Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire sends Probe Droids to find the Rebel Alliance, leading to a large-scale attack on their base and Luke Skywalker training as a Jedi to rescue his friends from Darth Vader. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 American English-language Action Adventure motion picture starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse and Colin Skeaping. Lucasfilm Ltd. was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Gary Kurtz. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back is written by Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas and it is directed by Irvin Kershner. 20th Century Fox acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back was released on 8th August 1980 and takes a screen time of 124 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back was made on a budget of $18 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $538 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan. Cinematography was done by Peter Suschitzky and editing by Paul Hirsch. The music was composed by Academy Award Oscar winner John Williams. At the 1981 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Sound.