Release Year: 1980 Rating: PG Duration: 124 minutes Other Title: Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back Director: Irvin Kershner Producer: Gary Kurtz, George Lucas Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Three years later Imperial forces continue to pursue the Rebels. After the Rebellion's defeat on the ice planet Hoth, Luke journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi Master Yoda, who has lived in hiding since the fall of the Republic. In an attempt to convert Luke to the dark side, Darth Vader lures young Skywalker into a trap in the Cloud City of Bespin.
cast
Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa Harrison Ford as Han Solo Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker/Echo Base Announcer
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Lando: Punch it.
[Chewbacca attempts to engage the hyperdrive on the Millenium Falcon - it fails]
Lando: They told me they fixed it. I trusted them to fix it. It's not my fault.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Reviews (5 reviews)
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Rating : 5
If pressed, I think most aficionados of the STAR WARS trilogy would agree that THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK is the best of the three -- the best written, the best acted and the most skillfully constructed. However, it is not nearly as beloved as the original STAR WARS, and though the newly released THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: SPECIAL EDITION is certain to be a success, it is unlikely to come close to inspiring the mania the return of STAR WARS did on January 31st. So why will the same person who tells you to your face that EMPIRE is the better film only see it once this time around after seeing STAR WARS two or three times? The answers to that question -- and there are several -- are in some ways specific to this film. In other ways, they explain a lot about what people go to the movies to see, what they go to see _again_, and why.