As a lifelong Star Wars lover and wargamer, I hyperventilated a little bit when Days of Wonder announced it was turning Memoir '44 - one of the most popular war board games ever to hit a table - into ...

M ost fans cite The Empire Strikes Back, which turned 45 on May 21, 2025, as the greatest of the Star Wars films. But even beyond the franchise, the Irvin Kershner-directed chapter changed the ...

The greatest film in the galaxy. “Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back” is 45 years old today – and Billy Dee Williams couldn’t be prouder to have starred in such a ground ...

Luke Skywalker and Han Solo usually sit atop Star Wars character rankings, but a few characters who debut in The Empire Strikes Back usually aren’t far behind. In fact, some of them are so ...

Nemik’s line and the spirit behind it directly connect to another famous, albeit shorter, speech in Star Wars. When Yoda was guiding a young and despondent Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in Star Wars: ...

“The Empire Strikes Back” boasts a complete score by John Williams and was the first in the saga to feature “The Imperial March,” Darth Vader’s iconic theme and recurring musical motif. The theme is ...

In the DVD commentary for Empire, Kershner describes how originally, the scene with Vader torturing Han was longer.Vader did all this so Luke would sense Han’s pain via the Force, and fall into ...

Early in the new Disney+ series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, we meet our young hero, Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers).He is in a bedroom that looks an awful lot like one you might have found in any suburban ...

Luke experiences a vision in the cave where he fights Darth Vader and decapitates him. When the false Vader's mask is removed, Luke sees his own face beneath it.

Billy Dee Williams was ready to strike back after decades of being accused of betraying his friend, Han Solo. The "Star Wars" actor, who played Lando Calrissian in 1980’s "The Empire Strikes ...