The Empire Strikes Back

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American film feature film science fiction film space opera film

The Empire Strikes Back is the 1980 Star Wars sequel film widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction and space opera movies ever made, known for its darker tone, character development, and iconic plot twists.

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Label Occurrences
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back 67
The Empire Strikes Back canonical 29
Episode V 2

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
space opera film ⓘ
alternateTitle The Empire Strikes Back ⓘ
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award Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
Academy Award for Special Achievement ⓘ
surface form: Special Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects
castMember Anthony Daniels ⓘ
Billy Dee Williams ⓘ
Carrie Fisher ⓘ
David Prowse ⓘ
Frank Oz ⓘ
Harrison Ford ⓘ
James Earl Jones ⓘ
Kenny Baker ⓘ
Mark Hamill ⓘ
Peter Mayhew ⓘ
cinematographyBy Peter Suschitzky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time ⓘ
director Irvin Kershner ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Duwayne Dunham ⓘ
Marcia Lucas ⓘ
Paul Hirsch ⓘ
executiveProducer George Lucas ⓘ
followedBy Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⓘ
surface form: Return of the Jedi
follows Star Wars ⓘ
franchise Star Wars ⓘ
genre adventure film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
space opera ⓘ
hasFilmRating PG ⓘ
hasSequelNumber The Empire Strikes Back self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Episode V
mainCharacter Darth Vader ⓘ
Han Solo ⓘ
Lando Calrissian ⓘ
Luke Skywalker ⓘ
Princess Leia ⓘ
Yoda ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
musicBy John Williams ⓘ
notableFor character development of Luke Skywalker ⓘ
cliffhanger ending ⓘ
darker tone than Star Wars ⓘ
revelation that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Star Wars ⓘ
surface form: Star Wars film series

Star Wars original trilogy ⓘ
surface form: original Star Wars trilogy
producer Gary Kurtz ⓘ
productionCompany Lucasfilm ⓘ
releaseDate 1980-05-21 ⓘ
releaseYear 1980 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 124 ⓘ
setInUniverse Star Wars ⓘ
surface form: Star Wars universe
setting Cloud City ⓘ
Dagobah ⓘ
Hoth ⓘ
storyBy George Lucas ⓘ
writer Lawrence Kasdan ⓘ
Leigh Brackett ⓘ

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