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FILM DETAILS

Certificate U

Cast Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Anthony Daniels

Directors Irvin Kershner

Screenwriters George Lucas Leigh Brackett Lawrence Kasdan

Running Time 124 minutes

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Still the favourite of the seminal sci-fi franchise...

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Plot
After receiving a vision from Obi-Wan Kenobi and fleeing the ice world of Hoth with his friends after an Imperial attack, Luke Skywalker travels to the marsh planet of Dagobah, where he is instructed in the ways of the Force by the legendary Jedi master Yoda. Meanwhile, Han Solo and Princess Leia make their way to planet Bespin, where they are greeted by Han's old friend, a shifty gambler named Lando Calrissian. Ambushed by the Empire shortly after their arrival, Han and his friends are imprison

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