The show Freaks and Geeks , is set in 1980-81 , however , the characters reference films that had yet to be released at the time .
Despite being clearly set in 1980-81 , characters on more than one instance reference the film `` Return of the Jedi '' or Yoda , which was not released until 1983.The script for the pilot episode of Freaks and Geeks was written by Paul Feig as a spec script .
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