"1983 should bring us the next Star Wars film, moving back eventually, as the end of Empire makes, clear, to Tatooine, and thus bringing the action of the trilogy full circle...

...Even without two more trilogies, however, and even without an Episode 6, The Empire Strikes Back is a remarkable achievement. Subtle and complex, it stands both on its own and in tandem with its predecessor, moving on structurally and thematically from A New Hope to challenge us with the darker complexities of basic human experience."

"Complex Design in The Empire Strikes Back" by Anne Lancashire

Film Criticism, Spring, 1981, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Spring, 1981), pp. 38-52

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