SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Learn the secrets of making movies in a galaxy far, far away.
Hosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the amazing special effects that transformed George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back into reality!
- Date of release
- 1980-09-22
- TMDB
- 8.2 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 48m
- Genres
- Documentary, TV Movie
- Director
- Robert Guenette
Casting
- Mark Hamill — Host / Luke Skywalker
- Carrie Fisher — Princess Leia (archive footage)
- Anthony Daniels — C3-PO (archive footage)
- Kenny Baker — R2-D2 (archive footage)
- Peter Mayhew — Self
- Alec Guinness — Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- Frank Oz — Self
- Harrison Ford — Han Solo (archive footage)
- George Lucas — Self
- Irvin Kershner — Self
- Gary Kurtz — Self
- Dennis Muren — Self
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