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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.8
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8.8/10 from 474,995 users
Metascore: 78/100
Reviews: 728 user | 166 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com As Luke trains with Master Yoda to become a Jedi Knight, his friends evade the Imperial fleet under the command of Darth Vader who is obsessed with turning Skywalker to the Dark Side of the Force. Director:Irvin Kershner |
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Cast
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| Harrison Ford | ... | ||
| Carrie Fisher | ... | ||
| Billy Dee Williams | ... | ||
| Anthony Daniels | ... | ||
| David Prowse | ... | ||
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| Kenny Baker | ... | ||
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John Hollis | ... | |
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Des Webb | ... | |
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Emperor
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Fleeing the evil Galactic Empire, the Rebels abandon their new base in an assault with the Imperial AT-AT walkers on the ice world of Hoth. Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca and the droid C-3PO escape in the Millennium Falcon, but are later captured by Darth Vader on Bespin. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker and the droid R2-D2 follows Obi-Wan Kenobi's posthumous command, and receives Jedi training from Master Yoda on the swamp world of Dagobah. Will Skywalker manage to rescue his friends from the Dark Lord? Written by James Pearce <james.pearce@cs.man.ac.uk>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 May 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$18,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
ITL 609,584,000 (Italy) (11 April 1997)Gross:
$290,158,751 (USA) (9 May 1997)Company Credits
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Luke: Echo Three to Echo Seven. Han, old buddy, do you read me?
Han Solo: Loud and clear, kid. What's up?
Luke: Well, I finished my circle. I don't pick up any life readings.
Han Solo: There isn't enough life on this ice cube to fill a space cruiser. Sensors are placed. I'm going back.
Luke: Right. I'll see you shortly. There's a meteorite that hit the ground near here. I want to check it out. It won't take long.
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Trivia
The entire Millennium Falcon was built live size for the first and only time for this installment (only half of the spacecraft was constructed for Star Wars and just part of it was used for the deleted sandstorm scene in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi). It measured 65 feet in diameter and 16 feet in height with a mandible giving it an overall length of 80 feet. The Falcon's weight was 23 tons. See more »Goofs
Han helps Leia in repairing the Falcon on the asteroid. They begin to kiss. When C3PO interrupts, we see a wide angle shot with the couple's arms around each other, but in the previous shot Leia's arms were not around Han's head. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Luke: Echo Three to Echo Seven. Han, old buddy, do you read me?
Han Solo: Loud and clear, kid. What's up?
Luke: Well, I finished my circle. I don't pick up any life readings.
Han Solo: There isn't enough life on this ice cube to fill a space cruiser. Sensors are placed. I'm going back.
Luke: Right. I'll see you shortly. There's a meteorite that hit the ground near here. I want to check it out. It won't take long.
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While the Titanic made all the rich people (with the exception of Molly Brown and Rose) automatically uncaring, snobby, and thoughtless just because they were rich and needed a couple of villains for the story, The Empire Strikes Back did not portray "the villain" in a completely evil light. Sympathy is induced when we see the back of Darth Vader's scarred and pasty head. When he tells Luke of their blood relationship, some feeling is allowed to creep in, telling us that he is not just some maniacal killing machine, but a human, fallen from grace, yet able to retain some sense of love, however twisted it may be.