May 4, 2025
STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) – AFI Movie Club
May the Fourth be with you! Marking 45 years since it first hit theaters and expanded the “galaxy far, far away” introduced three years prior in 1977’s STAR WARS, this first sequel to the beloved space saga deepened the mystique of the story’s iconic and inscrutable avatar of evil – earning Sith Lord Darth Vader...
May 4, 2021
AFI MOVIE CLUB: STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
For his iconic appearance as an inscrutable avatar of evil in this first sequel expanding that “galaxy far, far away,” Darth Vader appeared at #3 on AFI’s ranking of the greatest villains of all-time. STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK features no fewer than three AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – executive producer (and STAR WARS creator) George Lucas, star Harrison Ford and composer John...
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