Definitely the best film in the Star Wars Trilogy

Rating: Null/10 (12 March 1999)

The thing I like about 'The Empire Strikes Back' is that it's not formulaic in the Hollywood tradition. In 'Star Wars' no sooner had they destroyed the Death Star, they were awarding each other medals. Too neat, I think. Life is never that simple. In the sequel we have a reality check in no uncertain terms:The Alliance got thrashed;the hero had a hand lopped off and his best buddy was reduced to an ice cube. To cap it all, the hero's pop is revealed as a bit of a bad lad-setting Luke up for a conflict of duty and emotion in the final film. All in all, a Lucas tour de force (pun intended).