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The Empire Strikes Back takes the incredible foundation of the original classic and digs into its problems, insecurities, and emotional dilemmas that were left in the shadows previously. It's the equivalent of peering into an open wound, with every beloved character dealing with issues and trials that are both fascinating and startlingly introspective. It only helps that every scene is perfectly composed, wonderfully acted, amazingly scored, eerily shot, and mindbogglingly awesome. I get chills just thinking about Darth Vader waiting for Luke up on that platform, enshrouded in mystique and menace, ready to smother the light from Luke's soul.

The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite STAR WARS film and one of the finest works ever made. Fucking Shakespearean in its themes and scope, this mystical masterpiece enthralls again and again. It'll never age.

My all time favorite film. It doesn't get any better than this.

What I really paid attention to this time around was the pacing. It is astonishing how perfect The Empire Strikes Back flows, every single scene is exciting and memorable. I never really thought about it, but the Rebellion doesn't even leave Hoth until roughly 40 minutes into the film, which clocks in with a total running time of just over two hours. Think about how much iconic greatness is jammed into those remaining 80 minutes, yet it never feels rushed, nothing is glossed over.

I can't imagine ever been more entertained than I am during Episode V. It was the greatest achievement in the world when I was a child, and over 20 years later nothing has changed.

only angels have X-wings

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Cities in clouds, spiritual guides, snow monsters, and giant walking battleships. A romance among the stars, and a tragedy rooted in the desperate escape of defeat. To watch The Empire Strikes Back is to experience joy and love and pain in all their multitudes, and such emotional/visual/conceptual breadth (somehow) shares the screen with a subplot involving a shiny gold droid and his disassembled body. A whole lotta' movie, but one of the best too.

Again, just like the other one. Pretty good.

Capes are very important in space

-bicon lando calrissian
-force sensitive leia
-the training scene is just yoda singing about seagulls

R2D2 is what made Star Wars a success.

It’s certainly become kind of overrated given how people worship this movie, but make no mistake, EpV is fantastic.

The best Star Wars movie ever made. This movie pretty much redefined what a plot twist can be in cinema. This movie is also a perfect sequel to the original Star Wars. It finds the heroes on the run when we would have thought that they'd already won. It keeps the Empire in control the entire movie and keeps the heroes running for their lives. The original cast comes back just like we remember them (with the exception of Mark Hamill's face), Billy Dee Williams steals the show as Lando, and Vader is even more of a threat then he was in Star Wars. Empire is a great adventure movie that expands on the world of the original yet keeps the Star Wars feel throughout.

This is my favorite Star Wars film! I feel like we enter the wider world of the force with a lot of promise with lessons from Yoda. However, part of what hurts my enjoyment of the following film (even though I still love it) is that I feel like the world building that this movie did so good at building on was sidelined in the next movie, which, I understand, it was the last film of the trilogy and they had to wrap everything up.

The quintessential, consequential sequel. Accidentally one of the most iconic films in the history of modern cinema.

Le meilleur Star Wars.