Star Wars: Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back Movie Cover

Star Wars: Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back

PG, 1980, Disney/Fox

Director:

Irvin Kershner

Starring:

Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, James Earl Jones, Peter Cushing, Billy Dee Williams, Frank Oz

Plot:

After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader and a bounty hunter named Boba Fett all over the galaxy.

1

Luke and Vader begin lightsaber battle

Themes: Experience vs Inexperience, Father-Son, Fighting, Good vs Evil

2

Luke surprised by snow creature

Themes: Hidden Danger, Surprise, Unexpected, Warning

3

Han and Leia try to discuss their feelings

Themes: Feelings, Honesty, Relationships, Romance

4

Han risks life to find Luke

Themes: Bravery, Danger, Friendship, Rescue, Self-Sacrifice

5

Vader quickly executes admiral for failure

Themes: Consequences, Failure, Leadership, Promotion, Responsibility

6

Vader expects results not excuses

Themes: Bosses, Excuses, Expectations, Fear, Pressure

7

Unlikely Jedi Master reveals true identity

Themes: Father-Son, Fear, Hidden, Mentoring, Outward Appearance, Patience, Reveal

8

Luke trusts fear over Yoda's teaching

Themes: Choices, Counsel, Courage, Fear

9

10

After failure, Han makes bold and brilliant move

Themes: Blame, Excuses, Failure, Thinking Fast, Trickery

11

Do, or do not, there is no try

Themes: Faith, Focus, Forgetting the Past, Mentoring, Training, Religion, Works

12

Luke sees troubling future for friends

Themes: Choices, Control, Friendship, Future, Sacrifice, Vision

13

Luke chooses friends over training

Themes: Choices, Commitment, Counsel, Friendship, Helping Others, Temptation

14

Lando betrays his old friend Han

Themes: Betrayal, Confronting Evil, Deception, Hidden Danger, Trap, Trust

15

Vader freezes Han in carbonite

Themes: Friendship, Love, Risk, Romance, Trap

16

Luke and Vader begin epic lightsaber battle

Themes: Competition, Experience vs Inexperience, Fear, Good vs Evil, Spiritual Warfare, Success

17

Vader reveals he is Luke's father

Themes: Defeat, Faith, Father-Son, Horror, Rejection, Reveal, Temptation

18

Luke rescued using Force to contact Leia

Themes: Determination, Friendship, Helping Others, Holy Spirit, Rescue, Sensitivity

19

Film ends with most brutal cliffhanger ever!

Themes: Cruelty, Endurance, Frustration, Mystery, Reality, Unexpected, Worry

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