Review of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) by Matthew W — 29 Dec 2016
As a kid I mostly watched Star Wars 4, 5, 6, and 1, but the one I recall watching the most is episode 5. As a kid, I loved watching that final battle. It was my favorite and still is! It was visually interesting, it was iconic, it was atmospheric, it was intense, it was a pure good guy vs.
bad guy battle that offered more than it needed to. Way more! The rest of the movie focuses on Luke's training and Han doing his best to escape the Empire. There's plenty of interesting moments during Luke's training that will forever remain in my mind.
Yoda revealing his identity, Luke's vision in the cave, Yoda raising the ship, it's all just REALLY well done! Han escaping the Empire had some cool moments, but it doesn't really go anywhere until Han gets to Cloud City where some serious business goes down.
This movie didn't give us another happily-ever-after story, it had the balls to give a darker ending where the heroes didn't come out all victorious. Han Solo gets captured, Luke loses his battle with Vader as well as his hand, and he now has to cope with the fact that the most menacing figure in the galaxy aside from The Emperor is his father! That reveal at the end can't shock anyone now the way it did when people first saw it, but when people DID first see it, holy hell.
.. 5 stars!
This review of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) was written by Matthew W on 29 Dec 2016.
The Empire Strikes Back has generally received very positive reviews.
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