Claim: Return of the Jedi was a Star Wars film.
Evidence: The film 's success led to two critically and commercially successful sequels , The Empire Strikes Back -LRB- 1980 -RRB- and Return of the Jedi -LRB- 1983 -RRB-.
Return of the Jedi -LRB- also known as Star Wars : Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi -RRB- is a 1983 American epic space opera film directed by Richard Marquand.
It was the third and final installment in the original Star Wars trilogy and the first film to use THX technology.