Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Sign in with Plex to see what you can watch and keep a watchlist.

Wikidata Q181795, film, IMDb tt0080684, TMDB 1891: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 5 more episodes agree.

Also said as The Empire Strikes Back (1980): the same Wikidata item, so listed here.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (unmade Fincher project): 1 line the maker said so ×1

  1. unmapped (model for the unmade film): Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back ⇒ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (unmade Fincher project) (the maker said so: in interviews). In interviews Fincher says he wanted 20,000 Leagues to be his Empire Strikes Back, a dark film that still works for children.
    “I wanted to make my Empire Strikes Back in that I have always found it astonishing how dark Empire Strikes Back is while working as a movie for children.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:22:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Connected to

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: 2 lines verdict ×2

  1. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Ranks Empire a little better than A New Hope, A New Hope a lot better than the prequels, and Jedi a little worse than all of the originals.
    “Empire's a little better than New Hope and New Hope's a little better than the prequel trilogy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:07:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (unmade Fincher project): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (model for the unmade film): Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back → 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (unmade Fincher project). In interviews Fincher says he wanted 20,000 Leagues to be his Empire Strikes Back, a dark film that still works for children.
    “I wanted to make my Empire Strikes Back in that I have always found it astonishing how dark Empire Strikes Back is while working as a movie for children.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:22:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Raging Bull: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (Oscar rival): Raging Bull → Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Best Sound went to Empire rather than Raging Bull, with a joke about the high bar.
    “Look, it did go to the Empire Strikes Back, which does have pretty good sound.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:14:48 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Shining: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (same weekend): The Shining → Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. The Shining platformed against the wide release of The Empire Strikes Back.
    “this movie came out platform against the wide release of another very famous movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:37:47 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

industry (2)

  1. industry (Oscar rival): Raging Bull → Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Best Sound went to Empire rather than Raging Bull, with a joke about the high bar.
    “Look, it did go to the Empire Strikes Back, which does have pretty good sound.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:14:48 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (same weekend): The Shining → Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. The Shining platformed against the wide release of The Empire Strikes Back.
    “this movie came out platform against the wide release of another very famous movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:37:47 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (model for the unmade film): Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back → 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (unmade Fincher project). In interviews Fincher says he wanted 20,000 Leagues to be his Empire Strikes Back, a dark film that still works for children.
    “I wanted to make my Empire Strikes Back in that I have always found it astonishing how dark Empire Strikes Back is while working as a movie for children.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:22:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Jedi's performances are weaker than Empire's and the script is weaker.
    “I will say I think the performances in this one are not as good as they were in Empire.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:07:23 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Ranks Empire a little better than A New Hope, A New Hope a lot better than the prequels, and Jedi a little worse than all of the originals.
    “Empire's a little better than New Hope and New Hope's a little better than the prequel trilogy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:07:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

None.

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.