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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:20:59 GMT
![](https://i.imgur.com/dzpMnpn.jpg) CBS Fox Video poster for The Empire Strikes Back, 1984.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:21:14 GMT
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:21:27 GMT
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:21:55 GMT
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:22:08 GMT
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:22:21 GMT
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:22:33 GMT
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:22:44 GMT
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:22:58 GMT
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:23:25 GMT
![](https://i.imgur.com/U8lKKOo.jpg) Movie theaters began displaying artist Roger Kastel’s now-legendary “Gone With The Wind”-style Empire Strikes Back release poster, 43 years ago which promised adventure, romance, and the highly-anticipated return of Darth Vader. The Empire Strikes Back premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., via The Washington Post, May 1980.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:23:51 GMT
![](https://i.imgur.com/KvtlwQS.jpg) 43 years ago today (May 21, 1980), Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back was released in theaters in the USA! The official premiere was on May 17, 1980 at the Kennedy Center. It is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner and written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas. Produced by Lucasfilm, it is the second film in the Star Wars film series (albeit the fifth chronologically) and the sequel to Star Wars (1977). Set three years after the events of the first film, the Galactic Empire, under the leadership of Darth Vader and the Emperor, pursues Luke Skywalker and the rest of the Rebel Alliance. While Vader relentlessly pursues Luke's friends—Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and C-3PO—Luke studies the Force under Jedi Master Yoda. The ensemble cast includes Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, and Frank Oz.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:24:23 GMT
![](https://i.imgur.com/6D9cMsb.jpg) Poster art by Boris Vallejo for Coca-Cola to promote The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:24:47 GMT
![](https://i.imgur.com/bYRzEXg.jpg) Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, by John Alvin
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:25:05 GMT
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 18, 2023 10:25:18 GMT
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