Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Autor: Ana Carol | Publicado: 2012-06-06T12:58:00-07:00







Plot

Three
years after destroying the&nbsp;Death Star,
the&nbsp;Rebel Alliance&nbsp;has suffered setbacks in their
struggle against the&nbsp;Galactic Empire.&nbsp;Princess Leia&nbsp;now leads a contingent that includes&nbsp;Han Solo&nbsp;and&nbsp;Luke Skywalker&nbsp;in a hidden base on an icy planet of
the&nbsp;Hoth&nbsp;system. A probe&nbsp;droid,
one of many sent by&nbsp;Darth Vaderthroughout
the&nbsp;galaxy&nbsp;in hopes of finding Luke and the other
rebels, lands on Hoth. Luke goes to investigate but is ambushed by a monstrous,
furry&nbsp;wampa. While Han Solo
searches for him, Luke frees himself from the wampa's cave with his&nbsp;lightsaber&nbsp;but soon succumbs to the freezing
temperatures of the snowy wasteland. The&nbsp;spirit&nbsp;of
his late mentor,&nbsp;Obi-Wan Kenobi,
appears before him and instructs him to go to the planet&nbsp;Dagobah&nbsp;to train under&nbsp;Jedi&nbsp;Master&nbsp;Yoda(voiced by&nbsp;Frank Oz). Han manages to
find Luke and uses the warmth of his dead&nbsp;tauntaun&nbsp;mount
to keep him alive while they wait to be rescued.

Just as Luke recovers, the Imperial
fleet, having been alerted to the location of the Rebel base by the probe
droid, launches an attack using gigantic&nbsp;AT-AT Walkers. The Rebels mount a strong
defense, and Luke brings down a walker single-handedly after his fighter is
disabled, but the base is nonetheless captured. Han and Leia escape on the&nbsp;Millennium
Falconwith&nbsp;C-3PO&nbsp;and&nbsp;Chewbacca, but their&nbsp;hyperspace&nbsp;drive malfunctions, and they must hide
in an&nbsp;asteroid field.
Luke escapes with&nbsp;R2-D2&nbsp;in an&nbsp;X-wing&nbsp;fighter and crash lands on Dagobah. He
is soon found by the diminutive Yoda, who at first pretends to be a simple
swamp inhabitant in order to test Luke's patience. After conferring with
Obi-Wan's spirit, Yoda accepts Luke as his pupil.

Han and Leia end their bickering and
grow closer, but their courtship is interrupted when they must flee a giant
asteroid worm. They avoid capture again by attaching the&nbsp;Millennium Falcon&nbsp;directly to the side of a&nbsp;Star Destroyer&nbsp;in Vader's fleet. Frustrated at having
lost them, Vader turns to several notorious&nbsp;bounty hunters,
including&nbsp;Boba Fett&nbsp;(Jeremy Bulloch,
voiced by&nbsp;Jason Wingreen/Temuera Morrison).
Meanwhile, Luke begins a brief period of intensive training, during which his
power in the&nbsp;Force&nbsp;grows exponentially. He suffers a
setback when he fails a test and sees the vision of his own face inside Darth
Vader's helmet. Then he becomes troubled by premonitions of Han and Leia in
pain and leaves to save them, promising to return to complete his training.

Having escaped detection, Han lets his
ship float away with the star destroyer's garbage and sets a course for Cloud
City, a floating gas mining colony in the skies of the planet&nbsp;Bespin.&nbsp;Boba Fett&nbsp;secretly follows the&nbsp;Millennium
Falcon&nbsp;to the planet&nbsp;Bespin&nbsp;and arrives just before Han and Leia.
Bespin is run by Han's old friend&nbsp;Lando Calrissian&nbsp;(Billy Dee Williams), but shortly after
they arrive he turns them over to Vader to prevent the takeover of his city.
Over Lando's objections, Vader uses them as bait to bring Luke into his trap.

Vader intends to hold Luke in&nbsp;suspended animation&nbsp;and selects Han as a test subject for
the process. Leia and Han profess their love, and he is frozen in a block of&nbsp;carbonite. Reneging on his deal with
Lando, Vader gives Han's hibernating form to Boba Fett, who plans to present
this "prize" to&nbsp;Jabba the Hutt.
Lando frees Leia, Chewbacca, and C-3PO, but they are too late to stop Fett from
escaping with Han, forcing them to flee in the&nbsp;Falcon&nbsp;without him.

Meanwhile, Luke has arrived at Cloud
City, as Vader planned. Luke and Vader engage in a lightsaber duel that leads
them over the central air shaft of Cloud City. Vader severs Luke's right hand,
disarming him, and reveals that he is actually Luke's father. Horrified, Luke
refuses Vader's offer to rule&nbsp;the galaxy&nbsp;at his side, choosing instead to throw
himself down the air shaft. He slides through a tube system and is ejected but
catches onto an antenna under the floating city. He makes a desperate
telepathic plea to Leia, who senses it and persuades Lando to return for him.
Its hyperdrive finally repaired by&nbsp;R2-D2, theFalcon&nbsp;escapes. Aboard a Rebel medical
frigate, Luke is fitted with an artificial hand. As Luke, Leia, R2-D2, and
C-3PO look on from the medical center, Lando and Chewbacca set off to rescue
Han.

Cast

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Mark Hamill&nbsp;as&nbsp;Luke Skywalker:
A commander in the Rebel Alliance, leader of the&nbsp;Rogue Squadron,
and&nbsp;Jedi-in-training.
After having a vision of his old mentor&nbsp;Obi-Wan Kenobi,
Luke—along with his droid R2-D2—sets out to find Yoda on Dagobah.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Harrison Ford&nbsp;as&nbsp;Han Solo:
A mercenary smuggler who initially aided the Rebellion in exchange for money
but has since accepted a ranking position within the Rebel Alliance. Although
he intends to leave the rebels to go and pay off a debt to a gangster,&nbsp;Jabba the Hutt,
he is trapped on Hoth by the Imperial blockade.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Carrie Fisher&nbsp;as&nbsp;Princess Leia Organa: A high ranking official
in the Rebellion chain of command.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Billy Dee Williams&nbsp;as&nbsp;Lando Calrissian:
Calrissian is the Baron Administrator of Bespin's Cloud City. He is a long-time
friend of Han Solo and former captain of the&nbsp;Millennium Falcon.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Anthony Daniels&nbsp;as&nbsp;C-3PO: C-3PO is Princess
Leia Organa's protocol droid.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->David Prowse&nbsp;as&nbsp;Darth Vader:
Vader, a&nbsp;Sith Lord&nbsp;and
a loyal agent of&nbsp;Emperor Palpatine, is obsessed with finding Luke Skywalker,
the young rebel who destroyed the Death Star. His search brings him to Hoth,
where he orders the blockade of the ice planet. It is also revealed in the film
that he is actually Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker.&nbsp;James Earl Jones&nbsp;provided
the voice of Darth Vader.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Kenny Baker&nbsp;as&nbsp;R2-D2: R2-D2 is Luke
Skywalker's astromech droid.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Peter Mayhew&nbsp;as&nbsp;Chewbacca:
Chewbacca is Han Solo's&nbsp;Wookiee&nbsp;copilot and close friend.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Frank Oz&nbsp;as&nbsp;Yoda: Yoda is a
self-exiled Jedi Master, who lives on Dagobah.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Jeremy Bulloch&nbsp;as&nbsp;Boba Fett:
A bounty hunter, Fett has gained infamy throughout the galaxy and is hired by
Darth Vader to hunt down the&nbsp;Millennium
Falcon.&nbsp;Jason Wingreen&nbsp;provided
Fett's voice in the original theatrical cut and the 1997 Special Edition of the
film. Bulloch also makes a cameo appearance as the Imperial officer who grabs
Leia when she tells Luke to avoid Vader's trap. In the 2004 special edition,&nbsp;Temuera Morrison,
who played&nbsp;Jango Fett&nbsp;in&nbsp;Attack of the Clone&nbsp;and&nbsp;Commander Cody&nbsp;in&nbsp;Revenge of the Sith,
replaced Wingreen as Fett's voice to create better continuity between the
original and prequel trilogy.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Alec Guinness&nbsp;as&nbsp;Obi-Wan
"Ben" Kenobi: Kenobi was killed by&nbsp;Darth Vader&nbsp;in
the Death Star in&nbsp;A New Hope, but his "death"
allowed him to become one with the Force, giving him the ability to appear as a
spirit and give guidance to his former student, Luke Skywalker.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Denis Lawson&nbsp;as&nbsp;Wedge Antilles:
Wedge is a pilot in the&nbsp;Rebel Alliance,
who flew with Luke Skywalker at the&nbsp;Battle of Yavin.
In the Battle of Hoth, he pilots one of the speeders in the Rogue Squadron and
is the first to bring down an AT-AT. In the&nbsp;closing credits,
as with&nbsp;A New Hope, Denis Lawson's name is misspelled
"Dennis".

<!--[if !supportLists]-->§&nbsp; <!--[endif]-->Clive Revill&nbsp;as
the voice of&nbsp;Emperor Palpatine: Palpatine, the&nbsp;ruler&nbsp;of
the&nbsp;Galactic Empire, is displeased with the
loss of the Death Star and consequently lists the Rebel Alliance as a top
priority for his military forces. He is particularly interested in "the
offspring of Anakin Skywalker", and orders Vader to convert the boy to the&nbsp;dark side of the Force. While Clive Revill
played the voice of the Emperor, Elaine Baker, the wife of&nbsp;Rick Baker, appeared as Palpatine's
physical form in the original theatrical cut and the 1997 Special Edition of
the film with superimposed&nbsp;chimpanzee&nbsp;eyes.[8][9][10]&nbsp;Ian McDiarmid,
who portrayed Palpatine in&nbsp;Return of the Jedi&nbsp;as
well as the&nbsp;prequel trilogy&nbsp;films, replaced both
Baker and Revill as Palpatine in the 2004 DVD version, with filming taking
place during theprincipal photography&nbsp;of&nbsp;Revenge of the Sith.[9][11]

Actor&nbsp;John
Ratzenberger, best known as&nbsp;Cliff Clavin&nbsp;from
the TV series&nbsp;Cheers&nbsp;and the voices of many characters from&nbsp;Pixar's animated films,
has a small part as deck officer Major Bren Derlin. Character actor&nbsp;Treat Williams&nbsp;portrayed
several background characters, including a trooper in the Hoth rebel base and a
trooper in Cloud City.