| 1 February |
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back |
Today we will discuss the movie Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back. This movie was released on May 21, 1980. I don’t know if it’s just me, but all of these movies seem to be released in May. If I were crazy, I’d say that they were up to something. If I were really crazy, I’d say that there was a conspiracy going on. But I’m not crazy, so there isn’t. You may think so, but there isn’t. Anyway, back to the movie facts. This movie made over $538 million dollars world wide. This makes it the highest grossing film of 1980. That just goes to show, you need to use those money making skills more often Luke. In the next few paragraphs I will describe the plot of the movie.
My memory is a little fuzzy on this movie because it’s the one Star Wars movie I watch the least. I think the last time I watched it was a year ago, maybe more. But you’re here for the story?right? So I’ll give you the story. Let me set the scene for you. The Rebel Alliance has blown up the Death Star, and the Empire is very mad. So they make the Rebel Alliance their top priority and make every effort to find them. That was three years ago! It’s been three years since the Rebels destroyed the Death Star, and the Empire still hasn’t killed them! If I had the galaxy at my disposal, you’d have thought that I would have found three or four people wouldn’t you!? I mean, they’re looking for a half-trained Jedi, a Senator, a smuggler and his sidekick! I mean sure those people have an army at their disposal, but the Empire has way more people. You’d think they would have found them by now!
Anyway, the Empire has found them on the ice world of Hoth. So the Empire sends some heavy equipment and decides to take down the rebels. A battle breaks out and Luke Skywalker is leading a squadron of fighters against Imperial forces. They’re actually on these snow ships that aren’t designed for space travel, so they use them to take down the AT-ATs and Walkers. Walkers are like boxes with legs, and guns, very big guns. And AT-ATs are like big rectangles on four legs, and though slow, are very powerful. I’m talking take out a city powerful. Anyway, while Luke is leading the fighters against Imperial forces, Han and Leia are trying to escape. Luke and his squadron take on the AT-ATs using the cables on the snow speeders. They then rap the cables around the AT-AT’s legs so that when the AT-ATs try to move, they trip and fall over. While Luke and his team are doing that, Han and Leia escape. The Imperials take Hoth, but Luke escapes in his star ship.
Luke heads to Dagobah where Jedi Master Yoda went into exile. There Luke learns the ways of the Force, but his training remains incomplete. Luke senses that his friends (Han and Leia) are in danger in Cloud City on Bespin. Little did he know that this is one of Darth Vader’s plans to capture Luke, or kill him. Yoda warns him not to go, but Luke says he will come back and finish his training. He then heads to Cloud City to rescue his friends.
This movie wasn’t my favorite Star Wars movie, but it was good. In the movie, Luke finally learns something about his family and his past, which makes it a good starter for the expanded universe. The Star Wars expanded universe is, in my opinion, much better than the movies. In the expanded universe is where most of the books and video games take place. The expanded universe is becoming, in my opinion, the golden age of Star Wars. This movie was good, and you’re going to need to watch it to find out what happens next.
