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Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back movie poster

Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Sci-Fi Action
Rated PG
124 min.
Release Date
May 21, 1980
February 21, 1997 (Re-Release)
DVD Release Date
September 21, 2004 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Irvin Kershner
Writer
Lawrence Kasdan, Leigh Brackett, George Lucas
Cast
Jack Purvis, John Hollis, Jeremy Bulloch, Alec Guinness, Frank Oz, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill
Studio
20th Century Fox
Running Time
124 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated PG for sci-fi action violence

Following the explosion of the Death Star, the Empire has vowed revenge on the Rebellion. Their search for the Rebel home base leads them to the ice planet Hoth. There, the rebels are defeated and forced to flee.

While Luke travels to Dagobah, a planet that a vision of Ben Kenobi told him to visit, to learn the ways of the mysterious Force, Han Solo, Princess Leia, and the rest arrive at Cloud City. Han... Full synopsis »

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