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sw-06: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
ID:
1980
Comments:
Director: Irvin Kershner
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Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels
Genre: Cult Movies

Running Time: 129
Aspect Ratio:  2.35:1 (NTSC )
Sound:
Subtitles: English
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Studio:  20th Century Fox DVD Region:  1 PG
DVD Release:  Discs:  1 (Cloud) []
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Reviews:  The middle film in George Lucas's enormously popular "Star Wars" science fiction trilogy is a darker, more somber entry, considered by many fans as the best in the series. Gone is the jaunty swashbuckling of the first film; the rebellion led by Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) suffers before the superior forces of the Empire, young hero Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) faces his first defeats as he attempts to harness the Force under the tutelage of Jedi master Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz), and cocky Han Solo (Harrison Ford) is betrayed by former ally Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams). In the tradition of the great serials, this film is left with a hefty cliffhanger. The leap in special effects technology in the three years since "Star Wars" results in an amazing array of effects, including a breathtaking chase through an asteroid field and a dazzling, utopian Cloud City, where Luke faces the black-clad villain Darth Vader (David Prowse, voice of James Earl Jones) in a futuristic sword fight and learns the secret of his Jedi father. Veteran director Irvin Kershner ("The Eyes of Laura Mars", "Never Say Never Again") took the directorial reins from creator and producer Lucas and invested the light-speed adventure with deeper characters and a more emphatic sense of danger. The special edition expands Luke's encounter with the Abominable Snowman-esque wampa and establishes the creature as a tangibly more terrifying beast, in addition to refining many of the existing effects. The trilogy is concluded in "The Return of the Jedi." "--Sean Axmaker"


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