The best of the entire series

Rating: 10/10 (28 August 2003)

I remember seeing this classic movie as a kid. I loved it then, and now that I am grown up and know a bit more about movies (and have seen many more of them), I love this movie even more.
Where Star Wars: A New Hope was a movie that introduced the main characters of the first trilogy, Empire is the movie that really gets into the meat of the story. Luke trains with Yoda to become a Jedi, the others (Han, Leia and C3PO) are chased by the evil empire, and of course Luke finds out that Darth Vader (the BEST villan in the history of the movies) is his father.

This is also the movie where George Lucas was free to do just about anything he wanted with his special effects. And, it REALLY shows in this movie. The scenes on Hoth with the Imperial Walkers are very cool even by today's standards. The asteroids and space battles are much better than in A New Hope, much more refined. Just about everything in this movie effects wise is an improvement on A New Hope.
I love all three of the first trilogy. I even like episodes 1 and 2 (although they both pale in comparison). However, this is by far the best of EITHER of the series. Let's just hope that episode 3 lives up to the greatness of this great movie series.