Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back

Release Date: May 21, 1980 (original); February 21, 1997 (Special Edition)

Synopsis: (3 years after Episode IV) Three years after the destruction of the Death Star, Imperial forces continue to pursue the Rebels. After the Rebellion's defeat on the ice planet Hoth, Luke journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi Master Yoda, who has lived in hiding since the fall of the Republic. In an attempt to convert Luke to the dark side, Darth Vader lures young Skywalker into a trap in the Cloud City of Bespin. In the midst of a fierce lightsaber duel with the Sith Lord, Luke faces the startling revelation that the evil Vader is in fact his father, Anakin Skywalker.

Opening Crawl:

It is a dark time for the
Rebellion. Although the Death
Star has been destroyed,
Imperial troops have driven the
Rebel forces from their hidden
base and pursued them across
the galaxy.

Evading the dreaded Imperial
Starfleet, a group of freedom
fighters led by Luke Skywalker
have established a new secret
base on the remote ice world
of Hoth.

The evil lord Darth Vader,
obsessed with finding young
Skywalker, has dispatched
thousands of remote probes into
the far reaches of space....

Awards: Academy Award Winner: Best Sound, Special Achievement in Visual Effects. Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Original Score.

BAFTA Award Winner: Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music. BAFTA Nominee: Best Production Design/Art Direction, Best Sound.

Golden Globe Nominee: Best Original Score.

Saturn Award Winner: Best Director, Best Science Fiction Film, Best Special Effects. Saturn Award Nominee: Best Costumes, Best Music, Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing.

Cast
Luke Skywalker
Mark Hamill
Han Solo
Harrison Ford
Princess Leia Organa
Carrie Fisher
Lando Calrissian
Billy Dee Williams
See Threepio (C-3PO)
Anthony Daniels
Darth Vader
David Prowse
Chewbacca
Peter Mayhew
Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
Kenny Baker
Yoda
Frank Oz
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
Alec Guinness
Boba Fett
Jeremy Bulloch
Lando's Aide
John Hollis
Chief Ugnaught
Jack Purvis
Snow Creature
Des Webb
Performing Assistant For Yoda
Kathryn Mullen
Voice Of Emperor
Clive Revill
Admiral Piett
Kenneth Colley
General Veers
Julian Glover
Admiral Ozzel
Michael Sheard
Captain Needa
Michael Culver
Imperial Officers
John Dicks
Milton Johns
Mark Jones
Oliver Maguire
General Rieekan
Bruce Boa
Zev (Rogue 2)
Christopher Malcom
Wedge (Rogue 3)
Denis Lawson
Hobbie (Rogue 4)
Richard Oldfield
Dak (Luke's Gunner)
John Morton
Janson (Wedge's Gunner)
Ian Liston
Major Derlin
John Ratzenberger
Deck Lieutenant
Jack Mckenzie
Head Controller
Jerry Harte
Rebel Officers
Norman Chancer
Norwich Duff
Ray Hassett
Brigitte Kahn
Burnell Tucker

Crew
Directed By
Irvin Kershner
Produced By
Gary Kurtz
Screenplay By
Leigh Brackett
Lawrence Kasdan
Story By
George Lucas
Executive Producer
George Lucas
Production Designer
Norman Reynolds
Director Of Photography
Peter Suschitzky B.S.C.
Edited By
Paul Hirsch A.C.E.
Special Visual Effects
Brian Johnson
Richard Edlund
Music By
John Williams
Performed By
The London Symphony Orchestra

Original Music Copyright 1980
Fox Fanfare Music Inc. / Bantha Music
Associate Producers
Robert Watts
James Bloom
Design Consultant And Conceptual Artist
Ralph McQuarrie
Art Directors
Leslie Dilley
Harry Lange
Alan Tomkins
Set Decorator
Michael Ford
Construction Manager
Bill Welch
Assistant Art Directors
Michael Lamont
Fred Hole
Sketch Artist
Ivor Beddoes
Draftsmen
Ted Ambrose
Michael Boone
Reg Bream
Steve Cooper
Richard Dawking
Modellers
Fred Evans
Allan Moss
Jan Stevens
Chief Buyer
Edward Rodrigo
Construction Storeman
Dave Middleton
Operating Cameramen
Kelvin Pike
David Garfath
Assistant Cameramen
Maurice Arnold
Chris Tanner
Second Assistant Cameramen
Peter Robinson
Madelyn Most
Dolly Grips
Dennis Lewis
Brian Osborn
Matte Photography Consultant
Stanley Sayer, B.S.C.
Gaffer
Laurie Shane
Rigging Gaffer
John Clark

Lighting Equipment And Crew From Lee Electric
Make-Up And Special Creature Design
Stuart Freeborn
Chief Make-Up Artist
Graham Freeborn
Make-Up Artists
Kay Freeborn
Nick Maley
Chief Hairdresser
Barbara Ritchie
Yoda Fabrication
Wendy Midener
Costume Designer
John Mollo
Wardrobe Supervisor
Tiny Nicholls
Wardrobe Mistress
Eileen Sullivan
Property Master
Frank Bruton
Property Supervisor
Charles Torbett
Property Dressing Supervisor
Joe Dipple
Head Carpenter
George Gunning
Head Plasterer
Bert Rodwell
Head Rigger
Red Lawrence
Sound Design And Supervising
Sound Effects Editor
Ben Burtt
Sound Editors
Richard Burrow
Teresa Eckton
Bonnie Koehler
Production Sound
Peter Sutton
Sound Boom Operator
Don Wortham
Production Maintenance
Ron Butcher
Re-Recording
Bill Varney
Steve Maslow
Gregg Landaker
Music Recording
Eric Tomlinson
Orchestrations
Herbert W. Spencer
Supervising Music Editor
Kenneth Wannberg
Assistant Film Editors
Duwayne Dunham
Phil Sanderson
Barbara Ellis
Steve Starkey
Paul Tomlinson
Dialogue Editors
Curt Schulkey
Leslie Shatz
Joanne D'antonio
Optical Coordinator
Roberta Friedman
Assistant Sound Editors
John Benson
Joanne Cappuccilli
Ken Fischer
Craig Jaeger
Nancy Jencks
Laurel Ladevich
Foley Editors
Robert Rutledge
Scott Hecker
Foley Assistants
Edward M. Steidele
John Roesh
Sound Effects Recording
Randy Thom
Recording Technicians
Gary Summers
Howie
Kevin O'connell
Production Supervisor
Bruce Sharman
Assistant Production Manager
Patricia Carr
Production Coordinator
Miki Herman
First Assistant Director
David Tomblin
Second Assistant Directors
Steve Lanning
Roy Button
Location Manager
Philip Kohler
Continuity
Kay Rawlings
Pamela Mann
Casting
Irene Lamb
Terry Liebling
Bob Edmiston
Assistant To Producer
Bunny Alsup
Assistant To Director
Debbie Shaw
Assistant To Executive Producer
Jane Bay
Production Assistants
Barbara Harley
Nick Laws
Charles Wessler
Stunt Coordinator
Peter Diamond
Stunt Doubles
Bob Anderson
Colin Skeaping
Production Accountant
Ron Phipps
Assistant Accountant
Michael Larkins
Set Cost-Controller
Ken Gordon
Location Accountant
Ron Cook
Still Photographer
George Whitear
Unit Publicist
Alan Arnold
Assistant Publicist
Kirsten Wing


Studio Second Unit
Directors
Harley Cokliss
John Barry
Director Of Photography
Chris Menges
Assistant Director
Dominic Fulford
Second Assistant Director
Andrew Montgomery


Location Second Unit
Director
Peter Macdonald
Director Of Photography
Geoff Glover
Operating Cameraman
Bob Smith
Assistant Cameramen
John Campbell
Mike Brewster
Second Assistant Cameramen
John Keen
Greg Dupre
Dolly Grip
Frank Batt
Production Manager
Svein Johansen
Assistant Directors
Bill Westley
Ola Solum


Production And Mechanical Effects Unit
Mechanical Effects Supervision
Nick Allder
Location Unit Supervisor
Allan Bryce
Senior Effects Technician
Neil Swan
Dave Watkins
Robot Fabrication And Supervision
Andrew Kelly
Ron Hone
Effects Technicians
Phil Knowles
Barry Whitrod
Martin Gant
Brian Eke
Guy Hudson
Dennis Lowe
Effects Engineering
Roger Nicholls
Steve Lloyd
Electrical Engineer
John Hatt
Electronics Consultant
Rob Dickinson
Model Construction
John Pakenham
Effects Assistants
Alan Poole
Digby Milner
Robert McLaren
Effects Secretary
Gill Case


Minature And Optical Effects Unit
Effects DirectorOf Photography
Dennis Muren
Effects Cameramen
Ken Ralston
Jim Veilleux
Camera Operators
Don Dow
Bill Neil
Assistant Cameramen
Selwyn Eddy
Jody Westheimer
Rick Fighter
Clint Palmer
Michael McAlister
Paul Huston
Richard Fish
Chris Anderson
Optical Photography Supervisor
Bruce Nicholson
Optical Printer Operators
David Berry
Kenneth Smith
Donald Clark
Optical Line-Up
Warren Franklin
Mark Vargo
Peter Amundson
Loring Doyle
Thomas Rosseter
Tam Pillsbury
James Lim
Optical Coordinator
Laurie Vermont
Laboratory Technicians
Tim Geideman
Duncan Myers
Ed Jones
Art Director-Visual Effects
Joe Johnston
Assistant Art Director
Nilo Rodis-Jamero
Stop Motion Animation
Jon Berg
Phil Tippett
Stop Motion Technicians
Tom St. Amand
Doug Beswick
Matte Painting Supervisor
Harrison Ellenshaw
Matte Artists
Ralph McQuarrie
Michael Pangrazio
Matte Photography
Neil Krepela
Additional Matte Photography
Michael Lawler
Matte Photography Assistants
Craig Barron
Robert Elswit
Chief Model Maker
Lorne Peterson
Modelshop Foreman
Steve Gawley
Model Makers
Paul Huston
Tom Rudduck
Michael Fulmer
Samuel Zolltheis
Charles Bailey
Ease Owyeung
Scott Marshall
Marc Thorpe
Wesley Seeds
Dave Carson
Rob Gemmel
Pat McClung
Animation And Rotoscope Supervisor
Peter Kuran
Animators
Samuel Comstock
Garry Waller
John Van Vliet
Rick Taylor
Kim Knowlton
Chris Casady
Nina Saxon
Diana Wilson
Visual Effects Editorial Supervisor
Conrad Buff
Effects Editor
Michael Kelly
Assistant Effects Editors
Arthur Repola
Howard Stein
Apprentice Editor
Jon Thaler
Production Administrator
Dick Gallegly
Production Secretary
Patricia Blau
Production Associate
Thomas Brown
Production Accountant
Ray Scalice
Assistant Accountant
Glenn Phillips
Pam Traas
Laura Crockett
Production Assistant
Jenny Oznowicz
Transportation
Robert Martin
Still Photographer
Terry Chostner
Lab Assistant
Roberto McGrath
Electronics Systems Designer
Jerry Jeffress
Systems Programming
Kris Brown
Electronic Engineers
Lhary Meyer
Mike Mackenzie
Gary Leo
Special Project Coordinator
Stuart Ziff
Equipment Engineering Supervisor
Gene Whiteman
Design Engineer
Mike Bolles
Machinists
Udo Pampel
Greg Beaumonte
Draftsman
Ed Tennler
Special Projects
Gary Platek
Supervising Stage Technician
T.E. Moehnke
Stage Technicians
William Beck
Bobby Finley
Leo Loverro
Edward Hirsh
Dick Dova
Ed Breed
Miniature Pyrotechnics
Joseph Viskocil
Dave Pier
Thaine Morris
Optical Printer Component Manufacturer
George Randle Co.
Camera And Movement Design
Jim Beaumonte
Special Optics Designer
David Grafton
Special Optics Fabrication
J.L. Wood Optical Systems
Optical Printer Component Engineering
Fries Engineering
High Speed Camera Movements
Mitchell Camera Corp.
Ultra High Speed Camera
Bruce Hill Productions
Color Timer
Ed Lemke
Negative Cutting
Robert Hart
Darrell Hixson
Dolby Consultant
Don Digirolamo
Additional Optical Effects
Van Der Veer Photo Effects
Modern Film Effects
Ray Mercer & Company
Westheimer Company
Lookout Mountain Films

Special Edition Crew
Producer
Rick McCallum
Editor
T.M. Christopher
Sound Designer
Ben Burtt
Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Summers
First Assistant Editor
Samuel Hinckley
Assistant Editor
Robert Marty
Assistant Avid Editors
Mike Jackson
Robin Lee
Sound Editor
Teresa Eckton
Assistant Sound Editor
Lisa Storer
Re-Recordist
Ronald G. Roumas
Digital Mix Technician
Gary A. Rizzo
Archivist
Tim Fox
Optical Supervisors
Phillip Feiner
Chris Bushman
Film Restoration Supervisor
Pete Comandini
Color Timer
Robert J. Raring
Negative Continuity
Ray Sabo
Negative Cutter
Bob Hart

Special Edition Digital Remastering Provided By
Skywalker Sound A Lucas Digital Ltd. Company
Film Restoration Consultant
Leon Briggs
Optical Restoration
Pacific Title
Film Restoration By
Ycm Laboratories

Industrial Light And Magic
Visual Effects Supervisor
Dave Carson
Visual Effects Producer
Tom Kennedy
Computer Graphics Supervisor
Tom Hutchinson
Visual Effects Art Director
George Hull
Visual Effects Editor
Michael McGovern
Color Timing Supervisor
Bruce Vecchitto
Visual Effects Coordinator
Lisa Todd
Digital Effects Artists
Don Butler
Michael Conte
Howard Gersh
Marshall Krasser
Tia Marshall
Stuart Maschwitz
Julie Neary
Ken Nielsen
Eddie Pasquarello
Ricardo Ramos
Tom Rosseter
Lawrence Tan
Paul Theren
Hans Uhlig
Li-Hsein Wei
Ron Woodall
Digital Matte Artists
Ronn Brown
Eric Chauvin
Brian Flora
William Mather
3d Matchmove Artist
James Hagedorn
Digital Paint & Roto Artists
Lisa Drostova
Heidi Zabit
Chief Creature Maker
Howie Weed
Model & Creature Makers
Carol Bauman
Don Bies
Giovanni Donovan
Wendy Morton
Anne Polland
Mark Siegel
Steven Walton
Sabre Group Supervisor
Daniel McNamara
Sabre Artists
Rita Zimmerman
Chad Taylor
Mary McCulloch
Grant Guenin
Caitlin Content
Software Research And Development
David Benson
Jim Hourihan
Zoran Kacic-Alesic
Florian Kainz
Jeff Yost
Digital Scanning Supervisor
Joshua Pines
Digital Scanning Operators
Randall Bean
Michael Ellis
Earl Beyer
Negative Supervisor
Doug Jones
Negative Line-Up
Andrea Biklian
Tim Geideman
Projectionist
Tim Greenwood
Digital Plate Restoration
Melissa Monterrosa
Mike Van Eps
Wendy Hendrickson
Assistant Visual Effects Art Director
Alex Laurant
Assistant Visual Effects Editor
John Bartle
Video Editor
Angela Leaper
Animatic Artist
Jonathan Rothbart
Digital Effects Technical Assistants
Okan Ataman
Peter Chesloff
Joshua Levine
Dawn Matheson
Daniel Shumaker
Digital Effects Resource Assistant
Daniel Brimer
Visual Effects Production Staff
Julie Creighton
Joshua Marks
Video Assistants
Dawn Martin
Wendy Bell
Production Engineering
Ken Beyer
Ken Corvino
Gary Meyer

Aerial Camera System By Wesscam Camera Systems (Europe)
Aerial Cameraman
Ron Goodman
Assistant
Margaret Herron
Helicopter Supplied By Dollar Air Services Limited
Pilot
Mark Wolfe

Cloud Plates Photographed With
Astrovision(c) By Continental Camera Systems Inc.

Snow Vehicles Supplied By
Aktiv Fischer

R2 Bodies Fabricated By
White Horse Toy Company

Special Assistance From
Giltspur Engineering And Compair

Photographed On The Hardengerjekulan Glacier, Finse, Norway
And At Emi - Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England

Music Recorded At
Anvil Studios, Denham, England

Re-Recording At
Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Los Angeles, California

Special Visual Effects Produced At
Industrial Light And Magic, Marin County, California
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