Superman IIcombined director Richard Donner""s 1977 footage with Richard Lester""s 1979 footage.Approximately 25-30% of Lester""sSuperman IIwas Donner""s footage.Superman III (1983)d.Richard Lester, 125 minutes (TV version: 141 minutes)Film Plot SummaryThe film opened in Metropolis"" Unemployment Bureau, where a shiftless black man in his early 30s, August "Gus" Gorman (Richard Pryor), stood in line while playing with a yo-yo." He restrains and cautions Tybalt ("a saucy boy") to "take no note of him" in his house - and he rebukes him ("He shall be endured!").Chirrut followed close behind her: (noting "Her path is clear") and Baze reluctantly joined him.Far below the jutting landing platform of the facility, Jyn began to climb a maintenance ladder hundreds of feet long up to the cliff top facility.They boarded Elder Spock""s spaceship, which recognized the younger Spock as its previous captain.The ship""s computer announced that its manufacturing origin was 2387, and it was commissioned by the Vulcan Science Academy.The old crone caretaker paused and contemplated for a moment, and then ran to the central courtyard with a shallow, tiled circular pool of water, playfully baptized herself from a metal cup, and then continued to dance, scuttle and cavort through other rooms.