{"id":129135,"date":"2015-12-15T18:12:25","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T01:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/15\/movie-review-the-empire-strikes-back-1980.html"},"modified":"2015-12-19T18:14:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T01:14:45","slug":"movie-review-the-empire-strikes-back-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/15\/movie-review-the-empire-strikes-back-1980.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: &quot;The Empire Strikes Back&quot; (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For my money the best of the original trilogy, with a more epic scope than the original and less cuteness\/slapstick than the third. 4\/5 stars (and a &quot;favorite&quot; heart).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/star-wars-episode-v-the-empire-strikes-back\/\">http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/star-wars-episode-v-the-empire-strikes-back\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6228683313014330049\/6228683310653340690'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-63EqH9viq7Y\/VnC6eFXlfBI\/AAAAAAADe0E\/VM2EmrbC59Q\/the-empire-strikes-back-dream-poster%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/VShsmm17sos'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my money the best of the original trilogy, with a more epic scope than the original and less cuteness\/slapstick than the third. 4\/5 stars (and a &quot;favorite&quot; heart). http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/star-wars-episode-v-the-empire-strikes-back\/ \u00a0 View on Google+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-star-wars-media-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/the-empire-strikes-back-dream-poster5B15D.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37756,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/10\/when-the-empire-strikes-back-was-but-a-dream.html","url_meta":{"origin":129135,"position":0},"title":"When &quot;The Empire Strikes Back&quot; was but a dream","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 10-Jun-13 10:27pm","format":false,"excerpt":"In 1979 I was graduating high school -- and the idea of a \"Star Wars\" sequel was amazing, even while the idea of a \"Star Wars\" media empire was ... to cross movie properties ... \"Inconceivable!\" Retro Thing: Tiny 1979 Article About \"The Empire Strikes Back\" Back Before modern-day spoiler\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129153,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/16\/a-denver-line-for-the-next-star-wars-movie.html","url_meta":{"origin":129135,"position":1},"title":"A Denver line for the next &quot;Star Wars&quot; movie","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 16-Dec-15 11:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, the next one in May 1980, that is: The Empire Strikes Back. 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