Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
The second entry in the Star Wars trilogy is my personalfavorite. Irvin
Kershner and George Lucas accomplished something fewother filmakers have
done: They made a sequel that is considered to be better than the
original. This film, has a more dark, eerie edge to it comparing it to
Return of the Jedi or the original. This is probably the most realistic
film of the series. Mark Hamil is great as Luke but probably is better
in Return of the Jedi. Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are in top form
in this one though. At the 198O Academy Awards Empire won Best Sound and
a Special Achievement Award for its dazzling visual effects. I felt bad
that it didn't win Best Art-Set Direction but felt it got cheated when
it lost Best Original Score since the score in this was probably the
best in the series. The fight on the ice planet Hoth where the Imperial
AT-AT Walkers attack the Rebel base is very exciting and memorable, as
are several other scenes such as the chase through the asteroid field
and the part where Han is lowered into the carbon-freezing pit in Cloud
City. The dialogue is funny such as "Shut him up or shut him down!".
Yoda was very good and Frank Oz did a great job as the voiceof Yoda. The
climax is a thrilling lightsaber fight in the bowels of the Cloud City .
It is my favorite one in the series, edging out the one in Return of
the Jedi aboard the half-completed Death Star before the Emperor. Pretty
cool. I really liked how you got to see Vader's meditation chamber and
the Imperial Fleet. I also liked how you got to see all the Imperial
officers and the inside area of the Executor. seeing more of the Cloud
City made this dark film a bit brighter. I heavily recommend this movie
to anyone, especially HUGE Star Wars fans like myself.
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
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