Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (USA 1980, Irvin Kershner).

Credits: Academy Film Archive and Library of Congress.

Photographs of the Eastman Color Print Films by Barbara Flueckiger and Joëlle Kost, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors.

Selected Analyses:

Anonymous (1980): The Photography of Star Wars. The Empire Strikes Back. In: American Cinematographer, 61,6, pp. 548–551, 576–577, 615–620, on pp. 616–619. View Quote

Restoration:

Magid, Ron (1997): Renewing the Star Wars Sequels. In: American Cinematographer, 78,4, pp. 58–68, on pp. 58–59. View Quote

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