Star Wars: Return of the Jedi represents a junior novelization, in paperback format, of the film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. Its release occurred on May 4, 2017, commemorating the fortieth year since A New Hope first appeared in theaters.
The book serves as an updated version of the Star Wars Legends Return of the Jedi junior novelization authored originally by Ryder Windham. Emil Fortune, an editor at Egmont, revised the book to align its content with established canon.