Chief Chirpa serves as the chief of the Council of Elders and Ewok tribe that live in Bright Tree Village on the forest moon of Endor. During the Battle of Endor, he allows a Rebel strike team, led by General Han Solo, to become part of the tribe and agrees to help them on their mission to destroy the generator powering the second Death Star's deflector shield.

Luke stacks logs to build a funeral pyre for his father's body, then sets a torch to the logs and watches sadly as Darth Vader is consumed by flames.

While George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, was heavily involved in the production of the film, he chose Richard Marquand to direct the third installment of the original Star Wars trilogy.