Star Wars Saturdays: "The Empire Strikes Back" and the brilliance of Yoda
Read this review, you must
On Saturdays, we’re going through the entire STAR WARS saga in episodic order, a series that will include a number of pieces that have never appeared online before taken from my book 200 Reviews, available now in Paperback or on Kindle (which you should really consider buying, because it’s an awesome collection!). We continue today with the second film in the original trilogy, and a movie that needs no introduction, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Enjoy…
The Empire Strikes Back
1980, Dir. Irvin Kirshner
Excerpt from a Blu-ray review published September 22nd, 2011
How does one make a satisfying sequel to a film that is, by most standards, perfect? That’s the challenge George Lucas, Irvin Kirshner, Lawrence Kasdan, and the rest of the Star Wars cast and crew were faced with when making The Empire Strikes Back, and their legendary response to this challenge has since set the standard by which all blockbuster sequels are judged. The Empire Strikes Back continues Lucas’ space opera in splendid fashion while throwing the pacing, structure, and tone of its predecessor out the window.
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