Summary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - November 27, 2012

The Empire Strikes Back, motion picture about the adventures of Luke Skywalker and his space-age swashbuckling friends, continuing the story from the film Star Wars (1977). Released in 1980, this Academy Award-winning hit film was the second to be released in the six-episode series of Star Wars movies. The movie features Skywalker (played by Mark Hamill) traveling to a distant planet to learn more about his mystical Jedi powers from a diminutive teacher named Yoda (a puppet voiced by Frank Oz). Meanwhile, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) evade the forces of Darth Vader and the evil empire and hide out with Solo’s disreputable friend Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams). Sensing that his friends are in trouble, Skywalker leaves his training with Yoda and goes to Calrissian’s Cloud City to help his friends, falling into a trap set by Vader.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - 30th Anniversary Trailer