Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Bounty of Boba Fett actor’s Star Wars collection to go on auction

More than 1,000 items owned by Jeremy Bulloch up for sale next month, with part of proceeds going to Parkinson’s UK charity

Steven Morris

15, Apr, 2022 @10:37 AM

Welsh town to retell tale of how it built Star Wars’ Millennium Falcon

Ship was referred to as ‘Magic Roundabout’ during secret project at an old hangar in Pembroke Dock

Steven Morris

29, Jan, 2022 @7:00 AM

‘I wouldn’t take my kids to this’: Star Wars’ Phil Tippett on his hellish animation Mad God

The leading visual effects designer, whose credits include Star Wars and Jurassic Park, has spent three decades directing his gruesome animated fable

John Bleasdale

20, Aug, 2021 @7:00 AM

Gary Kurtz obituary

Producer who worked on the first two Star Wars films, American Graffiti and Return to Oz

Ryan Gilbey

26, Sep, 2018 @1:52 PM

Every Star Wars film – ranked!

From the saga’s debut in 1977 to this month’s Solo and (almost) everything in between, we rank 14 of the Star Wars films and spin-offs

Peter Bradshaw

24, May, 2018 @12:00 PM

May the 4th be with you: the 40 best lines from the Star Wars saga

With this month marking four decades since the release of the original film, we relive the sprawling space opera’s most memorable snippets of dialogue

Ben Child

04, May, 2017 @2:02 PM

Disney's 'clean' Star Wars release could have a sting in the tale

Many of George Lucas’s additions to the special edition Star Wars trilogy were heinous. But those keen to see such tweaks reversed should be careful what they wish for

Ben Child

28, Feb, 2017 @5:21 PM

Should I take my young child to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

Ratings boards have assigned 12A and PG-13 ratings to JJ Abrams’s highly anticipated forthcoming movie. But is the new episode really any scarier than The Empire Strikes Back?

Ben Child

11, Dec, 2015 @12:07 PM

The return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing?

Next month sees the eagerly awaited arrival of The Force Awakens. A good moment to examine the franchise’s timeless mass appeal…

Peter Conrad

22, Nov, 2015 @8:00 AM

The folly of Empire: how Star Wars menaced Hollywood

Things were never the same after George Lucas’s Star Wars conquered all – the arty 70s gave way to a universe of blockbuster franchises. Is The Force Awakens the last chapter in a process that began a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away?

David Thomson

19, Nov, 2015 @6:37 PM