Poster with Vader's helmet
Director — Irvin Kershner
Produced By — Gary Kurtz
Screenplay By — Leigh Brackett , Lawrence Kasdan
Story By — George Lucas
Executive Producer — George Lucas
Production Designer — Norman Reynolds
Director Of Photography — Peter Suschitzky B.S.C.
Edited By — Paul Hirsch A.C.E.
Special Visual Effects — Brian Johnson , Richard Edlund
Music By — John Williams
Performed By — The London Symphony Orchestra
Original Music Copyright 1980 Fox Fanfare Music Inc. / Bantha Music
Associate Producers — Robert Watts , James Bloom
Design Consultant And Conceptual Artist — Ralph McQuarrie
Art Directors — Leslie Dilley , Harry Lange , Alan Tomkins
Set Decorator — Michael Ford
Construction Manager — Bill Welch
Assistant Art Directors — Michael Lamont , Fred Hole
Sketch Artist — Ivor Beddoes
Draftsmen — Ted Ambrose , Michael Boone , Reg Bream , Steve Cooper , Richard Dawking
Modellers — Fred Evans , Allan Moss , Jan Stevens
Chief Buyer — Edward Rodrigo
Construction Storeman — Dave Middleton
Operating Cameramen — Kelvin Pike , David Garfath
Assistant Cameramen — Maurice Arnold , Chris Tanner
Second Assistant Cameramen — Peter Robinson , Madelyn Most
Dolly Grips — Dennis Lewis , Brian Osborn
Matte Photography Consultant — Stanley Sayer, B.S.C.
Gaffer — Laurie Shane
Rigging Gaffer — John Clark
Lighting Equipment And Crew From Lee Electric
Make-Up And Special Creature Design — Stuart Freeborn
Chief Make-Up Artist — Graham Freeborn
Make-Up Artists — Kay Freeborn , Nick Maley
Chief Hairdresser — Barbara Ritchie
Yoda Fabrication — Wendy Midener
Costume Designer — John Mollo
Wardrobe Supervisor — Tiny Nicholls
Wardrobe Mistress — Eileen Sullivan
Property Master — Frank Bruton
Property Supervisor — Charles Torbett
Property Dressing Supervisor — Joe Dipple
Head Carpenter — George Gunning
Head Plasterer — Bert Rodwell
Head Rigger — Red Lawrence
Sound Design And Supervising Sound Effects Editor — Ben Burtt
Sound Editors — Richard Burrow , Teresa Eckton , Bonnie Koehler
Production Sound — Peter Sutton
Sound Boom Operator — Don Wortham
Production Maintenance — Ron Butcher
Re-Recording — Bill Varney , Steve Maslow , Gregg Landaker
Music Recording — Eric Tomlinson
Orchestrations — Herbert W. Spencer
Supervising Music Editor — Kenneth Wannberg
Assistant Film Editors — Duwayne Dunham , Phil Sanderson , Barbara Ellis , Steve Starkey , Paul Tomlinson
Dialogue Editors — Curt Schulkey , Leslie Shatz , Joanne D'antonio
Optical Coordinator — Roberta Friedman
Assistant Sound Editors — John Benson , Joanne Cappuccilli , Ken Fischer , Craig Jaeger , Nancy Jencks , Laurel Ladevich
Foley Editors — Robert R. Rutledge , Scott Hecker
Foley Assistants — Edward M. Steidele , John Roesh
Sound Effects Recording — Randy Thom
Recording Technicians — Gary Summers , Howie Weed , Kevin O'Connell
Production Supervisor — Bruce Sharman
Assistant Production Manager — Patricia Carr
Production Coordinator — Miki Herman
First Assistant Director — David Tomblin
Second Assistant Directors — Steve Lanning , Roy Button
Location Manager — Philip Kohler
Continuity — Kay Rawlings , Pamela Mann
Casting — Irene Lamb , Terry Liebling , Bob Edmiston
Assistant To Producer — Bunny Alsup
Assistant To Director — Debbie Shaw
Assistant To Executive Producer — Jane Bay
Production Assistants — Barbara Harley , Nick Laws , Charles Wessler
Stunt Coordinator — Peter Diamond
Stunt Doubles — Bob Anderson , Colin Skeaping
Production Accountant — Ron Phipps
Assistant Accountant — Michael Larkins
Set Cost-Controller — Ken Gordon
Location Accountant — Ron Cook
Still Photographer — George Whitear
Unit Publicist — Alan Arnold
Assistant Publicist — Kristen Wing
Studio Second Unit
Directors — Harley Cokliss , John Barry
Director Of Photography — Chris Menges
Assistant Director — Dominic Fulford
Second Assistant Director — Andrew Montgomery
Location Second Unit
Director — Peter Macdonald
Director Of Photography — Geoff Glover
Operating Cameraman — Bob Smith
Assistant Cameramen — John Campbell , Mike Brewster
Second Assistant Cameramen — John Keen , Greg Dupre
Dolly Grip — Frank Batt
Production Manager — Svein Johansen
Assistant Directors — Bill Westley , Ola Solum
Production And Mechanical Effects Unit
Mechanical Effects Supervision — Nick Allder
Location Unit Supervisor — Allan Bryce
Senior Effects Technician — Neil Swan , Dave Watkins
Robot Fabrication And Supervision — Andrew Kelly , Ron Hone
Effects Technicians — Phil Knowles , Barry Whitrod , Martin Gant , Brian Eke , Guy Hudson , Dennis Lowe
Effects Engineering — Roger Nichols , Steve Lloyd
Electrical Engineer — John Hatt
Electronics Consultant — Rob Dickinson
Model Construction — John Pakenham
Effects Assistants — Alan Poole , Digby Milner , Robert McLaren
Effects Secretary — Gill Case
Minature And Optical Effects Unit
Effects DirectorOf Photography — Dennis Muren
Effects Cameramen — Ken Ralston , Jim Veilleux
Camera Operators — Don Dow , Bill Neil
Assistant Cameramen — Selwyn Eddy , Jody Westheimer , Rick Fighter , Clint Palmer , Michael McAlister , Paul Huston , Richard Fish , Chris Anderson
Optical Photography Supervisor — Bruce Nicholson
Optical Printer Operators — David Berry , Kenneth Smith , Donald Clark
Optical Line-Up — Warren Franklin , Mark Vargo , Peter Amundson , Loring Doyle , Thomas Rosseter , Tam Pillsbury , James Lim
Optical Coordinator — Laurie Vermont
Laboratory Technicians — Tim Geideman , Duncan Myers , Ed Jones
Art Director-Visual Effects — Joe Johnston
Assistant Art Director — Nilo Rodis-Jamero
Stop Motion Animation — Jon Berg , Phil Tippett
Stop Motion Technicians — Tom St. Amand , Doug Beswick
Matte Painting Supervisor — Harrison Ellenshaw
Matte Artists — Ralph McQuarrie , Michael Pangrazio
Matte Photography — Neil Krepela
Additional Matte Photography — Michael Lawler
Matte Photography Assistants — Craig Barron , Robert Elswit
Chief Model Maker — Lorne Peterson
Modelshop Foreman — Steve Gawley
Model Makers — Paul Huston , Tom Rudduck , Michael Fulmer , Samuel Zolltheis , Charles Bailey , Ease Owyeung , Scott Marshall , Marc Thorpe , Wesley Seeds , Dave Carson , Rob Gemmel , Pat McClung
Animation And Rotoscope Supervisor — Peter Kuran
Animators — Samuel Comstock , Garry Waller , John Van Vliet , Rick Taylor , Kim Knowlton , Chris Casady , Nina Saxon , Diana Wilson
Visual Effects Editorial Supervisor — Conrad Buff
Effects Editor — Michael Kelly
Assistant Effects Editors — Arthur Repola , Howard Stein
Apprentice Editor — Jon Thaler
Production Administrator — Dick Gallegly
Production Secretary — Patricia Blau
Production Associate — Thomas Brown
Production Accountant — Ray Scalice
Assistant Accountant — Glenn Phillips , Pam Traas , Laura Crockett
Production Assistant — Jenny Oznowicz
Transportation — Robert Martin
Still Photographer — Terry Chostner
Lab Assistant — Roberto McGrath
Electronics Systems Designer — Jerry Jeffress
Systems Programming — Kris Brown
Electronic Engineers — Lhary Meyer , Mike Mackenzie , Gary Leo
Special Project Coordinator — Stuart Ziff
Equipment Engineering Supervisor — Gene Whiteman
Design Engineer — Mike Bolles
Machinists — Udo Pampel , Greg Beaumonte
Draftsman — Ed Tennler
Special Projects — Gary Platek
Supervising Stage Technician — T.E. Moehnke
Stage Technicians — William Beck , Bobby Finley , Leo Loverro , Edward Hirsh , Dick Dova , Ed Breed
Miniature Pyrotechnics — Joseph Viskocil , Dave Pier , Thaine Morris
Optical Printer Component Manufacturer — George Randle Co.
Camera And Movement Design — Jim Beaumonte
Special Optics Designer — David Grafton
Special Optics Fabrication — J.L. Wood Optical Systems
Optical Printer Component Engineering — Fries Engineering
High Speed Camera Movements — Mitchell Camera Corp.
Ultra High Speed Camera — Bruce Hill Productions
Color Timer — Ed Lemke
Negative Cutting — Robert Hart , Darrell Hixson
Dolby Consultant — Don Digirolamo
Additional Optical Effects — Van Der Veer Photo Effects , Modern Film Effects , Ray Mercer & Company , Westheimer Company , Lookout Mountain Films
Special Edition Crew
Producer — Rick McCallum
Editor — T.M. Christopher
Sound Designer — Ben Burtt
Re-Recording Mixer — Gary Summers
First Assistant Editor — Samuel Hinckley
Assistant Editor — Robert Marty
Assistant Avid Editors — Mike Jackson , Robin Lee
Sound Editor — Teresa Eckton
Assistant Sound Editor — Lisa Storer
Re-Recordist — Ronald G. Roumas
Digital Mix Technician — Gary A. Rizzo
Archivist — Tim Fox
Optical Supervisors — Phillip Feiner , Chris Bushman
Film Restoration Supervisor — Pete Comandini
Color Timer — Robert J. Raring
Negative Continuity — Ray Sabo
Negative Cutter — Bob Hart
Special Edition Digital Remastering Provided By Skywalker Sound A Lucas Digital Ltd. Company
Film Restoration Consultant — Leon Briggs
Optical Restoration — Pacific Title
Film Restoration By — YCM Laboratories
Industrial Light And Magic
Visual Effects Supervisor — Dave Carson
Visual Effects Producer — Tom Kennedy
Computer Graphics Supervisor — Tom Hutchinson
Visual Effects Art Director — George Hull
Visual Effects Editor — Michael McGovern
Color Timing Supervisor — Bruce Vecchitto
Visual Effects Coordinator — Lisa Todd
Digital Effects Artists — Don Butler , Michael Conte , Howard Gersh , Marshall Krasser , Tia Marshall , Stuart Maschwitz , Julie Neary , Ken Nielsen , Eddie Pasquarello , Ricardo Ramos , Tom Rosseter , Lawrence Tan , Paul Theren , Hans Uhlig , Li-Hsein Wei , Ron Woodall
Digital Matte Artists — Ronn Brown , Eric Chauvin , Brian Flora , William Mather
3d Matchmove Artist — James Hagedorn
Digital Paint & Roto Artists — Lisa Drostova , Heidi Zabit
Chief Creature Maker — Howie Weed
Model & Creature Makers — Carol Bauman , Don Bies , Giovanni Donovan , Wendy Morton , Anne Polland , Mark Siegel , Steven Walton
Sabre Group Supervisor — Daniel McNamara
Sabre Artists — Rita Zimmerman , Chad Taylor , Mary McCulloch , Grant Guenin , Caitlin Content
Software Research And Development — David Benson , Jim Hourihan , Zoran Kacic-Alesic , Florian Kainz , Jeff Yost
Digital Scanning Supervisor — Joshua Pines
Digital Scanning Operators — Randall Bean , Michael Ellis , Earl Beyer
Negative Supervisor — Doug Jones
Negative Line-Up — Andrea Biklian , Tim Geideman
Projectionist — Tim Greenwood
Digital Plate Restoration — Melissa Monterrosa , Mike Van Eps , Wendy Hendrickson
Assistant Visual Effects Art Director — Alex Laurant
Assistant Visual Effects Editor — John Bartle
Video Editor — Angela Leaper
Animatic Artist — Jonathan Rothbart
Digital Effects Technical Assistants — Okan Ataman , Peter Chesloff , Joshua Levine , Dawn Matheson , Daniel Shumaker
Digital Effects Resource Assistant — Daniel Brimer
Visual Effects Production Staff — Julie Creighton , Joshua Marks
Video Assistants — Dawn Martin , Wendy Bell
Production Engineering — Ken Beyer , Ken Corvino , Gary Meyer
Aerial Camera System By Wesscam Camera Systems (Europe)
Aerial Cameraman — Ron Goodman
Assistant — Margaret Herron
Helicopter Supplied By Dollar Air Services Limited
Pilot — Mark Wolfe
Cloud Plates Photographed With Astrovision(c) By Continental Camera Systems Inc.
Snow Vehicles Supplied By Aktiv Fischer
R2 Bodies Fabricated By White Horse Toy Company
Special Assistance From Giltspur Engineering And Compair
Photographed On The Hardengerjekulan Glacier, Finse, Norway And At Emi - Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England
Music Recorded At Anvil Studios, Denham, England
Re-Recording At Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Los Angeles, California
Special Visual Effects Produced At Industrial Light And Magic, Marin County, California