{"id":355362,"date":"2026-03-20T02:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/355362\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T02:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:07:11","slug":"look-at-this-treasure-trove-of-unseen-photos-from-the-filming-of-return-of-the-jedi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/355362\/","title":{"rendered":"Look at This Treasure Trove of Unseen Photos From the Filming of ‘Return of the Jedi’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when you thought every shred of vintage Star Wars<\/a> memorabilia<\/a> had seen the light of day<\/a>, here comes an auction featuring set photographs that have gone unseen by outsiders for multiple decades. Propstore is featuring a two-part collection of snaps taken behind the scenes of Return of the Jedi<\/a> by visual effects artist Stuart Ziff as part of its upcoming Spring Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction.<\/p>\n

In all, there are over 500 unpublished photos from the set of the 1983 film, though Propstore has divided what it\u2019s dubbed \u201cThe Stuart Ziff Collection: Star Wars\u201d into three lots. The first includes over 300 images from the \u201cRedwoods River Shoot\u201d and includes the negatives; it\u2019s estimated to go for $3,000 to $6,000. Here are a few Endor-coded examples.<\/p>\n

Then there are over 150 images from the \u201cYuma and Elstree Studios Shoot,\u201d also with negatives, estimated to go for $1,500 to $3,000. One of them you can see below features Harrison Ford in his Han Solo costume, posing with a visitor to the set.<\/p>\n

Finally, you can also bid on Ziff\u2019s Revenge of the Jedi (note the original title there) bound continuity breakdown with his handwritten annotations, estimated to sell for $1,500 to $3,000.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI never set out to create a collection like this,\u201d Ziff said in a press release. \u201cI was part of the team, and these photographs were just moments I felt were worth capturing at the time. They reflect what it was really like to be there, behind the scenes, during an extraordinary production, and I\u2019m excited that more fans will now have the chance to see them through the Propstore auction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Propstore\u2019s Spring Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction takes place March 25-27 in Los Angeles and online; you can find out all the details, including how to bid, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just when you thought every shred of vintage Star Wars memorabilia had seen the light of day, here…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270,161359,2140],"class_list":["post-355362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-return-of-the-jedi","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}