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RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
for reasons i simply can't imagine, the lucasfilm font was changed again in 1983, this time to NEWS GOTHIC BOLD #starwars Image
RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
the 'a long time ago' card was redone in NEWS GOTHIC and stretched horizontally quite a bit Image
RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
the crawl title was changed to UNIVERS 49 LIGHT ULTRA CONDENSED Image
RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
i believe the reason for the change to UNIVERS was the shape of the capital J, which is much more pronounced in UNIVERS than in NEWS GOTHIC EX. COND, the font used in the previous two films Image
RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
the crawl body and episode number remained set in NEWS GOTHIC BOLD Image
RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
the end credits also remained NEWS GOTHIC BOLD Image
RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
but just like TESB, the blu-ray has new end credits set in FRANKLIN GOTHIC MEDIUM Image

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