Movie #71 -- Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back

Title: Star Wars: Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back

Director: Irvin Kershner

Release Year: 1980

Plot Summary: Luke continues his Jedi training with Yoda, faces Darth Vader for the first time, Han and Leia visit Cloud City... and some other stuff happens to.

Thoughts: Easily the best of all of the Star Wars movies. The dialogue doesn't suck in this one (See, Mr. Lucas -- outsourcing can be good), the special effects are fantastic (given the fact that they are 25 years old), and, oh yeah, this movie has the biggest twist ever.

Lucas took a gamble by introducing a little green guy named Yoda in this one. He could have failed miserably like he did with Jar Jar Binks and the Ewoks, but instead, he created the most likeable character of any of the films.

As I mentioned above, I defy anyone to find a better twist in a movie than the one at the end of 'Empire'. I remember being four years old and seeing this for the first and being absolutely blown away by it. It still freaks me out a bit -- how good this twist is. Imagine the worst possible fear that you have being realized -- that's what it has to be like.

There aren't enough good things that I can say about this movie.

Rating (0-10): 9.75 -- This is about as close to perfect as movies get.

Recomendations: Yeah dude. See this.