I was seven when Star Wars-now known as A New Hope-was released in 1977, and I can’t remember being as excited about seeing a sequel as when Empire came out in 1980. While I’ve reviewed the two latest films in the Star Wars canon- The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker -we thought it would be interesting to take a look further back in the franchise and view one of the installments widely considered to be the best of the bunch: T he Empire Strikes Back.