Empire at 40 | Latest News + Features
"We Could Start on the Ice Planet": Learn How Hoth Came to Be in the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary Special - Exclusive Excerpt
Empire at 40 | Empire Novelizations Through the Years...and Around the World
Empire at 40 | From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back Audiobook Cast Revealed - Exclusive
Empire at 40 | L3-37 and the "Millennium Collective" Run the Falcon in From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back - Exclusive Excerpt
Empire at 40 | The Wonder of A Jedi You Will Be
Empire at 40 | The Evolution of Costumes in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Empire at 40 | Funko Takes Fans to Hoth with New Star Wars Pop! Bobbleheads
Empire at 40 | The LEGO Star Wars "Bespin Duel" Set Celebrates the Moment That Changed Everything
Empire at 40 | 6 Minor Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Characters You Should Know
With the SDCC Exclusive Hot Wheels X-wing, Size Matters Not - Exclusive
Empire at 40 | Teaching with Star Wars: Lando's Choices in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Empire at 40 | How Adam Gidwitz Reimagined Empire for So You Want to be a Jedi?
Empire at 40 | Red and Rogue: The Story of the Rebellion's High-Flying Squadrons
Empire at 40 | The New Vehicles of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Empire at 40 | Revisiting Some of the Many Trips to Hoth in Star Wars Storytelling
Empire at 40 | Bake Boba Fett Banana Bread Muffins for a Bountiful Treat
Empire at 40 | Check Out the Cover of From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
Empire at 40 | 6 Things We Learned from ILM's Live Stream Celebration of Empire at 40
Empire at 40 | The Stories Behind 5 Amazing Matte Paintings from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Empire at 40 | From a Certain Point of View: What's the Best Scene in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back?
Empire at 40 | Great Gifts for Fans of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - UPDATED
Empire at 40 | Teaching with Star Wars: Han's Advice in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Empire at 40 | The Empire Strikes Back Isn't Just the Darkest Star Wars Film. It's Also the Funniest.
Empire at 40 | Why We Love Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Empire at 40 | Some Last-Minute Magic: Changes to the Original Ending of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Empire at 40 | Poll: Who is Your Favorite New Character in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back?
Empire at 40 | Make Boba "Feta" Salad for a Most Impressive Dinner and Movie Night
Poll: What is the Best Scene in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back?
Empire at 40 | Teaching with Star Wars: The Wisdom of "Do. Or Do Not."
Empire at 40 | 7 Little-Known Facts about the Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Empire at 40 | Save Your Spot With This DIY Lobot Bookmark
Empire at 40 | From a Certain Point of View: Was Luke Right to Leave Dagobah with His Training Incomplete?
Empire at 40 | 40 Great Quotes from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Celebrating 40 Years of Empire Featurettes
Celebrating 40 Years of Empire: The Legacy
Celebrating 40 Years of Empire: Behind the Scenes
Empire at 40 | Exclusive Interviews
Empire at 40 | 15 Things We Learned from StarWars.com's Interview Series
Empire at 40 | How Ben Burtt Turned a Bathtub of Raccoons and Industrial Noise into a Star Wars Soundscape
Empire at 40 | Matt Ferguson Discusses the Making of His Incredible Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Poster
Empire at 40 | Snow Walkers, Stop Motion, and Dumpster Lids: An Oral History of the Battle of Hoth
Empire at 40 | George Lucas on Making "Something That Had Never Been Done Before," Again
Empire at 40 | Designing an Icon: Joe Johnston on the Journey to Create Boba Fett
Empire at 40 | "The Most Physically Grueling of Them All": Mark Hamill on Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Empire at 40 | Transmissions from Lucasfilm.com
Defining Moments: "I Am Your Father"
History in Objects: A Postcard from Yoda
ILM Pioneers Remember The Empire Strikes Back
Defining Moments: "I Know"
The Empire Strikes Back: A Lucasfilm Family Album
History in Objects: Dispatches From The Empire Strikes Back
Happy 40th Anniversary, Empire!
On May 21, 1980, The Empire Strikes Back began its 70mm run in 41 theaters in 16 cities.
"When it came time to open Empire, there was tremendous excitement and everybody agreed we should try something that had never been done before. So we opened it at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles at midnight—and then kept running it without stopping for one full day."
- Sid Ganis (Vice President: Publicity, Lucasfilm)
Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back - Opening Crawl
Do. Or do not.
Arriving on Dagobah
Attack on Echo Base
Carbon-Freeze
Chewbacca Repairs Threepio
Cloud City Escape
He Seems Very Friendly
He's No Good to Me Dead
He's Only a Wookiee
I Am Your Father
It's Not My Fault
Luke Meets Yoda
Never Tell Me the Odds
No Disintegrations
No I Will Not Be Quiet
Ol' Smoothie
Put Captain Solo in the Cargo Hold
R2-D2's Helping Hand
Size Matters Not
You're Trembling
You Are Not a Jedi Yet
Leia Briefs Pilots on Hoth
Luke vs. The Wampa
You May Start Your Landing
We're In Trouble
Mynocks
Escape from Echo Base
For My Ally Is The Force
Time Capsule: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Ben Burtt Interview: The Challenge of The Empire Strikes Back
Empire Featurette: How Walkers Walk
Ben Burtt Interview: The Imperial Walkers
Ben Burtt Interview: Chewbacca's Voice
Sound Advice: An Interview with Ben Burtt
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Lightsabers
Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Explosions in Star Wars
Ben Burtt Interview: The Sound of Darth Vader
Industrial Light & Magic Presents: Empire at 40
A conversation with effects legends Dennis Muren, Joe Johnston, Phil Tippett, & Lorne Peterson. Live streaming today at 4:00PM PDT.
Ralph McQuarrie: Tribute to a Master
Ralph McQuarrie: Tribute to a Master (Part 1)
The Empire Strikes Back - Ralph McQuarrie Gallery
StarWars.com presents a selection of production artwork produced by the legendary Ralph McQuarrie for The Empire Strikes Back.
The Empire Strikes Back - Story Gallery
The story of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
The Empire Strikes Back - Concept Art Gallery
A selection of concept art from the production of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
The Empire Strikes Back - BTS Gallery
Behind the scenes stills from the production of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
Star Wars: Frames - The Empire Strikes Back
After George Lucas finished work on Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, he wanted to look back on the Star Wars saga with an entirely new point of view: isolating stills, or frames, from each of the first six Star Wars films, focusing on them intensely as works of photography and design, and reproducing them in a book. For two years Lucas went through more than 150,000 frames per film, editing more than 1 million frames down to the 1,416 images that now comprise the Star Wars: Frames book, a testament to the hard work, craftsmanship, and dedication evident in every frame of the Original and Prequel Trilogy films. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, we proudly present the Star Wars: Frames images from that film here. Star Wars: Frames, by George Lucas (c) Abrams Books, 2013.