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The force is with you, young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet.
-Darth VaderIt's often said that The Empire Strikes Back is the greatest Star Wars film simply because it's dark. You've heard it before, people telling you it's the best because "the ending is so dark". While I do think this is the best film out of the series, I don't agree with that reason. I think the movie is dark as the result of what…
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Star Wars is Star Wars. You know what you're gonna get when you watch it! It is both beautiful, and amazing at the same time, something that not too many films can accomplish. Especially back then. Looking into details on each scene and each set they filmed on was truly remarkable. The amount of time and effort they must have put in is completely unfathomable and should not be forgotten. I think the effects and figures would still look great if it was released in the past generation. Overall, I loved everything about it completely!
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This film is the reason I fell in love with Cinema and the reason it has dominated my life for 33 years.
It was Summer, 1980. I was 5 years old and had no idea what as about to happen to me. My parents took me and my 10 year old brother to the cinema. I sat there with the biggest cup of orange juice in the world and waited...
The 20th century fox logo and fanfare appeared and I…
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The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite Star Wars movie now, but it was actually my least favorite as a kid - like most of my friends my age, I actually preferred Return of the Jedi when I was very young. The reasons I was less fond of it are the same reasons that it's great - it's a blockbuster about failure. Think about how ballsy it was for Lucas to risk his own fortune on a sequel to the…
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