这部记录片描记了原始星球大战三部曲的从头制作。我们从中可以了解乔治·卢卡斯的星球大战之梦已经后续拍摄的星球大战（1977）、星球大战5之帝国反击战（1980）以及星球大战6:绝地大反攻（1983），视觉特效、财政问题、拍摄、编辑、音效、以及上吨的电影胶片，幕后制作人员，演员都将展现给大家。

走进幕后—以及服装—在《绝地归来》的制作镜头与复古怪兽电影片段交错中，深入探讨乔治·卢卡斯为创造电影中经典生物和角色所采用的艰苦技术。

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga is a 1983 television documentary special that originally aired on PBS. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the original Star Wars trilogy, with particular emphasis on the final film, Return of the Jedi. Narrated by actor Mark Hamill, the documentary was written by Richard Schickel who had written the previous television documentaries The Making of Star Wars (1977) and SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).