Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back is, perhaps, one of the greatest science fiction movies ever made. The movie has something for everyone. Love, revenge, drama, and mystique. For people that need somewhere safe to retreat to when the world gets too hard to deal with, don't forget about episode five.
There are many different reasons why this is one of the best science fiction movies made. There is such a journey to go on for the viewer. Starting out on the ice planet Hoth where a ragtag band of rebels is struggling to survive as they hope the Empire will not be able to track them down and eventually ending up on a city in the clouds.
Of course, it wouldn't be much of a movie if they just hung out on some random planet the whole time, so they are found pretty quickly. The battle that ensures is a spectacular battle. The rebels are so over powered that there whole strategy is simply to try to keep the Empire out of the base long enough to evacuate it. The rebellion is still pretty small at this point, so running away is really the only answer. When the viewer sees how much of a ragtag group the rebels are and how hard they have to fight just to try to stay a step ahead of the Empire, it is easy to see that the rebellion is still just a pipe dream. At this point it seems like there is no way these people can win against such an overwhelming force.
After barely escaping, the main characters decide to split up. Luke goes to find Yoda, who is going to train him in the ways of the force. The training that takes place is some of the best examples of just how in over his head Luke was. He really had no idea what he was supposed to be doing.
While Luke struggles with his destiny, the rest of the characters are on the run from the Empire more directly. They are stuck in an asteroid field, trying to evade a fleet of ships that has nothing better to do than spend however long it takes trying to take out Han and Leia and Chewie.
The movie ends when all the characters make their way to Cloud City. There Luke learns that Darth Vader is actually his father. But even though they all fought and were captured for the sake of trying to further the rebellion, and even though Luke gets some of the worst news of his life, no one really ends up winning. They fight only so that they can live to fight another day.
The whole movie is about one small group that is so relentlessly pursued it is nearly ridiculous. The only way for them to win is to not die, or get captured. And not all of them win, as Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett.
In the modern world we can see this happening from time to time. Smaller groups pull of a somewhat large military strike, and then immediately have to escape and evade, sometimes for years, as the people they just pissed off are coming after them. The stories that usually aren't told are the stories of the people who are on the run. There is great drama to be found in running away.
Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back ends in a dark place. No one really knows that everything is going to be okay. There is an assumption, perhaps, that the last movie will resolve all those issues, but at the time of the last movie the only bright spot is that they seem to have regrouped with the rest of the rebel fleet. From there it seems like it is going to be a long way off to actually defeat the Empire and its seemingly endless resources.
There are many different reasons why this is one of the best science fiction movies made. There is such a journey to go on for the viewer. Starting out on the ice planet Hoth where a ragtag band of rebels is struggling to survive as they hope the Empire will not be able to track them down and eventually ending up on a city in the clouds.
Of course, it wouldn't be much of a movie if they just hung out on some random planet the whole time, so they are found pretty quickly. The battle that ensures is a spectacular battle. The rebels are so over powered that there whole strategy is simply to try to keep the Empire out of the base long enough to evacuate it. The rebellion is still pretty small at this point, so running away is really the only answer. When the viewer sees how much of a ragtag group the rebels are and how hard they have to fight just to try to stay a step ahead of the Empire, it is easy to see that the rebellion is still just a pipe dream. At this point it seems like there is no way these people can win against such an overwhelming force.
After barely escaping, the main characters decide to split up. Luke goes to find Yoda, who is going to train him in the ways of the force. The training that takes place is some of the best examples of just how in over his head Luke was. He really had no idea what he was supposed to be doing.
While Luke struggles with his destiny, the rest of the characters are on the run from the Empire more directly. They are stuck in an asteroid field, trying to evade a fleet of ships that has nothing better to do than spend however long it takes trying to take out Han and Leia and Chewie.
The movie ends when all the characters make their way to Cloud City. There Luke learns that Darth Vader is actually his father. But even though they all fought and were captured for the sake of trying to further the rebellion, and even though Luke gets some of the worst news of his life, no one really ends up winning. They fight only so that they can live to fight another day.
The whole movie is about one small group that is so relentlessly pursued it is nearly ridiculous. The only way for them to win is to not die, or get captured. And not all of them win, as Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett.
In the modern world we can see this happening from time to time. Smaller groups pull of a somewhat large military strike, and then immediately have to escape and evade, sometimes for years, as the people they just pissed off are coming after them. The stories that usually aren't told are the stories of the people who are on the run. There is great drama to be found in running away.
Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back ends in a dark place. No one really knows that everything is going to be okay. There is an assumption, perhaps, that the last movie will resolve all those issues, but at the time of the last movie the only bright spot is that they seem to have regrouped with the rest of the rebel fleet. From there it seems like it is going to be a long way off to actually defeat the Empire and its seemingly endless resources.
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