There are many questions that Star Wars fans have about the George Lucas produced and co-written 1980 sequel The Empire Strikes Back which kicked off the 16th TCM Class Film Festival last night at the ...

George Lucas has revealed why popular character Yoda speaks backwards in the Star Wars universe. The Jedi master first appeared in the 1980s The Empire Strikes Back, and has gone on to become a ...

Ever heard of this "Star Wars" thing? It's pretty big. This May marks the 35th anniversary of "The Empire Strikes Back" which, okay, if you are as massive and totemic a film as "Empire," you can get ...

“Away put your weapon,” said the wizened little creature upon meeting Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in the swamps of Dagobah. “I am wondering, why are you here?” When the Jedi-to-be answered that he ...

Yoda is one of the most unique and recognizable Star Wars characters. But in material collected by The Guardian, the plan for Yoda's original appearance has come to light, and he almost looked very ...

When The Empire Strikes Back premiered in 1980, audiences thought they knew how Star Wars worked. Heroes triumphed, villains ...

We were first introduced to Yoda in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and bid farewell to the ancient Jedi Master a few years later in 1983's Return of the Jedi. George Lucas' Star Wars prequels ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...