{"id":5276,"date":"2010-05-21T12:45:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T16:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2010-05-21T12:45:27","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T16:45:27","slug":"30-years-of-the-empire-strikes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/05\/30-years-of-the-empire-strikes-back\/","title":{"rendered":"30 years of The Empire Strikes Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of <em>The Empire Strikes Back<\/em>, the best <em>Star Wars<\/em> movie. I was too young to see it in the theater. I&#8217;m jealous of those who weren&#8217;t and went into cold. People who did have told me about the audible gasps and inconsolable fans outside the theater at the end. I hope I can give that experience to my son in a few years.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/R6bvuhPyq8Q&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><br \/>\n<center>Nice narration by Harrison Ford<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Two days ago was the 5th and 11th anniversaries of <em>Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith<\/em> and <em>Star Wars:Episode I The Phantom Menace<\/em>, respectively. The former concluded a wonderful 8 run of Star Wars movies in the theaters. Sith is probably my second favorite, flawed as it was in parts, of the series. It should have been broken into 2 parts, but was still quite enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>Three years ago I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/05\/30-years-of-star-wars.html\">the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars<\/a>, so I won&#8217;t rehash it any more here. I will however post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/library\/film\/061580empire.html\">the Vincent Canby review of <em>The Empire Strikes Back<\/em><\/a> in <em>The Times<\/em>. Oh and <a href=\"http:\/\/cheeseburgerbrown.com\/Darth_Vader\/ANH01.html\">The Darth Side<\/a>, an excellent fan fiction of Darth Vader&#8217;s diary, is still up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nerd alert! Well, not really since everybody loves Star Wars and especially Empire. Its not like I&#8217;m talking about Star Trek. Anyway, Empire hits the big 30. 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