Star Wars- Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back ... Jun 2026

Directed by Irvin Kershner (not George Lucas, who produced and financed it), The Empire Strikes Back took the whimsical, swashbuckling adventure of 1977's A New Hope and twisted it into a dark, romantic, and psychologically complex war film. It is the Empire’s hour, and cinema is better for it.

. Directed by Irvin Kershner, it shifted the franchise from a lighthearted space adventure into a darker, more mature character study Plot Summary: A Galaxy in Turmoil Star Wars- Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back ...