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18th Apr 2015

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

Trivia: The film was such a financial success that it earned back its $33 million budget within three months of its release.

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24th Aug 2008

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

Trivia: While filming the scene in which Yoda and Obi-Wan try to convince Luke not to leave Dagobah, Mark Hamill was accidentally bitten by a snake he pulled out of the X-Wing's thrust engine.

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26th May 2005

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

Trivia: Frank Oz's performance as Yoda impressed George Lucas so much, Lucas spent thousands of dollars on a campaign to nominate Oz for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. However, the Academy shot this down, feeling that puppeteers are not "actors."

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26th May 2005

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

Trivia: Boba Fett's name is never mentioned. Throughout the film, he is referred to only as "Bounty Hunter."

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17th Jan 2005

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

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back mistake picture

Continuity mistake: After Luke says to Yoda, "You want the impossible," Yoda's position jumps from the ground to a rocky boulder, where he then lifts Luke's X-Wing fighter from the swamp. (01:11:30 - 01:13:05)

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17th Jan 2005

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

Trivia: Director Irvin Kershner was a University of Southern California professor at the same time George Lucas was there as a film student.

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31st Dec 2004

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

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Suggested correction: And in the Star Wars corrections page, you will find that mistake with the explanation that Lawson has used both Denis and Dennis in his career.

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