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The Empire Strikes Back is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irvin Kershner released in USA on 20 june 1980 with Mark Hamill

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Star Wars : Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back
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Opening crawl

Facebook Share this quote on facebook It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has been destroyed, Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base and pursued them across the galaxy.
Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters led by Luke Skywalker have established a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth.
The evil lord Darth Vader, obsessed with finding young Skywalker, has dispatched thousands of remote probes into the far reaches of space....

Dialogue

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [Luke is stranded out in a harsh snowstorm.]
Obi-Wan Kenobi: [voice comes out of nowhere] Luke. Luke!
Luke Skywalker: [weakly] Ben?
Obi-Wan: You will go to the Dagobah system.
Luke : Dagobah system?
Obi-Wan: There you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi Master who instructed me.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [Aboard the Super Star Destroyer Executor, Captain Firmus Piett reports to Admiral Kendal Ozzel.]
Capt. Firmus Piett: Admiral!
Adm. Kendel Ozzel: Yes, Captain?
Piett: I think we've got something, sir. The report is only a fragment, from a probe droid in the Hoth system, but it's the best lead we have.
Ozzel: [growing impatient] We have thousands of probe droids searching the galaxy. I want proof, not leads.
Piett: The visuals indicate life readings.
Ozzel: It could mean anything! If we followed up every lead...
Piett: But sir, the Hoth system is supposed to be devoid of human forms.
Darth Vader: [approaching the two officers after hearing their conversation] You've found something?
Piett: Yes, my Lord. [shows Vader the location of the power generator on Hoth]
Vader: That's it. The Rebels are there.
Ozzel: My Lord, there are so many uncharted settlements. It could be smugglers. It could be...
Vader: That is the system. And I am sure Skywalker is with them. Set your course for the Hoth system! [turns to General Maximilian Veers] General Veers, prepare your men.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Vader: [kneeling before the Emperor's hologram] What is thy bidding, my master?
The Emperor: There is a great disturbance in the Force.
Vader: I have felt it.
The Emperor: We have a new enemy. The young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker.
Vader: How is that possible?
The Emperor: Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You will know it to be true. He could destroy us.
Vader: He's just a boy. Obi-Wan can no longer help him.
The Emperor: The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
Vader: If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally.
The Emperor: [intrigued] Yes... He would be a great asset. Can it be done?
Vader: He will join us or die, master.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [Aboard the Super Star Destroyer Executor, Darth Vader is giving the bounty hunters instructions on tracking down the Millennium Falcon]
Vader: There will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millennium Falcon. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. [turns to Boba Fett] No disintegrations.
Boba Fett: As you wish.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [Luke sees his X-wing is about to sink into the bog]
Luke: Oh, no! We'll never get it out now!
Yoda: So certain, are you? Always with you, what cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say?
Luke: Master, moving stones around is one thing, but this is... totally different!
Yoda: No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned.
Luke: All right, I'll give it a try.
Yoda: No! Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.
[Luke tries to use the Force to levitate his X-Wing out of the bog, but fails in his attempt.]
Luke: I can't. It's too big.
Yoda: Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.
Luke: You want the impossible. [sees Yoda use the Force to levitate the X-wing out of the bog and gets flustered when he does it] I don't... I don't believe it!
Yoda: That is why you fail.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Yoda: Luke! You must complete the training.
Luke: I can't keep the vision out of my head. They're my friends. I've gotta help them.
Yoda: You must not go!
Luke: But Han and Leia will die if I don't.
Obi-Wan: You don't know that. [appears in spirit] Even Yoda cannot see their fate.
Luke: But I can help them! I feel the Force.
Obi-Wan: But you cannot control it. This is a dangerous time for you, when you will be tempted by the dark side of the Force.
Yoda: Yes, yes! To Obi-Wan you listen. The cave! Remember your failure at the cave!
Luke: But I've learned so much since then. Master Yoda, I promise to return and finish what I've begun. You have my word.
Obi-Wan: It is you and your abilities the Emperor wants. That is why your friends are made to suffer.
Luke: That's why I have to go.
Obi-Wan: Luke, I don't want to lose you to the Emperor the way I lost Vader.
Luke: You won't.
Yoda: Stopped they must be. On this all depends. Only a fully trained Jedi Knight with the Force as his ally will conquer Vader and his Emperor. If you end your training now, if you choose the quick and easy path as Vader did, you will become an agent of evil.
Obi-Wan: Patience!
Luke: And sacrifice Han and Leia?
Yoda: If you honor what they fight for, yes.
Obi-Wan: If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot interfere.
Luke: I understand. R2, fire up the converters.
Obi-Wan: Luke. Don't give in to hate. That leads to the dark side.
Yoda: Strong is Vader. Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.
Luke: I will and I'll return. I promise. [flies off with X-Wing]
Yoda: Told you I did. Reckless is he. Now matters are worse.
Obi-Wan: That boy is our last hope.
Yoda: No. There is another.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Vader: You may take Captain Solo to Jabba the Hutt after I have Skywalker.
Boba Fett: He's no good to me dead.
Vader: He will not be permanently damaged.
Lando Calrissian: Lord Vader, what about Leia and the Wookiee?
Vader: They must never again leave this city.
Lando: [angry] That was never a condition of our agreement, nor was giving Han to this bounty hunter!
Vader: Perhaps you think you are being treated unfairly?
Lando: [pauses] No.
Vader: Good. It would be unfortunate if I have to leave a garrison here.
Lando: [under his breath] This deal is getting worse all the time.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook [Han kisses Leia and is taken by stormtroopers to the carbon-freezing chamber.]
Leia Organa: I love you.
Han Solo: I know.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Vader: You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don't let yourself be destroyed as Obi-Wan did.
[They continue dueling, Vader severs Luke's hand with his lightsaber. Luke screams in pain.]
Vader: There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you. Luke, you do not yet realize your importance. You've only begun to discover your power. Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict, and bring order to the galaxy!
Luke: [wincing] I'll never join you!
Vader: If only you knew the power of the dark side. Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke: He told me enough. He told me you killed him.
Vader: No. I am your father.
Luke: [shocked] No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!
Vader: Search your feelings; you know it to be true!
Luke: NOOOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!
Vader: Luke, you can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, and together, we can rule the galaxy as father and son! Come with me. It is the only way. [Luke lets go of the projection and falls into the shaft]

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Lando: Luke, we're ready for takeoff.
Luke: Good luck, Lando.
Lando: When we find Jabba the Hutt and that bounty hunter, we'll contact you.
Luke: I'll meet you at the rendezvous point on Tatooine.
Lando: [to Leia] Princess, we'll find Han. I promise.
Luke: Chewie, I'll be waiting for your signal. Take care you two, and may the Force be with you.

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Quotes about The Empire Strikes Back

Facebook Share this quote on facebook I think the critics felt that they were going to see an extension of Star Wars. In other words, they wanted another Star Wars. I decided that the potential was much greater than a rerun of Star Wars. When I finally accepted the assignment, I knew that it was going to be a dark film, with more depth to the characters than in the first film. It took a few years for the critics to catch up with the film and to see it as a fairy tale rather than a comic book.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook Fans have written over the last 30 years telling me how eagerly they awaited the second film of the trilogy. I hadn’t realized how many young children would be seeing the film, and how it would affect them. I think the kids responded to the movement, the characters, and the fairy tale quality of the film. The humor helped make the film appealing to more mature audiences as well.

Facebook Share this quote on facebook I knew in the making of Empire that this was to be the second of a trilogy. Therefore I considered it the second act, the second movement—but it wouldn’t have the same climax that an ordinary film would have, where it sets up a premise, moves along, there is a payoff with a grand climax of some kind of action. The action in this film came at the beginning because it is a continuation of the first film.