Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Movie · Sci-Fi · Fantasy

Taking the saga to the furthest reaches of hyperspace, the second chapter of George Lucas's space odyssey sees Luke Skywalker plunge into battle on the ice planet of Hoth before resuming his Jedi training under the eye of the deceptive ancient master Yoda. But as Darth Vader and the Empire regroups, loyalty and trust are in short supply... as Han Solo (Harrison Ford) discovers on the floating city of Bespin. The Force continues to grow stronger in a breath-taking sequel that boasts one of the biggest climactic revelations in movie history.

1980 · 2h 7m
  • 93%
Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Director Irvin Kershner

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Cast & Crew

  • Mark Hamill
    Luke Skywalker
  • Harrison Ford
    Han Solo
  • Carrie Fisher
    Princess Leia
  • David Prowse
    Darth Vader
  • Billy Dee Williams
    Lando Calrissian
  • Anthony Daniels
    C-3PO
  • Kenny Baker
    R2-D2
  • Peter Mayhew
    Chewbacca
  • Alec Guinness
    Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
  • Kenneth Colley
    Admiral Piett
  • Julian Glover
    General Veers

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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

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Taking the saga to the furthest reaches of hyperspace, the second chapter of George Lucas's space odyssey sees Luke Skywalker plunge into battle on the ice planet of Hoth before resuming his Jedi training under the eye of the deceptive ancient master Yoda. But as Darth Vader and the Empire regroups, loyalty and trust are in short supply... as Han Solo (Harrison Ford) discovers on the floating city of Bespin. The Force continues to grow stronger in a breath-taking sequel that boasts one of the biggest climactic revelations in movie history.

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Studio
Lucasfilm
Released
1980
Run Time
2 hr 7 min
Rated
U
Regions of Origin
United Kingdom, United States
© 1980 Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
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English (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, ⁨Dolby 7.1 Plus⁩, Dolby Atmos), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

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English (CC), Arabic , Bulgarian , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Traditional , Croatian , Danish , Dutch , Estonian , Finnish , French (France) , Greek , Hebrew , Icelandic , Indonesian , Korean , Latvian , Lithuanian , Malay , Norwegian , Portuguese (Portugal) , Romanian , Slovenian , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish , Ukrainian , Vietnamese

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.
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