Return of the Jedi premiered 40 years ago today, and many people are reminiscing ab🃏out the first time they saw it.

The sequel to Star Wars and The Emܫpire Strikes Back fir🐈st premiered on May 25, 1983. The film sees Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) battle Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance and triumph over the Galactic Empire, with Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia. It was an enormous box office success, grossing over $400 million against a $40 million budget.

"Played hooky from school … and, like any appropriately surly teenag♍er, felt totally ripped off by the teddy bears where there should ꦍhave been Wookiees. It’s grown on me since then," one Twitter user .

"Got picked up early from school 'for a dent⛎ist appointment' to see it. I was 8," anoth🌜er.

"This one I got to see the day it premieౠred. My friend Amanda drove. While we stopped to refuel en route to the cinema (it was a half-hour drive) I bought a RETURN OF THE JEDI comic. I read the entire thing on the way. The movie was unforgettable!" another fan.

"Yes. And it's not an overstatement to say it was💞 one of the 🅰happiest days of my boyhood," someone else .

"I did indeed see this in theaters, and𝔉 we immediately went to K-Mart on Hillsdale afterward (which is now a Target). The picture book novelization was stacked up front and we opened right to helmet-less Vader/Anakin which scared the shit out of me," another fan.

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