IT'S ALL ABOUT STORY
I’m glad I decided to watch all 11 of the Star Wars movies in chronological order. It really did make a difference in how I perceive the entire Skywalker Saga. It also gave me an interesting perspective on the relative quality of the individual movies in comparison with one another.
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Last night we watched The Empire Strikes Back, the next movie in the Star Wars chronological timeline after the original Star Wars (aka A New Hope).
This is not a review and it isn’t meant to rain on anybody’s opinion of this movie – it’s simply an attempt to articulate my own feelings about it. Your mileage may most definitely vary.
I saw The Empire Strikes Back in the first week of its release in theaters in May 1980. I was living in a small town at the time and no one I knew there was a Star Wars fan, so I went to see it on my own and without being spoiled for its plot twist (also remember there was no internet at the time). I was so blown away by what I’d seen that I went back within a few days to watch it again.
Warning! Spoilers Below (if there can be such a thing as spoilers for a movie released in 1980).
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