Questions tagged [the-empire-strikes-back]
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980, second movie produced). Three years after the destruction of the Death Star, The Empire has caught up with the Rebels and destroyed their base on Hoth, separating Luke from his friends. While Luke seeks the mysterious Jedi Master Yoda, Han Solo and Leia are chased by the Empire. Use with the [star-wars] tag.
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Did Luke lose his X-Wing on Cloud City?
Luke flies to Cloud City near the end of The Empire Strikes Back to rescue his friends. R2-D2 follows him into the facility when they land.
R2-D2 then follows Lando and company out to the Millennium ...
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Did Han Solo teach Princess Leia how to fly the Millennium Falcon?
Being both a Princess of Alderaan and a Galactic Senator, Princess Leia was most likely always a passenger onboard a starship whenever she traveled to another planet. Yet, in the the movie Star Wars: ...
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Why does Boba Fett not take Chewie in for his bounty when taking Han Solo?
At the beginning of Return of the Jedi, Leia, disguised as a bounty hunter, takes Chewie in for the bounty at Jabba's palace.
Why did Boba Fett not take Chewie at the same time as he was taking Solo (...
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Would the Millennium Falcon have been carried along on the hyperspace jump if it stayed attached to the Star Destroyer?
In The Empire Strikes Back, the Millennium Falcon hides on the back of a Star Destroyer. It then escapes by hiding in a garbage dump before the Star Destroyer jumps to hyperspace.
If the Millennium ...
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Is there rule exist that son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi?
Emperor says to Darth Vader:
Emperor: The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
Is there rule exist that son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi?
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Why didn't the Imperial fleet detect the Millennium Falcon on the back of the star destroyer?
Han Solo fools the Imperial Navy by clamping onto the back of one of the star destroyers just when they thought the Millennium Falcon jumped to hyperspeed.
Why didn't ...
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Why did "A Stanley Kubrick Production" not draw a fine, while "Lucasfilm Ltd." did?
Both films have distribution company disclosure in the preludes to the opening credits; MGM for Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and 20th Century Fox for Lucas' Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
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When did Han Solo and Princess Leia first kiss?
The Empire Strikes Back has many iconic Han and Leia moments including a kiss on the Millennium Falcon. Did the characters kiss before off screen?
While on Hoth Han says
“Laugh it up, fuzzball. But ...
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Did Luke have help from Obi-Wan in using the Force in the wampa cave on Hoth? [duplicate]
In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke is hanging upside down in the wampa cave and reaches out to pull his lightsaber to him in order to cut himself down. However, we know that at this point his Jedi ...
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WGAW and DGA Penalizing George Lucas for ESB Credits
After letting George Lucas slide on a few slipped protocols for A New Hope (SW-ANH), the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) decided they needed to set heavy ...
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Why did Lando give up his role as Administrator of Cloud City just to side with Leia, Chewie and the Rebellion?
Nowhere in the film does Vader ever indicate that the Empire will take over the city, nor does Vader even seem interested in anything outside of Luke, and to a lesser degree Leia, Solo, and Chewbacca. ...
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Why didn't Vader execute Piett?
In The Empire Strikes Back Darth Vader has little to no compunction toward executing screw-ups such as Ozzel and Captain Needa, but at the end when the Millennium Falcon escapes to hyperspace despite ...
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Was George Lucas directly involved in creating the non-human characters of Star Wars?
In the original trilogy there are a large number of aliens throughout the film. Now days, the process of creating these creatures is shared by the writers, director as well as art, costume and other ...
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Did the terms of the bounty on Han Solo change between “Star Wars” (1977) and “The Empire Strikes Back” (1980)?
As we know from the seemingly endless retcons of the Han Solo versus Greedo scene in Star Wars (1977) — regardless of who shot first — Greedo seemed to be fine with killing Han to collect the bounty ...
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What was Han searching through when he found where Lando was?
In The Empire Strikes Back we have this exchange between Han and Leia
HAN: Then we've got to find a safe port somewhere around here. Got any ideas?
LEIA: No. Where are we?
HAN: The Anoat ...
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