The best film sequel and the best Star Wars film as well!

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2016)

Yes this is the best that I believe Star Wars has to offer and this has to be the best movie sequel ever made as well, improving whereto original had already knocked it out of the park.
Irvin Kershner at the time was an interesting choice as the director to the sequel of on of the biggest movies ever made, but what a fantastic choice is was. The reason why choosing Kershner as director was so brilliant was because of his background in film making. His films were much character driven with lots of emotion and heart to them, nothing that twas at the scale of Star Wars . Characters are ultimately what make Star Wars so great, its the attention to detail, wit, charm and interactions that make them so enjoyable to watch. Irvin not only delivers on this he excels and produces a Star Wars film that no one could have predicted. This film has such a good contrast between the shots in this film, however neither one carries the film more than the other. From the huge opening on Hoth to the more intimate moments between Han and Leia this never misses a beat.
Next the story which is much much darker than the original film, and doesn't it work brilliantly with the subject matter at hand. The story has the rebellion on the run from there victory against the death star and they have been chased across the galaxy, the desolate world shows how desperate the rebels are. The story does has a lot of these small things that add up to one big overall theme of desperation and fear that holds you throughout the film. Which adds to the tension that know of the characters are safe form danger and that any one of them could killed any minute, fantastic tension builder. More broadly this film is dark,complex,interesting and rich. Not only does this film hit its infamous special effect action scenes but also knocks out of the park its emotion story line as well, a truly iconic film and story.
If you thought that the groundbreaking special effects in Star Wars were amazing the sequel to that film somehow managed to better it. The opening battle on Hoth is one of cinemas greatest openings to a film and never lets down. The effects still to this day hold up and are a thrill to watch, it really shows the scope of this film. Ever single effect in this film doesn't look out of this place and adds an element of wonder at times and also horror, which is extremely effective in the scenes.
There are two final positives of the film, firstly the performances in the film are brilliant. Needless to say that all of the returning cast are really good and also build on their characters from the first film. Not surprising there are two characters that have more of an impact in this film than others and those characters are Luke and Vader. From the training with Yoda to the showdown with Vader at the end of the film, Mark Hamill delivers a more mature aspect to the character who is ready to make the transition from rebel to Jedi. He also shows the physicality to match the change as well never showing physical weakness throughout the film. Vader, in the first film he was just the villain of the film and not much more. This film however elevates Vader to a new level and shows much more depth to the character that he was missing in the first film. He is everything he is in the first and more much much more. Oh yeah and he is Luke's father.......Oh spoiler alert for If you've been living under a rock, to be fair if you watch films 1 to 6 you already know that anyway before you reach 5. The film positive is once again the score by John Williams which is perfection, the score in this film adds so much in every scene no matter how small or big the scene is there is always a memorable theme to it through the score.
Finally this film is the best Star Wars film and in my opinion wouldn't ever be beaten, 90 out of 100% a true icon of cinema and the best sequel in history. Director,story actors,effects and score are all at there top of their game none of them fault at once, true greatness!