Cinematic background from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980 - The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Directors:
Irvin Kershner
Writers:
Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas
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Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person wearing a white shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An image of a city in the middle of the night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A couple of people that are holding light sabers; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man holding a gun while sitting on the ground; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A young man is looking into the distance; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man in a gold suit standing in the snow; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An airplane that is sitting in the water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An image of a robot in a room with a city in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man in a fighter jet cockpit wearing a helmet; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A group of people standing around in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A darth vader in a cave in the snow; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A group of people standing in a room with windows; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A view of the sky from a plane window at sunset; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A young man in a star wars helmet; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A darth vader statue in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A young man with wet hair is standing in front of a tree; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person hanging from a rope in the middle of a room; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man in a fighter pilot's helmet looking out the window of an airplane; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man standing on a stage in a spaceship; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man wearing a helmet in a space suit; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A young girl with braids looking up at the sky; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – Darth vader standing on the stairs in a dark room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An image of a star wars character sitting on the ground; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person with a mustache; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A group of people standing in front of a large window; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man in a darth vader costume standing in front of other men; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A view from inside an airplane of a cloudy sky; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man in a costume standing in front of a screen; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An older man with a gray beard wearing a robe; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A young man stares into the distance in front of a staircase; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person wearing a helmet; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An image of an airplane flying in the sky at night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An image of a scene in star wars the force awakens; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man standing in the middle of the ocean looking at an airplane wreck; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An image of an emperor palpatine from star wars; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A couple of people standing next to each other in front of a wall; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man standing in the dark in front of a tree; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – People are standing in a large city at sunset; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An image of an image of a scene in the woods; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A view of a city from the ground up; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An image of an alien spaceship flying in the sky; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A group of people standing inside of an airplane; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A bald man wearing headphones in front of a wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A group of people standing around a fire pit; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man holding a light saber while standing next to another man; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man wearing a uniform and a hat is standing up; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A young woman is looking into the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A woman looking at a man in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man and a man with headphones in front of a wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man sitting in a chair in a room with a star wars theme; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An image of a star wars character; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A group of people walking up stairs in a dark room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man kneeling down next to another man; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An image of an airplane flying in the sky; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A group of people standing on top of a snow covered slope; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – The interior of a star wars ship with the cockpit; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man in a metallic suit standing in front of a building; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – Two people hugging each other while one of them is wrapped in a blanket; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – Two men talking to each other in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man laying on the ground in the dirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person is standing in a tunnel looking up; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A young man with wet hair looking into the distance; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A group of people inside of an airplane; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A group of people sitting inside of an airplane; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An image of a man that is dressed like yoda; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man and a woman standing next to each other in front of a wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A group of people inside of a space ship; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – Two people standing next to each other in a room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – An r 2 - d 2 is standing in the middle of a forest; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man standing on a platform in a space station; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person wearing a uniform; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A view of a building from the inside of it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person wearing a shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person holding onto a pole in front of a red sky; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A young man is holding a light saber in his hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A woman and a young man are posing for a picture; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A young man is standing in front of a tree; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person wearing a helmet in a cockpit of an airplane; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A group of star wars characters standing in front of a building; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person wearing a pilot's helmet in the cockpit of an airplane; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man in a uniform standing in front of a space ship; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man is sitting next to an iron man robot; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – The face of a person wearing a metal helmet; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man hanging upside down in the snow; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man is holding a light saber in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man standing in front of a screen with a robot; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A woman sitting in a chair next to an iron man robot; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man holding a light saber in a dark room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man standing in front of a table with a darth vader and a stormtrooper; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – Two people standing next to each other in front of a wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man holding a lightsaber while standing in front of a building; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A view from inside an airplane looking out a window; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A fighter jet sitting on top of an airport runway; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A young man's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A person wearing goggles with a chewbacca behind him; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner – A man is holding a light saber in the dark; Wide shot, High angle