Running time 124 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $18 million Box office $538.4 million The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back) is a 1980 American film directed. And wrote the screenplay, with writing the film's story and serving as executive producer. The second installment in the original trilogy, it was produced by for and stars,. The film is set three years after. The, under the leadership of the villainous and the mysterious, is in pursuit of and the rest of the.
While Vader relentlessly pursues the small band of Luke's friends—, and others—across the galaxy, Luke studies under. When Vader captures Luke's friends, Luke must decide whether to complete his training and become a full or to confront Vader and save them. Following a difficult production, The Empire Strikes Back was released on May 21, 1980.
It received mixed reviews from critics initially but has since grown in esteem, becoming the most critically acclaimed chapter in the Star Wars saga; it is now widely regarded as one of the. The film ranked at #3 on 's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.
It became the highest-grossing film of 1980 and, to date, has earned more than $538 million worldwide from its original run and several re-releases. When adjusted for inflation, it is the second-highest-grossing sequel of all time and the. The film was followed by, which was released in 1983.
In 2010, the film was selected for preservation in the United States' by the for being 'culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant'. Contents. Plot Three years after the destruction of the, the, led by, has set up a new base on the ice planet of. The fleet, led by, continues to hunt for the new Rebel base by dispatching across the galaxy. Is captured by a while investigating one such probe, but manages to escape from the wampa's lair with his. Before Luke succumbs to sleep, the Force ghost of his late mentor, instructs him to go to to train under. Locates Luke and cuts open the he rode there on to keep his friend warm, and wait until they are rescued by a search party.
Meanwhile, the probe alerts the Imperial fleet to the Rebels' location. The Empire launches a large-scale attack using to capture the base, which forces the Rebels to retreat. Han and Leia escape with and on the, but the ship's malfunctions. They hide in an, where Han and Leia grow closer amidst tension and briefly kiss. Vader summons to assist in finding the Falcon.
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Luke, meanwhile, escapes with in his and crash-lands on the swamp planet of. He meets a diminutive creature who reveals himself to be Yoda; after conferring with Obi-Wan's spirit, Yoda reluctantly accepts Luke as his student. After evading the Imperial fleet, Han's group travels to the floating Cloud City on the gas planet of, which is run by Han's old friend,. Unbeknownst to the group, the bounty hunter has tracked the Falcon; shortly after their arrival, Lando hands the group over to Darth Vader. Vader plans to use the group as bait to lure out Luke, intending to capture him and take him to Emperor. Luke experiences a premonition of Han and Leia in pain and, against the wishes of Yoda and Obi-Wan, abandons his training to rescue them. Intending to hold Luke in via carbon freezing, Vader selects Han to be frozen as a test subject.
Han survives the process and is given to Fett, who plans to collect the bounty on Han from. Lando frees Leia and Chewbacca, but they are too late to stop Fett from departing with Han.
They fight their way back to the Falcon and flee the city. Meanwhile, Luke arrives and engages Vader in a lightsaber duel that leads them over the city's central air shaft.
Vader severs Luke's right hand, disarming him, and tempts him to join forces. Luke accuses Vader of murdering his father, who reveals that he is his father. Horrified, Luke drops into the air shaft and is ejected beneath the floating city, where he hangs on an antenna. He reaches out to Leia, who senses him and persuades Lando to turn back.
After Luke is brought aboard, they are chased by and Vader on his, but R2-D2 reactivates the Falcon 's hyperdrive, allowing them to escape. Rejoined with the Rebel fleet, Luke's severed hand is replaced with a. Lando and Chewbacca take off in the Falcon with hopes of saving Han. See also: and. as: A Jedi in training, who is powerfully connected with the Force. as: A smuggler and Captain of the. as: A leader of the Rebel Alliance, the former Princess of the destroyed planet.
as: Administrator of Cloud City and an old friend to Han Solo. as: A humanoid protocol droid in the Rebel Alliance. as: Luke's father and a warrior of the dark side of the Force and the Emperor's second-in command.
The character's voice is provided. as: A and loyal friend to Han Solo. as: An astromech droid in the Rebel Alliance and long-time friend to C-3PO. He also portrays a GONK power droid in the background. as: The wise, centuries-old Grand Master of the Jedi, who is Luke's self-exiled Jedi Master living on Dagobah.
Oz was assisted by several other, including, Wendy Midener,. as: A bounty hunter, hired by the Galactic Empire.
Provided Fett's voice in the film's original theatrical cut and the 1997 Special Edition. In the 2004 and 2011 special editions, who played in and all his clones, replaced Wingreen as Fett's voice. Bulloch also makes a cameo appearance as the Imperial officer who grabs Leia when she tells Luke to avoid Vader's trap with doubling as Fett in this scene. Multiple actors have portrayed: The evil ruler of the and Darth Vader's powerful Sith Master, who appears via hologram. Originally provided his voice, while actress portrayed him physically, wearing a mask. Ultimately the actress and voice actor were replaced by, who portrayed the character in later films, for the 2004 DVD edition and subsequent releases.
appears briefly as 's Force ghost: Luke's deceased mentor, who guides him to. Reprises his role as from the first film.
Plays 'Lobot', Lando's personal aide. Appears as, a general who leads the Empire in the battle of Hoth; portrays, the Empire's top admiral; as, Vader's previous admiral; appears as, one of the Empire's captains who failed to catch the Millennium Falcon; portrays, one of the officers who led the rebels in the battle of Hoth; appears as, Princess Leia's military advisor on Hoth; plays Rebel snowspeeder pilot Zev Senesca, who finds Skywalker and Solo on the surface of Hoth; and portrays, Luke's gunner in the battle of Hoth who was killed by an AT-AT. Is Rebel pilot. Morris Bush portrays the bounty hunter Dengar, Alan Harris portrays the bounty hunter Bossk and Chris Parsons portrays the robotic bounty hunter 4-LOM.
Production Development. Writer/director of the first film, decided to only executive produce and co-write this film George Lucas' 1977 film exceeded all expectations in terms of profit, had a revolutionary effect on the film industry, and had an unexpected resonance as a. Lucas hoped to become independent from the Hollywood film industry, choosing to finance The Empire Strikes Back himself with $33 million from loans and the previous film's earnings, going against the principles of many Hollywood producers never to invest one's own money. Now fully in command of his Star Wars enterprise, Lucas chose not to direct The Empire Strikes Back because of his other production roles, including overseeing his company (ILM) and handling of the financing. Lucas offered the role of director to, one of his former professors at the. Kershner was known for smaller-scale, character-driven films, but had more recently directed the true-life drama (1977) and the thriller (1978). Kershner initially turned Lucas down, citing his belief that a sequel would never meet the quality or originality of Star Wars.
He called his agent, who immediately demanded that he take the job. Writing Lucas hired science fiction author to write Star Wars II with him. They held story conferences and, by late November 1977, Lucas had produced a handwritten treatment called The Empire Strikes Back. The treatment is similar to the final film, except that Darth Vader does not reveal he is Luke's father.
In the first draft that Brackett would write from this, Luke's father appears as a ghost to instruct Luke. Brackett finished her first draft in early 1978; Lucas has said he was disappointed with it, but before he could discuss it with her, she died of cancer. With no writer available, Lucas had to write his next draft himself. It was this draft in which Lucas first made use of the 'Episode' numbering for the films; The Empire Strikes Back was distinguished Episode II. His disappointment with the first draft probably made Lucas consider different directions in which to take the story. He made use of a new plot twist: Darth Vader claims to be Luke's father.
According to Lucas, he found this draft enjoyable to write, as opposed to the yearlong struggles writing the first film, and quickly wrote two more drafts, all in April 1978. This plot twist of Vader being Luke's father had drastic effects on the series, which would include the audience's interpretation of the original film. Lucas outlined a new backstory: Anakin Skywalker had been Ben Kenobi's brilliant student, and had a child named Luke, but was swayed to the dark side by the (who was really a ). Anakin battled Ben Kenobi on the site of a volcano and was horribly wounded, but was resurrected as Darth Vader. Meanwhile, Kenobi hid Luke on while the Republic became the Empire and Vader systematically hunted down the Jedi. With this new backstory in place, Lucas decided that The Empire Strikes Back would be the second film of two trilogies, designating it Episode V by the fifth draft.
Had just completed writing, and the screenplay impressed Lucas, who hired him to write the next drafts with additional input from director. Kasdan, Kershner, and producer saw the film as a more serious and adult film, which was helped by the new, darker storyline, and developed the series from the light adventure roots of the first film. The Imperial AT-AT walkers at the Battle of Hoth were created using models and a new technique developed by for The Empire Strikes Back called.
Landscape paintings by Mike Pangrazio were used as backgrounds. After the release of Star Wars, ILM grew from being a struggling company and moved to. The Empire Strikes Back provided the company with new challenges. Whereas Star Wars mostly featured space sequences, The Empire Strikes Back featured not only space but also an ice planet battle opening sequence and elements of cities that floated among the clouds.
For the battle scenes on the ice planet, the initial intent was to use to composite the into still-shots from the original set. Instead, an artist was hired to paint landscapes, resulting in the Imperial walkers being shot using animation in front of the landscape paintings. The original designs for the AT-ATs were, according to, 'big armored vehicles with wheels'.
Many believe the finished design was inspired by the container cranes, but Lucas denied this. In designing the Jedi Master Yoda, used his own face as a model and added the wrinkles of for the appearance of exceptional intelligence. Sets for were built five feet above the stage floor, allowing puppeteers to crawl underneath and hold up the Yoda puppet. The setup presented communication problems for Frank Oz, who portrayed Yoda, as he was underneath the stage and unable to hear the crew and Mark Hamill above. Hamill later expressed his dismay at being the only human character on set for months; he felt like a trivial element on a set of animals, machines, and moving props. Kershner commended Hamill for his performance with the puppet. Filming Filming began in Norway, at the near the town of, on March 5, 1979.
Like the filming of, where the production in Tunisia coincided with the area's first major rainstorm in fifty years, the weather was against the film crew. While filming in Norway, they encountered the worst winter storm in fifty years. Temperatures dropped to −20 °F (−29 °C), and 18 feet (5.5 m) of snow fell. On one occasion, the crew were unable to exit their hotel. They achieved a shot involving Luke's exit of the Wampa cave by opening the hotel's doors and filming Mark Hamill running out into the snow while the crew remained warm inside. Mark Hamill's face was scarred in a motor accident that occurred between filming of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back.
Despite reports to the contrary, the scene in which Luke is knocked unconscious by the Wampa was not added specifically to explain this change to Hamill's face. Lucas admitted that the scene 'helped' the situation, though he felt that Luke's time fighting in the rebellion was sufficient explanation. The production moved to in London on March 13, where over 60 sets were built, more than double the number used in the previous film. A fire in January on Stage 3 (during filming of 's ) forced the budget to be increased from $18.5 million to $22 million, and by July the budget increased $3 million more. Filming finished by mid-September.
The film includes a brief image of Vader with his mask off, facing away from the camera. For the original viewers of the film, this scene made it clear that Vader is not a droid. The script contained a scene in which Princess Leia professed her love to Han Solo, with Han replying 'I love you too.'
Harrison Ford felt the characterization was not being used effectively, and Kershner agreed. After several takes, the director told the actor to on the spot, and Ford changed Solo's line to 'I know.' Lucas hired his former professor and veteran independent filmmaker Irvin Kershner to direct the movie. During production, great secrecy surrounded the fact that Darth Vader was Luke's father.
Like the rest of the crew, Prowse—who spoke all of Vader's lines during filming—was given a false page that contained dialogue with the revelatory line being 'Obi-Wan killed your father.' Hamill was informed just moments before cameras rolled on his close-up, and did not tell anyone, including his wife; according to Hamill, Ford did not learn the truth until he watched the film. To preserve the dramatic opening sequences of his films, Lucas wanted the screen credits to come only at the end. While this practice has become more common over the years, this was relatively unusual at the time. The and Guilds of America had no problem allowing it on Star Wars, back in 1977, because the writer-director credit (George Lucas) matched the company name.
However, when Lucas did the same thing for the sequel, it became an issue because they viewed the company credit (Lucasfilm) as displaying Lucas' name at the start of the film, while the director and writers had theirs on the end. The guilds fined him over $250,000 and attempted to pull Empire out of theaters. The DGA also attacked Kershner; to protect his director, Lucas paid all the fines to the guilds. Due to the controversy, he left the Directors and Writers Guilds, and the. The initial production budget of $18 million was 50 percent more than that of the original. After the various increases in budget, The Empire Strikes Back became one of the most expensive films of its day and after the bank threatened to call in his loan, Lucas was forced to approach 20th Century Fox.
Lucas made a deal with the studio to secure the loan in exchange for paying the studio more money, but without the loss of his sequel and merchandising rights. After the film's box office success, unhappiness at the studio over the deal's generosity to Lucas caused studio president to quit. The departure of his longtime ally caused Lucas to take to. See also: Like its predecessor, The Empire Strikes Back draws from several mythological stories and world religions. It also includes elements of 1930s such as, a childhood favorite of Lucas', that similarly featured a city afloat in the sky. Releases The world premiere of The Empire Strikes Back was held on May 17, 1980, at the in Washington, D.C. (as a special Children's World Premiere event).
The film had a in London at the in on May 20. The special event was dubbed 'Empire Day', a playful take the British holiday (known as Empire Day prior to 1958), where legions of stormtroopers were unleashed across the city. A series of other charity benefit premieres were held in numerous locations on May 19 and 20. The film went on to official general release in North America and the U.K. On May 21, 1980. The first wave of release included 126 70 mm prints, before a wider release in June 1980 (which were mostly 35 mm prints).
During the initial theatrical run in Europe and Australia, the short film by Star Wars art director was shown before the feature. Though the film was simply titled The Empire Strikes Back in its original promotional materials, the film still started with the title Star Wars on-screen which was followed by the that gave the film's subtitle as Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, causing some surprise among cinema goers at the time as the original film had not been given an episode number or subtitle for its first release in 1977. However, Episode IV: A New Hope was added to its opening crawl from its 1981 re-release onwards. Like A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back was rated PG by the, and certificate U. This original version was released on in 1984 and on and several times during the 1980s and 1990s. When the film debuted on television, it was preceded by a second-person introduction by Darth Vader, which was framed as an interruption of the Earth broadcast by the Galactic Empire. Special Edition.
The 1997 theatrical release poster of the new Special Edition version of the film (art by ) As part of Star Wars 's 20th anniversary celebration in 1997, The Empire Strikes Back was digitally remastered and re-released along with Star Wars and under the title Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition. Lucas took this opportunity to make several minor changes to the film. These included explicitly showing the creature on Hoth in full form, creating a more complex flight path for the Falcon as it approaches Cloud City, digitally replacing some of the interior walls of Cloud City with vistas of Bespin, and replacing certain lines of dialogue.
A short sequence was also added depicting Vader's return to his after dueling with Luke, created from alternate angles of a scene from Return of the Jedi. Most of the changes were small and aesthetic; however, some fans believe that they detract from the film.
The film was also resubmitted to the for rating; it was again rated PG, but under the Association's new description, the reason given was for 'sci-fi action/violence'. This version of the film runs 127 minutes. Home media DVD release The Empire Strikes Back was released on in September 2004, bundled in a box set with A New Hope, Return of the Jedi, and a bonus disc of extra features. The films were digitally restored and remastered, with made by George Lucas. The bonus features include a commentary by George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren, and Carrie Fisher, as well as an extensive documentary called. Also included are featurettes, teasers, trailers, TV spots, still galleries, video game demos, and a preview of.
For the DVD release, Lucas and his team made changes that were mostly implemented to ensure continuity between The Empire Strikes Back and the recently released films. The most noticeable of these changes was replacing the stand-in used in the holographic image of the Emperor (with Clive Revill providing the voice) with actor providing some slightly altered dialogue. With this release, Lucas also supervised the creation of a high-definition digital print of The Empire Strikes Back and the original trilogy's other films. It was reissued in December 2005 as part of a three-disc 'limited edition' boxed set that did not feature the bonus disc. The film was reissued again on a separate two-disc Limited-Edition DVD for a brief time from September 12, 2006, to December 31, 2006, this time with the film's original, unaltered version as bonus material. It was also re-released in a trilogy box set on November 4, 2008.
There was controversy surrounding the initial release, because the DVDs featured non-anamorphic versions of the original films based on LaserDisc releases from 1993 (as opposed to newly remastered, film-based, high-definition transfers). Since non-anamorphic transfers fail to make full use of the resolution available on televisions, many fans were disappointed with this choice. Blu-ray release On August 14, 2010, George Lucas announced that all six Star Wars films in their Special Edition form would be released on in Fall 2011.
On January 6, 2011, announced the Blu-ray release for September 2011 in three different editions. Digital release On April 7, 2015, 20th Century Fox, and Lucasfilm jointly announced the of the six released Star Wars films. Released The Empire Strikes Back through the, and on April 10, 2015. Reception Box office The film grossed $6,415,804 on its opening weekend in limited release on 126 screens. After four weeks on release, it expanded to 824 screens and grossed $10,840,307 for the weekend setting a new weekly record of $20,380,052.
Within three months of the release of The Empire Strikes Back, Lucas had recovered his $33 million investment and distributed $5 million in bonuses to employees. It earned $181,379,640 during its first run in the United States and Canada. It was re-released on July 31, 1981 and grossed a further $26,758,774 and again on November 19, 1982 with a gross of $14,535,852 to bring its gross to $222,674,266 and about $450 million worldwide. When The Empire Strikes Back returned to cinemas in 1997, it grossed $21,975,993 on its first weekend of re-release. As of 2007, the film has grossed $290,475,750 domestically and $538,375,067 worldwide. 35 years after the film's initial release, it re-entered the UK box office at number 9 grossing $470,000 from June 4–7, 2015.
Critical response. This section needs expansion. You can help. ( December 2017) The Empire Strikes Back received mixed reviews from critics upon its initial release. For example, of wrote a largely negative review of the film. David Denby of magazine called the film 'a Wagnerian pop movie—grandiose, thrilling, imperiously generous in scale, and also a bit ponderous'. Of criticized the film's 'middle-of-the-story' plot, which she claimed had no particular beginning or end.
However, this was a concept that Lucas had intended. On the review aggregator, The Empire Strikes Back currently holds a 95% approval rating, based on 91 reviews, with an average rating of 8.9/10.
Rotten Tomatoes summarizes: 'Dark, sinister, but ultimately even more involving than A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back defies viewer expectations and takes the series to heightened emotional levels.' Bob Stephens of described The Empire Strikes Back as 'the greatest episode of the Star Wars Trilogy' in 1997. In 2016, James Charisma of ranked the film #3 on a list of 15 Sequels That Are Way Better Than The Originals. Described the film as the strongest and 'most thought-provoking' film of the original trilogy. Suggested that while 'movies like and painted living portraits for generations they represented in the present tense, The Empire Strikes Back might be the only example of a movie that set the social aesthetic for a generation coming in the future.' Accolades At the in 1981, The Empire Strikes Back won the, which was awarded to,. In addition, this film received the for that was awarded to,.
Composer John Williams was also nominated for the, and, and were nominated for the. In addition, John Williams was awarded the for his compositions: the. The Empire Strikes Back also received British Academy Film Award nominations for. Williams was also nominated for a and a for his musical score of the film. The Empire Strikes Back received four, for Mark Hamill as, Irvin Kershner for, Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund for, and the. The Empire Strikes Back won the. The film was nominated for the for.
The Empire Strikes Back was awarded the in Germany. Legacy Darth Vader was ranked as the third-greatest film villain of all time in the 's, and magazine selected the ending of The Empire Strikes Back as the greatest cliffhanger of all time. The line 'No, I am your father' is often misquoted as 'Luke, I am your father.' The line was selected as one of the 400 nominees for the 's, a list of the greatest American film quotes. 's statement to Luke Skywalker, 'Try not! Do, or do not. There is no try', was also a nominee for the same list by the AFI.
The film was selected in 2010 to be preserved by the as part of its. 35mm reels of the 1997 Special Edition were initially presented for preservation because of the difficulty of transferring from the original prints, but it was later revealed that the Library possessed a copyright deposit print of the original theatrical release. In the 2014 Empire Magazine list, 'The 301 Greatest Movies of All Time' voted by fans, The Empire Strikes Back was named as the greatest film ever made. American Film Institute lists. – Nominated. – Nominated.:. – No.
3 Villain.:. 'I am your father.' – Nominated. 'Do, or do not. There is no try.' – Nominated.
– Nominated Soundtrack. Main article: The musical score of The Empire Strikes Back was composed and conducted by, and it was performed by the at a cost of about $250,000.
In 1980, the company published this film's original musical score as both a double and as an in the United States. Its front cover artwork features the mask of Darth Vader against a backdrop of, as seen on the advance theatrical poster for the film.
In 1985, the first Compact disc (CD) issue of the film score was made by the company, which had absorbed both RSO Records and its music catalog. Polydor Records used a shorter, one compact-disc edition of the music as their master. In 1993, 20th Century Fox Film Scores released a special boxed set of four compact discs: the Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology.
This anthology included the film scores of all three members of the original Star Wars Trilogy in separate CDs, even though there was significant overlap between the three (such as the Star Wars theme music). In 1997, the record company released a definitive two-CD set to accompany the publications of all three of the Special Editions of the films of the Star Wars Trilogy. This original limited-edition set of CDs featured a 32-page black booklet that was enclosed within a protective outer slip-case. The covers of the booklet and of the slip-case have selections from the poster art of the Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition. All of the tracks have been digitally re-mastered supposedly for superior clarity of sound.
RCA Victor next re-packaged the Special Edition set later on in 1997, offering it in slim-line jewel case packaging as an unlimited edition, but without the packaging that the original 'black booklet' version offered. In 2004, the company purchased the sales rights of the original trilogy's musical scores—primarily because it already had the sales rights of the music from the trilogy of prequels: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith.
Hence in 2004, the Sony Classical company began manufacturing copies of the film-score CDs that RCA Victor had been making since 1997, including the one for The Empire Strikes Back. This set was made with new cover artwork similar to that of the film's first publication on DVD. Despite the digital re-mastering by Sony Classical, their CD version made and sold since 2004 is essentially the same as the version by RCA Victor. Other media Novelization. Main article: A novelization of the film was released on April 12, 1980, and published by the company. The novelization was written by, and it was based on the screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, Leigh Brackett, and George Lucas. This novelization was originally published as Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
However, the later editions have been renamed Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back to conform with the change in the titles of the Star Wars saga. Like the other novelizations of the Star Wars Trilogy, background information is added to explain the happenings of the story beyond that which is depicted on-screen. Comic book adaptation. Main article: published a comic book adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back which was written by and illustrated by and Carlos Garzon. It was published simultaneously in four formats: as a magazine ( #16), an oversized tabloid edition ( ), as part of a, and as a paperback pocket book.
In the paperback and tabloid versions, which were published first and for which early concept designs were the only available art reference, Yoda was given a quite different appearance than in the films: Yoda is thinner, he has long white hair, and he has purple skin, rather than green skin. For the magazine and serialized comic book editions, there was enough time for the artwork featuring Yoda to be revised extensively, and his appearance was changed to match that in the film. Comic book historians and industry professionals have remarked that Marvel's Star Wars comics published in the years before The Empire Strikes Back include plot points similar to those later used in the film. However, the film's makers have not acknowledged receiving any inspiration from the comic books.
Japanese artist Toshiki Kudo also adapted it into a comic book. Book-and-record set. Main article: Video games based on the film have been released on several consoles. Additionally, several Star Wars video games feature or mention key events seen in the film, but are not entirely based upon the film. In 1982 released for the games console, which featured the speeder attack on the AT-ATs on Hoth. The arcade game followed in 1985.
The game features familiar battle sequences and characters played from a first-person perspective. Specific battles include the Battle of Hoth and the subsequent escape of the Millennium Falcon through an asteroid field. A conversion was released in 1988 for the,. In 1992, JVC released the LucasArts-developed video game also titled for the (NES) console. The player assumes the role of Luke Skywalker and maneuvers through Skywalker's story as seen in the film. In 1992, released a version for the.
Like its previous incarnation, it follows the story of Luke Skywalker. Was developed for the console (SNES) by LucasArts and was released by JVC in 1993. The SNES game is similar in spots to the 1991 NES release, and is on a 12-. Radio adaptation.
Main article: A adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back was written by, and was produced for and broadcast on the network in the U.S. It was based on characters and situations created by George Lucas, and on the screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan.
Its director was John Madden, with sound mixing and post-production work done by Tom Voegeli. Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams, and Anthony Daniels reprised their roles as Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian, and C-3PO respectively, with voicing Yoda. This radio play was designed to last for five hours of radio time, usually presented in more than one part. Radio agencies estimate that about 750,000 people tuned in to listen to this series radio play beginning on February 14, 1983. In terms of the, this radio drama has been given the highest designation,. See also. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
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