Darth Vader strikes back.
Hot. Rebel base. A faraway planet. It's all snow. It would seem like the best place to set up a resistance camp, but that was not the case. The Empire has found their base and is preparing an attack on the rebels, fortunately the rebels already know about it, so they quickly think of a rescue company, and most of the rebels fly away, among them are Han Solo, Chewbacca, Leia and Luke, who is flying to the planet Dagoba to learn the skills of the Jedi from the best of them – Master Yoda.
My favorite part of the old Star Warrior trilogy. And it doesn't matter that Lux himself refused to be a director, and in this place was an unknown Irvin Kershner. It doesn't matter. Apart from the third part, this is the darkest part of the epic. If the fourth was even slightly comedic, the fifth, on the contrary, from the very first frames immerses the viewer in an atmosphere of horror. Few bright spaces, except for the winter planet Hoth. The main symbol of the fifth part, in my opinion, is the planet Dagoba on which the young Skywalker learns. Impenetrable forests, swamps, fog and so on, everything immerses in the atmosphere of viscosity, viscousness, which is this film. In this way, it is qualitatively different from the other two parts of the trilogy. If the first was more of an adventure film, and the third (or sixth) is more of an action movie, then the fifth is a pure thriller. That’s the beauty of this movie.
On the technical side, the film is perfectly executed. For its years, the first military scene of the film on the planet Hoth performed just fine. True, there are claims to the battle itself that made it a little flat, and it was all about the battle between planes and walkers, but it's not as important, it's important as all this is shown. It may not be as intense a battle as the final battle of the Death Star in the fourth episode, but the most spectacular for sure.
Since I first watched the new three episodes, and then only the old ones, I had one complaint about the fourth episode: there is no good lightsaber battle. There was some bit, not a battle, between Darth Vader and Ben Kenobi and that's it. In this part, this gap was filled by the final battle between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. This scene is also well executed.
I also had a claim to the fourth, and the first three episodes too, that there was no decent soundtrack. The final music doesn't count. So here's the soundtrack. The Imperial March. One of my favorite soundtracks in cinema.
There are no downsides to this film, in my opinion. I think it's the best part of the old trilogy.
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