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Star Wars, Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back (Widescreen Edition) |  | Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  431 reviews
Sales Rank: 34099
Format: NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), French (Unknown), Spanish (Unknown), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 022221201127
EAN: 0022221201127
ASIN: B0006VIXGQ
Theatrical Release Date: May 21, 1980
Publication Date: 2004
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Single Disc From Star Wars Trilogy, 2004 release
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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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 best of the best January 25, 2010
Roberto Garcia (miami,fl)
the best that star wars has to offer watched this movie more then 20 times and it never gets old !!!
Greatest sequel in movie history January 19, 2010
D. J. Nardi (Washington, DC)
What I love about The Empire Strikes Back is that it's such an original sequel to A New Hope. Also, unlike the other episodes of the original trilogy, all of the revisions/alterations to Empire I think make it better. The ships look much better and more realistic (no more grey boxes around TIE Fighters). Cloud City on Bespin evokes more beauty. This is as close as we'll ever get to seeing a restored version of the original movie.
best of three.. December 22, 2009
David J. Sussman (staten island nyc)
All the reviews I've read are so complex. It comes down to this is the best of the three. Best plot. Darkest. Acting superb. Case closed..
Darth Vader is Luke's Father September 24, 2009
Jonathan Strawn (Albuquerque, NM)
Although it lacks the easily identifiable yearning for adventure that made Star Wars, Episode IV - A New Hope such a success, The Empire Strikes Back tackles the hard work of "what happens after we win the big battle." The Empire isn't defeated by a long shot, and this story picks up with the Rebellion on the ropes, hiding out and trying to regroup after their surprising victory at the Death Star.
Many scholars have pointed to Star Wars as a cinematic interpretation of Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series). Well, it is in The Empire Strikes Back that this becomes the most pointed and effective. Han Solo romances Princess Leia as he reluctantly becomes the noble hero that he has been mocking his whole life. Luke Skywalker LITERALLY journey's to an isolated cave to find his true calling, and then LITERALLY has to confront his father. Couple these heroic cycles with fantastic action sequences, great new characters and some of the most compelling special effects ever realized in cinema, and you have a film that reaches the greatest heights that the Star Wars series would reach. Best of all, it ends on a downbeat cliffhanger, bringing it all back to the old-fashioned Hollywood serials of old.
"Will the intrepid heroes be reunited? Will the dastardly Darth Vader succeed in dominating the galaxy? Will C-3P0 ever get any respect? Star Wars will return in 3 years with: The Return of the Jedi!"
Oh, and best of all, of all the Star Wars movies this one suffers least from the "Special Edition" treatment. The Wampa scene is a little more explicit, lacking the great subtlety of not showing the monster, and the pacing is broken up near the end with a pointless scene of Vader flying in a shuttlecraft. But otherwise even George Lucas has respected this film and kept the changes light, and mostly just cleaning up the already stellar effects work.
One of The Few Sequels To Be An Equal To The Original August 28, 2009
D. Reed (Elkton, MD USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The wrath of the Empire is unleashed upon the Rebel Alliance! Definatley one of the best written stories out of the franchise (they didn't get clunky until episodes 1 and 2), this is more of an emotional story for the characters (though don't worry, there's plenty of action for those of you with short attention spans without an explosion happening every five seconds). The three main leads continue with excellent performances, especially Hamill. Luke's character changes throughout the course of the film. He's impatient with Yoda and doesn't yet understand how to control the Force. His lack of patience costs him when he goes up against Darth Vader who delivers one of the most classic mis-quoted lines in cinema history! New characters introduced are Yoda, who is very comical when he's first introduced but turns deadly serious when it comes to training Luke as a Jedi. And we also get a glimpse at the Emperor, who will get a drastic make over when he makes a full appearance in the following film. The special effects are top notch, with some exciting battles, including; the Battle of Hoth, the pursuit of the Millenium Falcon into an asteroid field and the exciting duel between Vader and Luke. Definately not one to be missed in the series!
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