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'''''From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga''''' is a [[1983]] documentary on the making of the [[Original trilogy|original ''Star Wars'' trilogy]]. It was broadcasted on [[Wikipedia:PBS|PBS]] on [[December 3]], [[1983]].<ref name="This Week Gideon">{{SWYoutube|xCDs0meB6OY|Moff Gideon Enters the Battlefield, The Child Gets a Name, and More!|archivedate=20201203202031}}</ref> According to [[Stephen J. Sansweet]], the videocassette of ''Star Wars to Jedi'' "came in at least four different outer wraps in the U.S." At least one package bears the company name Playhouse Video.{{Fact}}

==Home video release==
The documentary was released on home video by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] in the mid 1980s and various times up to the 1990s (with the re-releases all under different cover artwork). It was also released on Laserdisc in Japan. As yet, there are no high-definition releases of the documentary and unlike its predecessors, ''The Making of Star Wars'', ''SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi'', it was not included in the 2011 ''Star Wars'' [[Star Wars: The Complete Saga|Blu-ray]] boxset of all six films.

In 2014, the documentary was made available for free on the official Star Wars YouTube channel.<ref name="Free">{{SWYoutube|F6Xa6CcShAI|From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga|archivedate=20150814022743}}</ref>

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==Credits==
{{Credits
|cast=
*[[Mark Hamill]] - Narrator
*[[George Lucas]] - Himself
*[[Anthony Daniels]] - Himself as [[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]]
*[[Harrison Ford]] - Himself
*[[David Barclay]] - Himself / [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba]] performer
*[[Ben Burtt]] - Himself
*[[Warwick Davis]] - Himself
*[[Mike Edmonds]] - Himself / Jabba performer
*[[Carrie Fisher]] - Herself
*[[Stuart Freeborn]] - Himself
*[[Joe Johnston]] - Himself
*[[Howard G. Kazanjian]] - Himself
*[[Irvin Kershner]] - Himself
*[[Richard Marquand]] - Himself
*[[Dennis Muren]] - Himself
*[[Frank Oz]] - Himself / [[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]]
*[[Toby Philpott]] - Himself / Jabba performer
*[[Tim Rose]] - Himself / [[Salacious B. Crumb/Legends|Salacious Crumb]]
*[[Phil Tippett]] - Himself
*[[John Williams]] - Himself
*[[Declan Mulholland]] - Jabba the Hutt (uncredited)
|crew=
*Richard Schickel - writer/producer
*[[Sidney Ganis]] - executive producer
*[[Miki Herman]] - associate producer
*Howard G. Kazanjian - executive producer
*Robert Charlton - cinematography
*[[Duwayne Dunham]] - editor/additional photographer
*Agamemnon Andrianos - sound recordist
*[[Richard Burrow]] - sound editor
*[[Teresa Eckton]] - sound editor
*[[Nancy Jencks]] - assistant sound editor
*Steve Klocksiem - assistant sound editor
*[[Gary Summers]] - sound re-recording mixer
*[[Terry Chostner]] - additional photographer
*Rick Fichter - additional photographer
*Robert Hill - camera assistant
*Martin Hume - camera assistant
*Randy Love - additional photographer
*Mick Mason - additional photographer
*Tomiko Russell - camera assistant
*Joe Ward - camera assistant
*Conrad Buff IV - assistant film editor
*Jay Ignaszewski - assistant film editor
*Suella Kennedy - assistant film editor
*[[Steve Starkey]] - associate editor
*John Williams - composer: theme "Star Wars"
*Geoffrey de Valois - production assistant (uncredited)
}}

==Sources==
*{{InsiderCite|53|Scouting the Galaxy}}
*{{InsiderCite|160|Join Us!}}
*{{InsiderCite|160|Red Five (Star Wars Insider)|Red Five}}
*{{SW|url=video/from-star-wars-to-jedi-the-making-of-a-saga|text=From ''Star Wars'' to Jedi: The Making of a Saga}}

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*{{Imdb|title/tt0295270|From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga}}

[[Category:1983 releases]]
[[Category:Television documentaries]]