The Empire Strikes Back 1980

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 122 min

genre: action

theme: space opera

director: Irvin Kershner

Score: 9 / 10

The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back) is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas. The sequel to Star Wars (1977), it is the second film in the Star Wars film series and the fifth chronological chapter of the "Skywalker Saga". Set three years after the events of Star Wars, the film recounts the battle between the malevolent Galactic Empire, led by the Emperor, and the Rebel Alliance, led by Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. As the Empire goes on the offensive, Luke trains to master the Force so he can confront the Emperor's powerful disciple, Darth Vader. The ensemble cast includes Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, and Frank Oz.

Plot

Three years after the destruction of the Death Star, the Imperial fleet, led by Darth Vader, dispatches probe droids across the galaxy in search for the Rebel Alliance. One probe locates the rebel base on the ice planet Hoth. While Luke Skywalker is scouting near the base, a wampa captures him before he can investigate a meteorite, but he escapes by using the Force to retrieve his lightsaber and wound the beast. Before Luke succumbs to hypothermia, the Force spirit of his deceased mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, instructs him to go to the swamp planet Dagobah to train as a Jedi Knight under the Jedi Master Yoda. Han Solo discovers Luke and insulates him against the weather inside his deceased tauntaun mount until they are rescued the next morning.

Awards

Cast

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author	George Lucas Lawrence Kasdan Leigh Brackett
award	Academy Award for Best Sound Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
contentLocation	Bespin Dagobah Hoth
director	Irvin Kershner
editor	Paul Hirsch
events	flying saucer
genre	action adventure animation drama fantasy saga science fiction
keywords	asteroid family asteroid field at-at walker attack boba fett bounty hunter c-3po carbonite chewbacca dark side dark side of the force darth vader death star emperor emperor palpatine falcon floating city force force spirit galactic empire gas giant gas planet group fight han solo hyperdrive hyperspace hypothermia imperial jabba the hutt jedi knight jedi master kill lando calrissian light side lightsaber luke skywalker millennium falcon morning obi-wan kenobi old friend princess leia probe droid r2-d2 rebel alliance rescue return of the jedi robotic prosthesis scout star destroyer star wars tauntaun the death star tie fighter train wampa x-wing fighter yoda
musicBy	John Williams
nomination	Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound
producer	Gary Kurtz
productionCompany	Lucasfilm Ltd.
recordedAt	Finse
theme	science fantasy science fiction action science fiction adventure science fiction war sequel space opera war