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Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

Movie1980124 minscience fiction filmadventure filmaction film

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Release year
1980
Format
Movie
Runtime
124 minutes
Genres
science fiction filmadventure filmaction filmfantasy filmepic filmspace opera
Credited creators
Irvin Kershner

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Format
Movie
Release year
1980
Original title
Star Wars: Episode V
Also listed as
Star Wars, épisode V : L'Empire contre-attaque (fr) · 제국의 역습 (ko) · Star Wars: Episodio V - El Imperio contraataca (es) · 星際大戰五部曲：帝國大反擊 (zh) · スター・ウォーズ エピソード5/帝国の逆襲 (ja) · 星際大戰五部曲:帝國大反擊 (zh) · 星球大战V：帝国反击战 (zh) · 星球大戰：帝國反擊戰 (zh)
Runtime
124 minutes
Credited creators
Irvin Kershner
Country labels
United States
Genres
science fiction film, adventure film, action film, fantasy film, epic film, space opera
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Poster source: TMDb · 1891; retrieved 2026-10-14.

Cast source: Wikidata · Q181795 — CC0-1.0; retrieved 2026-10-03. Names are selected alphabetically, not by billing order.

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