Without question, Luke Skywalker's duel with Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back may be one of the most important lightsaber duels of all time. Ending with the loss of Luke's hand and the ...

There are few lines in cinema history as instantly recognizable as Darth Vader’s revelation in The Empire Strikes Back. It’s become such a part of pop culture that people who haven’t seen a single ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Star Wars prides itself on its ability to create complicated characters. Sure, Emperor Palpatine ...

When The Empire Strikes Back premiered in 1980, audiences thought they knew how Star Wars worked. Heroes triumphed, villains ...

In the early scenes on Hoth, as Luke Skywalker is preparing to investigate the meteorite, a curious inconsistency shows itself in the form of his weapon holster. Initially, while he is having a ...