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Name: The Empire Strikes Back
Director: Irvin Kershner
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
Released: 1980-05-20 00:00:00
Duration: 124 minutes
Rating: 8.3

Total quotes: 15

The Empire Strikes Back

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han S

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Publisher:	Lucasfilm
Genres:	Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
Rating:	PG
Production Companies:	Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox
Publication Date:	May 20, 1980
Budget:	$18,000,000
Runtime:	124
Tagline:	The Adventure Continues...
User Score (votes):	8.3 / 10 (8453)

Full production credits:

Communicator Yoda

Character Yoda

Communicator Frank Oz

Communicator Leigh Brackett

Communicator Lawrence Kasdan

Character Mark Hamill

Character Harrison Ford

Character Carrie Fisher

Character Billy Dee Williams

Character Anthony Daniels

Character David Prowse

Character Kenny Baker

Character Peter Mayhew

Character Frank Oz

Character James Earl Jones

Character Kathryn Mullen

Character Wendy Froud

Character Jeremy Bulloch

Character Jason Wingreen

Character Temuera Morrison

Character Clive Revill

Character Marjorie Eaton

Character Ian McDiarmid

Character Alec Guinness

Character John Hollis

Character Jack Purvis

Character Des Webb

Character Julian Glover

Character Kenneth Colley

Character John Ratzenberger

Character Michael Sheard

Character Michael Culver

Character John Dicks

Character Milton Johns

Character Mark Jones

Character Oliver Maguire

Character Robin Scobey

Character Bruce Boa

Character Christopher Malcolm

Character Denis Lawson

Character Ian Liston

Character John Morton

Character Richard Oldfield

Character Jack McKenzie

Character Jerry Harte

Character Norman Chancer

Character Norwich Duff

Character Ray Hassett

Character Brigitte Kahn

Character Burnell Tucker

Character Bob Anderson

Character Lightning Bear

Character Richard Bonehill

Character John Cannon

Character Mark Capri

Character Martin Dew

Character Peter Diamond

Character Stuart Fell

Character Doug Robinson

Character Tony Smart

Character Alan Harris

Character Tiffany L. Kurtz

Character Mac McDonald

Character Ralph McQuarrie

Character Ralph Morse

Character Terry Richards

Character Michael Santiago

Character Treat Williams

Character Shaun Curry

Character Alan Austen

Character Jim Dowdall

Character Ian Durrant

Character Tom Egeland

Character Alan Flyng

Character Chris Parsons

Character Trevor Butterfield

Character Christopher Bunn

Character Quentin Pierre

Character Keith Swaden

Character Howie Weed

Character Morris Bush

Director Irvin Kershner

Producer Gary Kurtz

Screenplay Leigh Brackett

Screenplay Lawrence Kasdan

Original music composer John Williams

Special effects Brian Johnson

Story George Lucas

Executive producer George Lucas

Casting Bob Edmiston

Casting Irene Lamb

Casting Terry Liebling

Production design Norman Reynolds

Art direction Leslie Dilley

Art direction Harry Lange

Art direction Alan Tomkins

Set decoration Michael Ford

Costume design John Mollo

Editor Paul Hirsch

Editor George Lucas

Editor Marcia Lucas

Director of photography Peter Suschitzky

Associate producer Robert Watts

Associate producer Jim Bloom

Stunts Bob Anderson

Stunts Lightning Bear

Stunt coordinator Peter Diamond

Stunts Stuart Fell

Stunts Doug Robinson

Stunts Tony Smart

Stand in Alan Harris

Visual effects Ralph McQuarrie

Stunts Terry Richards

Producer Howard G. Kazanjian

Makeup artist Nick Maley

Production manager Patricia Carr

Production supervisor Bruce Sharman

Driver Terry Pritchard

Costume supervisor Tiny Nicholls

Orchestrator Herbert W. Spencer

Camera operator Paul Huston

Visual effects Richard Edlund

Special effects David H. Watkins

Sound editor Bonnie Koehler

Animation Phil Tippett

Makeup effects Phil Tippett

Wardrobe supervisor Eileen Sullivan

Gaffer Laurie Shane

Still photographer George Whitear

Sound designer Ben Burtt

First assistant director David Tomblin

Second assistant director Steve Lanning

Continuity Kay Rawlings

Continuity Pamela Mann

Property master Frank Bruton

Makeup department head Graham Freeborn

Makeup artist Kay Freeborn

Makeup artist Stuart Freeborn

Hairdresser Barbara Ritchie

Sound editor Richard Burrow

Sound re-recording mixer Gregg Landaker

Character Luke Skywalker

Character Han Solo

Character Princess Leia

Character Lando Calrissian

Character C-3PO

Character Darth Vader

Character R2-D2

Character Chewbacca

Character Yoda (voice)

Character Darth Vader (Voice)

Character Yoda (uncredited)

Character Moon

Character Boba Fett

Character Boba Fett (voice) (uncredited)

Character Boba Fett (voice)

Character Emperor (voice)

Character Emperor

Character Ben 'Obi-wan' Kenobi

Character Lando's aide

Character Chief Ugnaught

Character Snow Creature

Character Imperial Force General Veers

Character Imperial Force Admiral Piett

Character Rebel Force Major Derlin

Character Admiral Ozzel

Character Captain Needa

Character Captain Lennox, Imperial Officer

Character Bewil, an Imperial officer

Character Commander Nemet, an Imperial Officer

Character Cabbel, an Imperial Officer

Character Lieutenant Venka, an Imperial Officer

Character General Carlist Rieekan, an Rebel Force

Character Rebel pilot Zev Senesca (Rogue 2)

Character Rebel Force Wedge (Rogue 3)

Character Wes Janson, a Rebel Force (Wedge's Gunner)

Character Dak Ralter, a Rebel Force

Character Derek Klivian, a Rebel Force Hobbie (Rogue 4)

Character Cal Alder, a Rebel Force Deck Lieutenant

Character Rebel Force Head Controller

Character Tamizander Rey, a Other Rebel Officer

Character Jeroen Webb, a Other Rebel Officer

Character Tigran Jamiro, Other Rebel Officer

Character Toryn Farr, Other Rebel Officer

Character Wyron Serper, Other Rebel Officer

Character Imperial Officer (uncredited)

Character Stormtrooper (uncredited)

Character Stormtrooper / Snowtrooper / Rebel Soldier / ... (uncredited)

Character Holographic Imperial Officer (uncredited)

Character Officer M'kae (Captain Needa's Communications Officer) (uncredited)

Character Cloud City Guard (uncredited)

Character Snowtrooper Gunner (uncredited)

Character Snowtrooper (uncredited)

Character Bossk / Bespin Security Guard (uncredited)

Character Extra (uncredited)

Character Rebel Pilot (uncredited)

Character General McQuarrie (uncredited)

Character Stormtrooper / Imperial Comms Officer / Rebel Soldier (uncredited)

Character Wampa (uncredited)

Character (voice, uncredited)

Character Echo Base Trooper (uncredited)

Character Hoth Rebel Commander (uncredited)

Character Stormtrooper/Snowtrooper

Character Wampa

Character Dengar

Communicator George Lucas

Communicator Anthony Daniels

Character Obi Wan Kenobi

Character General Veers

Character Admiral Piett

Character Major Derlin

Character Captain Lennox

Character Bewil

Character Commander Nemet

Character Cabbel

Character Lieutenant Venka

Character General Carlist Rieekan

Character Zev Senesca

Character Wedge Antilles

Character Wes Janson

Character Dak Ralter

Character Derek "Hobbie" Klivian

Character Cal Alder

Character Tamizander Rey

Character Jeroen Webb

Character Tigran Jamiro

Character Toryn Farr

Character Wyron Serper

Communicator Mark Hamill

Communicator Harrison Ford

Communicator Kathryn Mullen

Communicator James Earl Jones

Last updated: 2018-12-07

Characters in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’

“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.”

— Darth Vader (Voice), The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: emperor, galaxy, Father and Son

“Darth Vader: Calrissian. Take the princess and the Wookie to my ship.

Lando: You said they'd be left at the city under my supervision!

Darth Vader: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.”

— Darth Vader (Voice), The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: wookie, Supervision, Kidnapping

“Princess Leia: You're not actually going IN to an asteroid field?

Han Solo: They'd be crazy to follow us, wouldn't they?”

— Han Solo, The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: danger, asteroid field, crazy

“Your weapons, you will not need them.”

— Yoda (uncredited), The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: weapons

“Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph! Adventure. Heh! Excitement. Heh! A Jedi craves not these things. You are reckless!”

— Yoda (uncredited), The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: Ready, Jedi, Mars

“Han Solo: You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake, well, this could be it, sweetheart.

Princess Leia: I take it back.”

— Han Solo, The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: mistake, Regret

“Princess Leia: [annoyed] Why, you stuck-up... half-witted... scruffy-looking... Nerf-herder!

Han Solo: Who's scruffy-looking?”

— Han Solo, The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: Stuck-Up, scruffy, Nerf

“Luke: I want my lamp back. I'm gonna need it to get out of this slimy mudhole.

Yoda: Mudhole? Slimy? My home this is!”

— Luke Skywalker, The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: mudhole, slimy, Home, Insult

“Luke: I won't fail you. I'm not afraid.

Yoda: You will be. You... will... be.”

— Luke Skywalker, The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: Fear, promises

“Luke: All right, I'll give it a try.

Yoda: No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.”

— Luke Skywalker, The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: Try, do

“Don’t worry about Master Luke. I’m sure he’ll be all right. He’s quite clever, you know, for a human being.”

— C-3PO, The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: all right, Reassuring, clever, Human Being

“The city’s central computer told you? R2-D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer.”

— C-3PO, The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: City, central, computer, Trust, strange

“Wait. Oh my! What have you done. I’m backwards. You flea-bitten furball!”

— C-3PO, The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: backwards, Diss, flea-bitten, furball

“Judge me by my size, do you?”

— Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: starwars, yoda

“Do. Or do not. There is no try.”

— Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

Tagged: yoda, starwars

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