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- BFI identifier54574
- Date1980 (Release)
- Production countryUSA
- Production company
- SynopsisContinued adventures of Luke Skywalker, in which he and his companions Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, etc., are captured by the evil Darth Vader and his Imperial forces. Science fiction. Episode V of the saga, following on from 'Star Wars'. The rebel alliance has taken refuge on the ice planet Hoth, but the Empire's forces track them down and attack. The rebels escape, but are split up. Luke heads for Dagobah, a swamp planet where an old Jedi master, Yoda, will teach him the ways of the Force. Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca and C-3PO fly into an asteroid field to escape their Imperial pursuers, but a bounty hunter follows them on to Cloud City, where Han is captured and frozen. Luke arrives to rescue Leia, and learns that Darth Vader is his father. Luke and Leia get away. (Synopsis)
- Work historySpecial Achievement Award at the 1980 Academy Awards was for Visual Effects
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- CreditsDirector: Irvin Kershner
Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd
Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
view all - CastMark Hamill (Luke Skywalker)
Harrison Ford (Han Solo)
Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia Organa)
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Title
Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (Original)
The Empire Strikes Back (Alternative)
Star Wars 5 (Alternative)
Star Wars Episode Five (Alternative)
Star Wars Episode V (Alternative)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Lucas, George - SCR-1606
Script - Original story: Lucas, George - SCR-1607
Script - Script type: Shooting Script - 4th Draft - SCR-2411
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-54574
The Empire Strikes Back - Scripts, call sheets and shooting schedules from the production of 'The Empire Strikes Back' owned by Ivor Beddoes. - BED-2
See IVOR BEDDOES Collection (Items 1 - 3). Small pressbook held.
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: production - 94 pages of continuity sketches and notes for the 'Bog-Swamp' sequence. Contained in a personalised ringbinder. The cover includes 'Star Wars' branded note paper, coaster, envelope. The sketches are mostly pencil drawings but a few are photocopies. The sketches are labelled 'for discussion', 'Bog -Swamp sequence', and include set plans and camera angles. - PD-18649
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-0x3
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Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-86w
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-h1u
view all - ArticlesEmpire vSupp nArt of Star Wars May'00 - ArticleCinefex n69 March 1997 - Article, InterviewCinefex n65 March 1996 - InterviewFilmmakers Monthly v13 n8 June 1980 - Interviewview all
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- +Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
Work - 54574 - 1980 (Release)
USA - Film - Fiction
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