The best of the original trilogy.

Rating: 10/10 (17 April 1999)

George Lucas' 1977 space saga STAR WARS was supposed to be as good as it could get. Completely flawless movie. The good guys and bad guys were well defined. The young dreamer goes on to save the universe from a fate worse than death, etc...Then, 3 years later, the adventure continued. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK went on to further the adventures of Luke, Han and Leia in their never-ending battle against the Galactic Empire. Considered by many to be the "darkest" chapter of the original trilogy, this film gave us everything we wanted and more. Luke is just learning to temper his Jedi skills, romance FINALLY blooms between Han and Leia, and Chewbacca is still unintelligible as hell. Vader at this point, is stewing over the loss of the defeat at the hands of the Alliance, and will let nothing get in his way of crushing the rebels. This is THE ultimate Star Wars to see. JEDI is still a good movie, but EMPIRE rules.