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Richard Marquand (+3)
"I think directing Return of the Jedi is rather like being a famous conductor. You are given this fabulous orchestra, full of the most brilliant musicians that you could want in the world. The guy who wrote the music is listening, he is available for any problems you have, to say, 'Well if you play the third bar a little faster&hellip;' You didn't compose the music. Some other guy did and he's in the next room."

- Richard Marquand on directing Return of the Jedi with George Lucas as producer

For

 * 1) Pretty good summation of what it was like to direct Jedi. ~ Savage BOB sig.png 16:41, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Nice  JangFett  (Talk) 16:48, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Protectorate (talk) 10:39, December 24, 2013 (UTC)

Sebastian Shaw (+5)
"I don't know, dear boy. I think it has something to do with science fiction."

- Asked by Ian McDiarmid why he's on the Return of the Jedi set, Sebastian Shaw plays coy about his top-secret role as the unmasked Darth Vader

For

 * 1) ~ Savage BOB sig.png 16:45, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) brb monocle and top hat  JangFett  (Talk) 16:49, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 21:51, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Protectorate (talk) 10:39, December 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 02:52, January 1, 2014 (UTC)

Scott Farrar (+2)
"One day someone says, 'Hey, I hear they're running some dailies from London. Let's go look.' And it's all these black-and-white rough cuts of these little teddy bears on these fake trees. We come out of there and we go, 'My God, what are we involved with? What is this movie?' We were flabbergasted."

- Special-effects cameraman Scott Farrar reveals early misgivings about the Ewoks at ILM during early production on Return of the Jedi

For

 * 1) ~ Savage BOB sig.png 16:49, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Protectorate (talk) 10:39, December 24, 2013 (UTC)

Richard Marquand (+8)
"Artoo is the only one who really gets on my nerves as an actor. I don't mean Kenny [Baker], I mean Artoo-Detoo. He is a pig. He is terrible. He's impossible. He decides to take the day off, so he takes the day off. He won't put his third leg down, so he doesn't put his third leg down. Or suddenly, in the middle of a thing, he'll just, zip, walk away. He shouldn't be allowed on any set."

- Director Richard Marquand talks of troubles with the remote-controlled R2-D2 props used while filming Return of the Jedi

For

 * 1) ~ Savage BOB sig.png 16:59, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 21:51, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) More  JangFett  (Talk) 01:38, December 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) That's awesome. Corellian Premier Jedi symbol.svg Force will be with you always 03:43, December 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) —Tomari7 (talk) 04:54, December 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) Protectorate (talk) 10:39, December 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * 7) ToRsO bOy (talk) 16:57, December 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * 8) Shoulda used a restraining bolt. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 08:03, January 8, 2014 (UTC)

For

 * 1) Creeper. ~ Savage BOB sig.png 17:05, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Protectorate (talk) 10:39, December 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Unless you have some blow. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 02:53, January 1, 2014 (UTC)

Peter Mayhew (+6)
"It was known as 'Bigfoot Country.' So I got strict instructions not to wander off in costume. Can you imagine it? I'm in full costume, going through the undergrowth, and some guy jumps up with a shotgun and&mdash;BANG!&mdash;'I got Bigfoot!'"

- Peter Mayhew discusses the dangers of being in a Wookiee costume while filming the Endor scenes of Return of the Jedi in the forests of northern California

For

 * 1) ~ Savage BOB sig.png 17:09, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 21:19, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) 501st  dogma ( talk ) 21:37, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) —Tomari7 (talk) 04:55, December 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) Protectorate (talk) 10:39, December 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) ToRsO bOy (talk) 16:58, December 26, 2013 (UTC)

Ken Ralson (+3)
"Every film George does has to be bigger than the last. We've done so much since Star Wars, but I've learned to never say something can't be done. Now I know it can and it will be done. Of course, we may all be dead from exhaustion at the end of it, but it will get finished."

- ILM special-effects artist Ken Ralston on George Lucas's filmmaking drive

For

 * 1) ~ Savage BOB sig.png 17:09, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Protectorate (talk) 10:39, December 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 08:04, January 8, 2014 (UTC)

For

 * 1) Laughed out loud when I read this Manoof (talk) 02:32, November 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2)  IFYLOFD  ( Enter the Floydome ) 04:01, November 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * &mdash;MJ&mdash; Jedi Council Chambers 07:05, November 12, 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) Protectorate (talk) 23:18, November 12, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Supreme Emperor (talk) 05:37, December 18, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Enochf (talk) 10:10, December 18, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Cmon, tis good. Winterz (talk) 01:04, December 23, 2013 (UTC)

Against

 * 1)  JangFett  (Talk) 22:23, November 7, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Dumb. Uninspiring. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 05:47, December 18, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Per Tope. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Council Chambers 05:49, December 18, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Nahdar Vebb (talk) 20:52, December 22, 2013 (UTC)

VIP fans
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Den Dhur (+4)
"In his experience there were very few problems in this galaxy that couldn't be cured, or at least put in proper perspective, by liberal doses of alcohol or its many equivalents."

- Den Dhur reflects on the benefits of intoxicants.

For

 * 1) "Alcohol. The cause of, and solution to, all of our problems" <- Omicron (Leave a message at the BEEP! ) 20:28, December 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Having had a drink in no way influenced my decision >:-) Manoof (talk) 11:42, January 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * 3) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 08:04, January 8, 2014 (UTC)
 * 4) ~ Savage BOB sig.png 13:01, January 8, 2014 (UTC)

James Kahn (+3)
"The very depth of space. There was the length, and width, and height; and then these dimensions curved over on themselves into a bending blackness measurable only by the glinting stars that tumbled into the chasm, receding to infinity. The very depth."

- Opening lines of the novelization of Return of the Jedi, by James Kahn

For

 * 1) I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space. Listen... &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 07:08, January 7, 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) Tinwe (comlink) 16:37, January 7, 2014 (UTC)
 * 3) ~ Savage BOB sig.png 13:02, January 8, 2014 (UTC)

Comments
Anyway, this is one of my favorite lines from the novelizations. I nominated it once, but it doesn't appear in the archives. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 07:08, January 7, 2014 (UTC)