Happy Anniversary, Star Wars: The Empire Strike Back! On May 21st, 1980 the second Star Wars movie was released in theatres and is still considered by most to be the best film in the franchise. In honor of this important milestone, Lucasfilm has been celebrating the occasion in various ways. At the beginning of the year, they honored the fact that John Williams began scoring the film 40 years ago. Now, they’ve taken to social media to share a brand new poster, which we’re dying to hang on our walls.
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“Impressive. Most impressive. Happy 40th anniversary, #TheEmpireStrikesBack! We’re celebrating with this incredible new poster art by artist @Cakes_Comics. What’s your favorite ESB moment? #ESB40,” @StarWars tweeted. The artist is Matt Ferguson, an art and poster designer who has worked with Marvel as well as other Disney projects in addition to Star Wars. He is also the co-owner/creative director at @VicePressnews. You can check out the poster in the tweet below:
Impressive. Most impressive. Happy 40th anniversary, #TheEmpireStrikesBack! We’re celebrating with this incredible new poster art by artist @Cakes_Comics. What’s your favorite ESB moment? #ESB40 pic.twitter.com/SdR02yKYAl
— Star Wars (@starwars) May 21, 2020
Recently, C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels took to Twitter to reveal that Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was his favorite move in the franchise. This came after years of considering the first Star Wars as his favorite, but a recent rewatch gave the actor a newfound appreciation for the sequel. You can read his thoughts here.
The entire Skywalker Saga is currently streaming on Disney+.
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