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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Cast
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams View AllCrew
George Lucas (Story), Leigh Brackett (Screenplay), Lawrence Kasdan (Screenplay), Irvin Kershner (Director) View All![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7BuH8itoSrLExs2YZSsM01Qk2no.jpg)
Release: May 20th, 1980
Runtime: 2 hours, 4 minutes
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The Empire Strikes Back
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)
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Empire Strikes Back, Weak 3rd Act
ESB might be most people's favorite (including mine) but ANH is the better crafted film. The 3rd act of ESB was botched as well as some other parts.
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The Empire Strikes Back 35th anniversary
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My big brother saw it on the big screen at age 6 and loved it as he and my mom had tho...
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'Star Wars' from the perspective of the Empire???
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Star Wars Episode IX (Episode 9)
I figured since the Episode VIII thread has been already made, why not get this one started...since news has been released anyways.
Heroic Hollywood has broke the news that Colin Trevorrow is bee...
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![Review by The Gunslinger45](/community/resize/phpThumb.php?src=/community/customavatars/avatar76224_22.gif&w=40&h=40)
I dont know how many times I have watched these movies, but it has to be well over 100 times by now.
![Review by Cobpyth](/community/resize/phpThumb.php?src=/community/customavatars/avatar74476_35.gif&w=40&h=40)
The Empire Strikes Back is rightfully considered the best film of the whole Star Wars series and contains arguably one of cinema's top 5 most famous scenes of all time.
![Review by JayDee](/community/resize/phpThumb.php?src=/community/customavatars/avatar66044_49.gif&w=40&h=40)
Film Trivia Snippets - Even though The Empire Strikes Back is generally regarded as the darkest entry in the Star Wars series, with just 30 deaths it actually has the lowest body count of any film in the saga.