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= Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan =

"Were I to invoke logic, logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."

- Spock

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 science fiction film, and the the second entry in the Star Trek film series. It was directed my Nicholas Meyer and had its script written by Harve Bennett and Jack B. Sowards. It is the sequel to the original series episode "Space Seed". The film was released to being a financial success and received much more positive reception than the previous film in the series. It is considered by many to be the best film in the franchise along with Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek (2009). Afterword, four more films staring the original series cast were made, while the first two other films called Star Trek III: The Search For Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home continue this film's story arc.

Plot
Twelve years after the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Admiral James T. Kirk has returned to working at a desk job, with the USS Enterprise now relegated to being a Starfleet Academy training vessel under the command of Spock, who along with several of Kirk's former crew are now instructors at the academy. Meanwhile, the USS Reliant, on which former Enterprise crewman Pavel Chekov is now serving as first officer, unwittingly stumbles across the planet Ceti Alpha V, where the insane genetically-engineered superhuman Khan Noonien Singh was exiled nearly two decades prior. Using parasites, Khan takes control of Chekov's and his captain's minds, and discovers that the Reliant is part of Project Genesis, an attempt to create a device capable of transforming dead planets into habitable worlds within minutes. When the Enterprise sets off on a training cruise under Kirk's supervision, the admiral gets a call from his former partner and the Project Genesis leader, Dr. Carol Marcus, who claims that someone is trying to take the device away from them. Kirk assumes command of the Enterprise, setting him on a collision course with Khan, who with his followers has taken control of the Reliant and intends to get revenge on Kirk.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It is a huge improvement over the previous film in the series (Star Trek: The Motion Picture), as it has a completely different feel than the previous film. The first film in the series had received mixed reviews for being way to boring, having a lot of incredibly long scenes of camera pans and zooms of ships and many reaction shots of the characters reacting to what was happening. Because of this, the creators of the film decided instead to focus more on the development of the characters in the story, as well as including a lot more action while still keeping the feel of what the Star Trek series was about in the first place, such as having complex themes and a story that isn't nessesarily cliche. This makes the film much more entertaining and watchable, especially to an audience not familiar with the series.
 * 2) * To add onto the last point above, the film is easily accessible to newer fans of the series and fans outside of the Star Trek fanbase. While the story is a sequel to the original series episode "Space Seed", you don't have to have seen that episode to understand everything that is going on, and it is also completely seperate from the first Trek film so you don't need to watch that film before this one. Even if you haven't expereinced a Star Trek media like the show or books before, you can still get invested, as the characters are introduced without any boring exposition, but you can still easily learn the names and their personalities without any prior knowledge.
 * 3) The special effects in the film, while somewhat weak compared to what the previous film had due to this film's lower budget, are good for the standards at the time. Some notable effects are when the Reliant fires its phasers at the Enterprise's side during the first encounter and cut through the ship. The explosions within the sets of the ships are also quite impressive, and are very biog and impressive looking. Other examples include the Genesis Effect animation about halfway through the film, which very good for the CGI standards at the time, and still holds up well today. The Mutara Nebula effects are also pretty good.
 * 4) Khan himself is an incredibly complex villain, and is so well written to point that the viewer will want to root for him. While he still may be a madman with a superiority complex like he was in his first appearance in the original series, this time he has a more legitimate grievance against Kirk, whose failure to check in on Khan after putting him and his companions on Ceti Alpha V left he and his followers stranded on a desolate, near-dead world, and resulted in the death of dozens of Khan's followers, including his wife. At the same time, Chekov points out that Kirk had a good reason not to check on Khan considering he tried to kill Kirk and hijack the Enterprise, adding some complexity to the issue.
 * 5) * Another thing that makes Khan such as good villain is that it is shown that he is a very flawed person. The film makes the point that, while Khan may be incredibly intelligent, that doesn't mean he's immune to poor judgement (such as insisting on pursuing the crippled Enterprise into the Mutara Nebula over the objections of his right-hand man), or to making mistakes that are the result of inexperience (like not initially realizing that the Enterprise crew can remotely order the Reliant to drop its shields, and then later not taking proper advantage of being able to fly in three dimensions, which Kirk exploits to seemingly defeat him once and for all).
 * 6) * It also helps that Ricardo Montalban does an incredible performance for the character, as he seems to be incredibly immersed in the role and goes out of his way to make Khan feel more sympathetic and engaging than like what he was in the script.
 * 7) Many scenes in the film are incredibly well done.
 * 8) * The Kobayashi Maru scene at the beginning is a good way to start off the film, and is the beginning of the film's "no win scenario" theme.
 * 9) * The two battles between Enterprise and the Reliant, more notably the fight in the Mutara Nebula at the near end of the film, are incredibly tense and exciting to watch, and make the viewer very immersed into what happens in them.
 * 10) * The most notable scene of the entire film is the famous death of Spock at the end of the film where the character sacrifices himself to save the Enterprise and its crew from the destruction of the Genesis Device. The scene itself is very saddening and emotional, especially to long-time fans of the Star trek franchise that have grown connected to his character. After the engagement with Khan, Spock must sacrifice himself to save the crew from the destruction of the Genesis Device. His funeral is also very saddening, with Kirk's speech at the end of it being a real tear-jerker.
 * 11) The ending is the perfect blend of being both saddening, sweet, and hopefulness that gives the film a conclusion that is very satisfying for the audience. Before Spock's death, there is a small cliffhanger of Spock telling McCoy to "remember", and there is a hopeful image of Spock's coffin landing on the Genesis Planet intact. There is also the aforementioned saddening death of Spock, as well as the possibility of the Enterprise crew returning to the Genesis Planet in a possible (and existing) next film.
 * 12) Throughout the story, the film tackles a few unique themes and executes them in a very well done and believable manner.
 * 13) *Rather than having the characters look the same way they did in the original series like they did in the first film, they add in the fact that the characters are getting older and closer to being unneeded as a major plot point in the film, which is quite realistic. Many parts of the film convey this theme well, such as Kirk being somewhat hesitant about getting reading glasses for his birthday and how the characters lot a lot older than they did in the previous film.
 * 14) * Another one of the recurring themes in the film is the idea of a no-win scenario, where no matter what action you do, you will come out with something lost. This theme is part of the film since the very beginning, and culminates in the death of Spock at the end of the film.
 * 15) Great and memorable quotes throughout the entire film.
 * 16) * "I don't believe in a no-win scenario."
 * 17) * "Ah Kirk, my old friend. Do you know the Klingon proverb which tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It is very cold... in space!"
 * 18) * "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"
 * 19) * "The needs of many, outweigh the needs of the few."
 * 20) * "I have been, and always shall be, your friend."
 * 21) Also fixing one of Star Trek: The Motion Picture's biggest flaws, the past film had a very monotonous color scheme, while this film adds a lot more variety to the color pallete, adding a lot more reds and oranges such as with the new Starfleet uniforms and Ceti Alpha V and Mutara Nebula scenes to make the film a lot easier and appealing to look at to the eye.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Due to the lower budget, there are some flaws with the production and imagery.
 * 2) * While good, the special effects are somewhat weaker than they were in the previous film, and there aren't as many scenes to show off the visual effects than they could have if they had a bigger budget.
 * 3) * Footage and ship models from the previous film is reused often, such as the Klingon battle cruisers in the beginning and the Enterprise pulling out of the drydock. In fact, the Regula I station itself is a model from Star Trek: The Motion Picture that was just flipped upside-down to create something new.
 * 4) This film infamously contains a large plot hole: Khan states that he remembers Chekhov when he was on the Enterprise (From the original series episode "Space Seed"). However, he was on the Enterprise before Chekhov joined the Enterprise crew. For reference, "Space Seed" was in season one, and Chekhov joined in season two. Therefore, there is no way Khan can remember Chekhov when he wasn't even on the ship in the first place.
 * 5) * Some fans have speculated that Chekhov may have been on the ship before, just not on the bridge crew, but their isn't much evidence to support this theory.
 * 6) On a similar note, it is very implausible for the Starfleet officers on the Reliant to be that incompetent not to notice that the Ceti Alpha system is missing a planet.

Reception
Unlike it predecessor, which received mixed reviews, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan received positive reception from critics and audiences, with almost universal acclaim from Star Trek fans. On review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a critical approval score of 88% based on 60 reviews, with the critical consensus being "Considered by many fans to be the best of the Star Trek movies, Khan features a strong plot, increased tension, and a sharp supporting performance from Ricardo Montalban." The film also has an audience score of 90% based on over 50,000 ratings.

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= Pink Floyd - The Wall =

"I wanna go home, take off this uniform, and leave the show. I'm waiting in this cell because I have to know... have I been guilty all this time?"

- Pink (Stop)

Pink Floyd – The Wall (or Pink Floyd's The Wall) is a 1982 live-action/animated psychological musical drama film directed by Alan Parker, with Gerald Scarfe for the animation segments. The film stars Bob Geldof as Pink Floyd. The film was based on the 1979 album of the same name by Pink Floyd. Despite the troubled development of the film and Roger Waters being disappointed in the end result, the film received positive reviews, and has later gained a cult following, with praise directed for being faithful to the album.

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Why It Rocks

 * 1) It film overall is incredibly faithful to the album it is based on, telling the story of a troubled rock star who creates a metaphorical brick wall to isolate himself from the outside world.
 * 2) While there are only about 11 minutes in total of them in the film, the animated segments are incredibly well done and very creative. Created by cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, the animated segments use creative imagery to progress and represent some of Pink's inner struggles. The most notable of these are the entire "Goodbye Blue Sky" segment (A remembering of the Blitz from World War II), the two flowers at the beginning of "What Shall We Do Now?" (An animated representation of Pink's wife cheating on him.), and the entire "The Trial" segment at the end of the film (Where Pink judges himself on what he has done and leads to the ending where he tears down his wall).
 * 3) The score of the film, essentially most of the album that the film is based on, is fantastic and is widely regarded and some of Pink Floyd's best work along with their albums "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here". The music itself tells the story of the film, as with most musicals, and is done with incredible vocal work from Roger Waters, coupled with excellent instrumentals from David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason. The score includes songs such as "Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2", "One of My Turns", "Comfortably Numb", and "The Trial", all of which are great both by themselves and as a part in telling the story.
 * 4) * In addition to having an excellent soundtrack, a brand new song is included in the first half of the film called "When the Tigers Broke Free" (Which would later be re-released starting in 2004 in the remastered versions of "The Final Cut"), as well as an extended version of "Empty Spaces" called "What Shall We Do Now?" Some of the songs have also been remixed, slightly extended, and even have some new lyrics on rare occasions, and make their film versions worth checking out.
 * 5) * The songs have also been re-ordered in the story, so they have somewhat of a different placement than they do in the album, which tells the story a little bit differently, but you can still figure out the story tell the story, even more so than the album in some cases.
 * 6) * As mentioned above, the songs tell most of the story, with the images only being supporting.
 * 7) ** "When the Tigers Broke Free (Part 1)" opens up the film by showing Pink in his hotel room and remembering his father, whom he never got the chance to meet.
 * 8) ** "In the Flesh?" shows the death of Pink's father in World War II, along with foreshadowing the events near the end of the film.
 * 9) ** "The Thin Ice" shows the aftermath of the battle Pink's father died in as well as giving us the first glimpse of Pink's inner struggles.
 * 10) ** "Another Brick In the Wall (Part 1)" shows the struggles Pink has as child while he was living with his mother.
 * 11) ** "When the Tigers Broke Free (Part 2)" depicts young Pink finding his father's old military uniform as well as learning of how he died.
 * 12) ** "Goodbye Blue Sky" shows that the death of the innocents in war is usually for nothing.
 * 13) ** "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" and "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" depict the abusive teachers from Pink's school days (Caused by one of the teacher's unhappiness with his wife) and an imaginary of the students rebelling against the oppressive school system.
 * 14) ** "Mother" has Pink remembering how over-protective his mother was, possibly due to the loss of her husband.
 * 15) ** "What Shall We Do Now?" shows Pink discovering that his wife has cheated on him, and recounts all of the trauma from his life as being bricks in his metaphorical wall that isolates himself from the outside world.
 * 16) ** "Young Lust" shows Pink coming back from one of his concerts with a groupie, which could be viewed as payback for his wife cheating on him.
 * 17) ** "One of My Turns" has Pink snapping from everything and destroying his hotel room, scaring the groupie away.
 * 18) ** "Don't Leave Me Now" depicts Pink recovering from the fit of rage and feeling trapped.
 * 19) ** "Another Brick In the Wall (Part 3)" and "Goodbye Cruel World" has Pink remembering all of the bricks in his wall and showing that it is complete.
 * 20) ** "Is There Anybody Out There?" shows that Pink has completely isolated himself from the outside world and won't leave his hotel room.
 * 21) ** "Nobody Home" shows him shaving off all of his body hair, and more about how he has completely isolated himself.
 * 22) ** "Vera" shows a flashback of Pink exploring the trenches in a war, and leads up to a protest for soldiers to return home in "Bring the Boys Back Home".
 * 23) ** "Comfortably Numb" shows that Pink's manager finding him in a critical sate in his hotel room, and drugs him to allow him to play at his concert.
 * 24) ** "In the Flesh" has Pink imagining himself at his concert being a fascist rally, with him being a dictator, with "Run Like Hell" and "Waiting For the Worms" showing he and his followers have taken over London.
 * 25) ** "Stop" has Pink stopping these imaginary visions, and doesn't want to be isolated in his wall anymore.
 * 26) ** "The Trial" depicts an animated sequence where Pink is on trial for all his actions and his "bricks of his wall" judge him, with Pink's inner judge ordering him to tear down his wall.
 * 27) ** "Outside the Wall" is a very open-ended ending, as it allows us to interpret what happens after his wall has been torn down (See below).
 * 28) Great story.
 * 29) Good acting throughout the film, despite the fact that there aren't many spoken roles outside of the music in the film. The most notable and well done of all of these is from Bob Geldof, who does an excellent job portraying Pink. He captures the character's inner struggles and his insanity really well, and makes him entertaining to watch whenever he is on screen.
 * 30) The cinematography is pretty decent and good-looking.
 * 31) Great use of imagery throughout, in both the live action and animated segments.
 * 32) Due to the way the film has been created, many of the scenes and images can be left up to the viewer's own interpretation, making the film a lot more open ended, especially for the ending and the animated segments.
 * 33) * The film contains many recurring images and lyrical elements that occur throughout that give it some consistency.
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 * 35) The tone is quite dark, but is handled well.
 * 36) The film even gives away a good message as well, showing that isolation will hurt others as well as yourself more than it will help your problems.
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Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some of the songs in the album do not appear in the film, with those being "Hey You" and "The Show Must Go On", although that can be excused since the former is a little more like a recap of side one and the later not having much storytelling purpose altogether.
 * 2) * This also leads us into that some of the songs like "Don't Leave Me Now" and "Run Like Hell" being shortened from their album versions, which is quite disappointing.
 * 3) The images shown in the film can be pretty repetitive at times, which can make it feel like some parts of the film were artificially extended. Examples include the reuse of some of the opening scene in "Goodbye Cruel World", some animation from "What Shall We Do Now?" appearing in "Waiting For the Worms", and the marching hammers animation in that same segment, while excellent, appearing over and over again in the ending of the segment.
 * 4) Some of the songs in the soundtrack are not to great, just like the album, such as Roger Water's wailing in "Don't Leave Me Now" and the somewhat pointless "Bring the Boys Back Home".
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Box office
Pink Floyd – The Wall opened with limited release on 6th August 1982, it was ranked No. 28 on the US box office charts despite only playing in one theater on its first weekend, grossing over $68,000.

The film then spent just over a month below the top 20 while still in the top 30. The film later expanded to over 600 theaters on 10th September, achieving No. 3 at the box office charts, below E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and An Officer and a Gentleman. The film eventually earned $22 million before closing in early 1983.

Critical response
Pink Floyd - The Wall received mostly mixed-to-positive reception from critics, but has gained positive reception from audiences. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a critic score of 69% based on 26 reviews, with the critical consensus of "Pink Floyd's expression of generational angst is given striking visual form The Wall, although this ambitious feature's narrative struggles to marry its provocative images and psychedelic soundtrack into a compelling whole." The film also has an audience score of 89% based on over 50,000 reviews. Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel gave Pink Floyd – The Wall two thumbs up (or four stars on Ebert's website ), Ebert described this film as "one of the most horrifying musicals of all time... but the movie is effective" and stated "The music is strong and true, the ages are like sledge hammers, and for once, the rock and roll hero isn't just a spoiled narcissist, but a real, suffering image of all the despair of this nuclear age. This is a real good movie." He later listed Pink Floyd – The Wall on the Great Movies.

Pink Floyd – The Wall has won two awards from British Academy Film Awards for Best Original Song (Another Brick in the Wall) and Best Sound (James Guthrie, Eddy Joseph, Clive Winter, Graham V. Hartstone, and Nicolas Le Messurier) in 1982.

Since the film release, it was received mixed-to-average by many critics and the film is fell into obscurity. Many years later, the film has returned to earned a cult-following by Pink Floyd and music fans as they praising for been very faithful to the album.

Trivia

 * While filming the One of My Turns, Bob Geldof accidentally cuts his hand when grabbing the broken windows after he throws away the TV. The wound can be seen in the film. Also, the scream after he throws the TV, is actually genuine.
 * The only songs that wasn't in the movie was Hey You and The Show Must Go On, however Hey You has been filmed but it was deleted by Roger Waters and it somehow survived in both the final cut where all the clips are been split during in Another Brick In The Wall Part 3 and the full version is now available on the special edition DVD as workprint.
 * Roger Waters has made an uncredited cameo appearance as Pink Floyd's best men in Mother.
 * In The Happiest Days of Our Lives, the headteacher reading Pink's poem which it was the lyrics Money from other popular Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon.
 * Two other songs is made an short lyrics of Your Possible Pasts (which it was going to be in the original album, but it was cut due to runtime and it was managed to survived in The Final Cut) and The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking where Pink Floyd is making the song in the washroom after Waiting for the Worms and before Stop''.
 * Gerald Scarfe has returned the animation segments for The Wall Live like Waiting for the Worms and The Trial to upgraded visuals.
 * The film was originally going to have a soundtrack, as a companion album to The Wall, but following the wake of the Falklands War, the album was scrapped, which led to The Final Cut.

= The Empire Strikes Back = Note: Many of the pointers here are heavily incomplete and will be greatly expanded upon later.

The Empire Strikes Back, also known as Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, is a 1980 epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner, produced by Gary Kurtz and written by George Lucas, Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan. It is the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy, and is the eighth film in the timeline in terms of their order of events in the Star Wars mythos. The directing role was given to Kershner as a way for Lucas to prevent the stress he had faced directing Star Wars. The film was highly anticipated and was the highest-grossing film of 1980. It initially released to mixed reviews, but was given critical reevaluation later on and is now considered to be the best Star Wars film, as well as one of the greatest films ever made.

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Why It Rocks

 * 1) The plot of the film is truly spectacular and does something completely different from the previous movie while also managing to keep the feeling of said previous film.
 * 2) * Rather than the story being mostly about the constant struggles between the two opposing forces, with the heroes having many high points and eventually saving what they love at the end of the film, Empire decides to go in a completely different direction, and instead chooses to have the villains of the film constantly overtake the efforts of the protagonists, and every time the heroes seem to have taken a small victory that may help them, the enemies strike back and take our heroes two steps back, even in moments where it seems like they may have a chance. This completely goes against the audience's expectations, and in turn makes the story a lot more interesting as you might initially think, and it makes the ending of the movie where the heroes finally get a break and ends on a hopeful note despite all the bad stuff that has happened even more satisfying for the viewer.
 * 3) ** This method of story-telling is also a great way to make the viewer care about the heroes, and on the same token is a good method to make the viewers really want the villains to fail at their task.
 * 4) * The plot twists in the movie are incredibly well-written, and never feel like they come out of nowhere.
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 * 6) ** During the end of the climactic lightsaber battle between Luke and Darth Vader, the viewers are given what can only be described as one of, if not the greatest plot twist ever written for a movie, where Luke is told that Darth Vader is his father. It is not a throwaway twist either, as the entire twist will change the entire structure of the universe of the movies. It completely changes the dynamic between the characters and is an amazing way to set up what will happen in the next movie.
 * 7) *** One of the best parts of this plot twist is that it does not completely come out of nowhere. If the viewer pays enough attention on their first viewing, you could actually predict the twist, but can still be blown away by it due to how far-fetched it may seem at first.
 * 8) * The movie also does a very good job at wrapping up the movie in a satisfying way while also perfectly leaving room for a sequel. The ending finally has the heroes escaping the clutches of the Empire and there is a hopeful tone at the end that shows that things will get better soon (Such as Lando getting ready to save Han and Luke getting a new hand). This itself leads to an incredibly powerful ending that will leave the audience wanting for more.
 * 9) Good grasp at the previous films's source material, which is very good considering that this movie was not directed by the creator of Star Wars.
 * 10) * Similar to A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back has a unique visual style for a science fiction film, as rather than having a lot of slick-looking technology and everything having a "shiny" look and feel to it, this film instead uses a very "worn" look to the costumes, sets, vehicles, etc. This was done was a way to make the universe of the film to look like it has actually been lived in, which makes the sets and locations overall have a sort of natural look to them.
 * 11) * While the tone is noticeably much darker than the previous movie, there is still enough of the same feeling and charm from A New Hope that carries over into this movie. Examples of this include the balance between a serious mood, while also having its light-hearted moments in-between to make the plot more digestible and easier to watch for certain viewers.
 * 12) * Along with having some added depth to make the characters more unique and memorable, all of the main characters from A New Hope also retain their personalities and personalities from that film and are still as likable and complex characters as they were in that movie.
 * 13) The score by John Williams is fantastic and not only is it better than his work in A New Hope, but it can even be called one of the greatest scores ever composed for a film in general. Every single piece of music written for the movie holds incredible weight for each scene in the movie. The music is also in many different styles that makes the soundtrack diverse as well, with a more tense tone for the music in the battle scenes, to the more relaxed and romantic music played when Han and Leia are together.
 * 14) * "The Imperial March" in particular deserves an honorable mention, as it is one of the most iconic pieces of music ever written for a movie. Not only does it have an incredibly catchy beat and tone, but it also does an excellent job of making Darth Vader and the Empire itself feel intimidating and menacing, and really brings home that they are forces to be reckoned with.
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 * 1) In 1997, George Lucas created the Star Wars "Special Editions", which included unnecessary additions to the original cuts of the movies, most notably an excess amount of CGI and recasting some of the characters. Lucas kept making more changes to them until Disney bought out Lucasfilm in 2012. Since then, they have never officially released the original theatrical cuts of the films on DVD, Blu-Ray or digitally, except for the bonus discs for a 2006 DVD release, which were sourced from the 1993 Laserdisc releases.
 * 2) * On the topic of re-releases and remasters, they make it too obvious that Yoda is a puppet and it quickly becomes distracting due to the higher image resolution.
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Trivia

 * The first draft was written by screenwriter and prolific science fiction novelist Leigh Brackett, who had previously scripted The Big Sleep and Rio Bravo for Howard Hawks. Brackett died of cancer after completing her initial draft, and Lawrence Kasdan was hired to continue the script's development. To honor Brackett's contributions, both writers received screen credit.
 * Though he had told George Lucas that he was game to return for the sequel, Alec Guinness developed eye problems and was advised by his doctors to stay out of bright light. Faced with the possibility that the English actor might not be available to reprise his mentor role at all, the character of Yoda - originally called Minch Yoda - was conceived, as Lucas has said, "to replace Obi-Wan Kenobi."
 * During production, Lucasfilm began keeping track of plot leaks from cast and crew. The actor in Darth Vader's suit, David Prowse was by far the worst offender - and ultimately had to be given script pages different from what was actually intended for the final film. "David talks his head off," said director Irvin Kershner at the time.
 * Snowy Hoth scenes were shot on location in Finse, Norway, where weather conditions were so harsh that the crew was often unable to venture far beyond their hotel. According to associate producer Jim Bloom, "if the camera would've turned around, you'd have seen a big hotel behind you. But because of the weather it looked like you were out in the middle of nowhere.
 * Surprisingly, when James Earl Jones (Darth Vader's voice actor) first read the "I am your father" line in the script, he actually thought that Darth Vader was lying to Luke.
 * In commemoration for its 40th anniversary, the film was given a limited re-released into 411 theaters on July 10, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic closing most theaters worldwide and limiting what films played, Empire grossed $611,000 and topped the box office.

= Tron (1982) =

Tron (stylized as TRON) is a 1982 American science fiction action-adventure film written and directed by Steven Lisberger from a story by Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird. The film stars Jeff Bridges as a computer programmer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer where he interacts with programs in his attempt to escape. Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, and Barnard Hughes star in supporting roles, It was released on July 9, 1982, and was praised by critics and received a big cult following.

Plot
A Hacker/arcade owner name Kevin Flynn is digitally broken down into a data stream by a villainous software pirate known as Master Control and reconstituted into the internal, 3-D graphical world of computers. It is there, in the ultimate blazingly colorful, geometrically intense landscapes of cyberspace, that Flynn joins forces with Tron to outmaneuver the Master Control Program that holds them captive in the equivalent of a gigantic, infinitely challenging computer game.

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