FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
No freely reusable poster is available for this title.
Scores
- IMDb8.7/10as of 2026-03-07
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer93%as of 2026-01-15
- Rotten Tomatoes average9/10as of 2024-08-20
- Metacritic82/100as of 2026-01-15
What it is
The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas. The sequel to Star Wars (1977), it is the second film in the Star Wars film series and the fifth chronological chapter of the "Skywalker Saga".
At a glance
- Genres
- Science fiction / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
- Original language
- English
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