Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back is one of the best science fiction movies ever made. The movie has something for everyone, and can be re-watched over and over again. The acting is great and the story is compelling. The Star Wars universe is a great place to escape to, especially these days with the recession still hanging over people's heads.
There are many different reasons why this is one of the best science fiction movies made. There is such a journey to go on for the viewer. Starting out on the ice planet Hoth where a ragtag band of rebels is struggling to survive as they hope the Empire will not be able to track them down and eventually ending up on a city in the clouds.
Of course this movie wouldn't have had as much appeal if the rebels sat around on Hoth the whole movie, so the Empire does find them. What follows is the best battle in the Star Wars movies. The ground battle for Hoth is an amazing example of a small group trying to repeal a much larger force invading them. The only answer for the rebels was to cut and run and live to fight another day.
After barely escaping, the main characters decide to split up. Luke goes to find Yoda, who is going to train him in the ways of the force. The training that takes place is some of the best examples of just how in over his head Luke was. He really had no idea what he was supposed to be doing.
While Luke is learning he may not have what it takes to be a Jedi, the rest of the gang is still trying to get away from the Empire. A faulty hyper-drive has left them stuck on the run, and they can't just jump away like everyone else was able to do. So they are in constant peril, always just barely ahead of the Empire who is hot on their tales.
The movie ends when all the characters make their way to Cloud City. There Luke learns that Darth Vader is actually his father. But even though they all fought and were captured for the sake of trying to further the rebellion, and even though Luke gets some of the worst news of his life, no one really ends up winning. They fight only so that they can live to fight another day.
This whole movie is really just about a small group of people that are on a run from an organization that they have no ability to fight head on. This is part of why the movie has had such a lasting impression. So many times in life there is really nothing that the common person can do but try to get away from the people who don't want them around. The only option left, sometimes, is to run away.
There are some allegories to the real world in this story. So often small groups fighting for what they believe in are chased by an overwhelmingly large force. It doesn't always end up the way it ends up in Star Wars, and we see in the end of this movie that it might not end well for this group either.
Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back hits a very emotional note. And by the end, there is really nothing to tell us that everything is going to be okay. There is no way to know what will become of Han or the rebellion. But there is a glimpse, at the end of the movie, of the fleet of ships the rebels have collected. For the first time it seems that, perhaps, they might just have a chance of winning, if there truly are that many people that are fighting back against the Empire. But everyone seems to lose in this movie. The good guys have to stay in hiding, the bad guys don't capture the people they wanted. No one gets what they want. And sometimes isn't that just how life is?
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