<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The novelization of Return of the Jedi was written by James Kahn and was released on May 12, 1983, thirteen days before the film's release . </P> <P> A radio drama adaptation of the film was written by Brian Daley with additional material contributed by John Whitman and was produced for and broadcast on National Public Radio in 1996 . It was based on characters and situations created by George Lucas and on the screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas . The first two Star Wars films were similarly adapted for National Public Radio in the early 1980s, but it was not until 1996 that a radio version of Return of the Jedi was heard . Anthony Daniels returned as C - 3PO, but Mark Hamill and Billy Dee Williams did not reprise their roles as they had for the first two radio dramas . They were replaced by newcomer Joshua Fardon as Luke Skywalker and character actor Arye Gross as Lando Calrissian . John Lithgow voiced Yoda, whose voice actor in the films has always been Frank Oz . Bernard Behrens returned as Obi - Wan Kenobi and Brock Peters reprised his role as Darth Vader . Veteran character actor Ed Begley, Jr. played Boba Fett . Edward Asner also guest - starred speaking only in grunts as the voice of Jabba the Hutt . The radio drama had a running time of three hours . </P>

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