues]

@jurassicraptor111 My ears deceived me, haha. Yes, that makes much more sense now, raptor, thank you.

[SLPIFan]

I'm sorry but that title is just wrong. The word revenge is just too antagonistic sounding. That's why

RETURN OF THE JEDI was a great title and that they saved revenge for

REVENGE OF THE SITH which made a lot more sense.

[acdeportivo]

i tough i was called return of the jedi?

[Xiolablu3]

Jedis shouldnt go for 'revenge'. thats why it was changed.

[vvpassat]

What is this Revenge of the Jedi ?

[TheOneBeatle]

Still, it wouldn't been not too bad had the blue once more. But you're right, no lightsabers green we would see it.

Also, the title, Revenge Of The Jedi was great. I'm thinking that the Episode III would be called ''Return of The Sith''.

Also, in the posters of Revenge of The Jedi, the lightsaber of Luke is red, and Darth Vader's is blue.

A raritie there.

I had an image of that.

[Shiny317]

No, basically if you watch the laser disc supplementals George Lucas explains the name change. 'Revenge' isn't a Jedi concept or trait, as it's a form of hatred, i.e getting revenge on someone. The Jedi was all but extinct, Luke brought Jedi's back so it was Luke that heralded their 'Return'. The Jedi bounced back or 'Return'ed, they don't seek revenge, that's why they changed the title.. no Star Trek logic behind it.

[Robedon]

yep also by letting people think the name was revenge he got one over the fake toy merchants who had Revenge stamped on the box. so he made even more money when the real toys had Return on the box

[blubuddha]

@Shiny317 Then "name change"... he wrote the book "Revenge of the Jedi" you'd didn't he wouldve figure that out when he wrote the books. 

[RealGateGuardian]

@Shiny317 Wow dude. That trailer is almost as exciting as watching the Falcon Punch. I'm serious. I do want to know: WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS?! But yeah I agree with on the full account. Revenge is a Sith trait, NOT a Jedi traiter.

[BucketFurter]

Can anybody confirm this:

Lucas wanted it to be 'Revenge' - then someone said the Star Trek movie would be called 'Revenge of Khan' - so they changed the title of 'Jedi' - during which time the producers of ST decided 'Wrath' was better so neither ROTJ or Wrath of Khan have the word 'revenge' in them, in a classic botched series of '80s interoffice memos?

Did that actually happen?

[loetzfan]

I remember hearing at the time that Lucas thought "revenge" was too strong of a word and emotion for a Jedi.

[PIOSystems]

@BucketFurter No, you kinda got it backwards...They was going to called the second Star Trek movie 'The Revenge of Khan', but at that time RotJ was going to be called 'Revenge', so the makers of the second Star Trek film switched it to 'The Wraith of Khan'.

But of course, Lucas changed 'Revenge' to 'Return'. So the Star Trek movie could've kept their title.

But I like 'Wraith' better anyway.

[Flairbrusher2010]

@PIOSystems Actually, Star Trek II was going to be called "The Vengeance of Khan" and "Revenge of the Jedi" Teaser posters were all over the theaters in 1982. That's when they change Star Trek II to Wrath of Khan.

[PIOSystems]

@Flairbrusher2010 No it was going to be 'The Revenge of Khan'...I read it in the Official Star Wars book.

[Flairbrusher2010]

@PIOSystems No, it was going to be "The Vengeance of Khan". You can refer to any Starlog issue from 1981-1982. Which Official Star Wars book are you referring to, and who was the author? It was even alluded to in the movie, in the line from Kirk,"Now no one stands between Khan and his vengeance". Starlog #59 from 1982, for example, had a preview of the original Tron, Conan the Barbarian, and The Vengeance of Khan. That was the working title until a few months before ST2 came out.

[PIOSystems]

@Flairbrusher2010 Well, I dunno, I read it in some 'Star Wars' picture book at B&N. I dunno, I'll try to look for a link online. But hey, you might be right, it's been a couple of months since I've read that.

[Flairbrusher2010]

@PIOSystems I don't know your age, but it ST2 was going to be the movie to see in 1982. Starlog magazine was like the only real source for Sci-fi entertainment back then, as there was no internet and being a sci fi nerd wasn't popular, either. I was in 8th grade back then. The story was going around that Spock was going to die and some nutjob Trekkers were threatening to kidnap Nimoy's daughter as well. What a summer!

[Flairbrusher2010]

@PIOSystems ugcomix dot info/indexes/starlog/scans/sl-­59-toc dot jpg Look, a scan of the index page. 1982 was a good summer for movies, and I own ST2.

[Aitrus233]

I love how it cleverly avoids really showing Ewoks.

[loetzfan]

Sort of how the Episode 1 trailers didn't look like the Jar Jar Binks comedy hour.

[dave4248]

MUCH BETTER TITLE. "Return" of the Jedi...my ass.

[rosentreter87]

explain to me this no green saber comments i keep seeing on star wars originals on you tube? lol

like, were there only red an blue sabers originally? but when the remastered the movies they added colours?

[KaitainCPS]

@rosentreter87

No, there was never a released version of Jedi where Luke had a blue saber. But that was the original intention until they realized it didn't show up well in the scene where Luke is fighting on the skiff near the Sarlaac pit. As the story involved Luke having just made a new lightsaber for himself, they figured they could simply make it a new colour. The whole idea of Jedi having different-coloured sabers to reflect their personality type etc. was improvised from that moment.

[dnsg]

I have an original 35mm film trailer of this that I bought on ebay a couple of years ago. I wonder what it is worth now.

[BlytheWorld1972]

@dnsg

about one dollar its a fake copy :P poor you

[jayce79]

Love this vintage trailer , Cool , thanks.