While working on the 1982 film Dark Crystal at Elstree Studios, Quinn got word that puppeteers were being sought for Return of the Jedi. He joined the movie after talking to producer Robert Watts. Nien Nunb's mask wasn't going to be articulated until Quinn suggested that Nunb would be used as a puppet. In the shots with Nunb in the Millennium Falcon, Quinn was wedged underneath the puppet. He laid flat on his back with only a small TV monitor to see what the camera was shooting. Quinn also puppeteered a B-wing pilot in a deleted scene. There was no dialogue in the script, so Quinn used his improvisational skills by making up some lines about not getting his favorite radio station in space.