The Empire Strikes Back: Things that were quite good

• THANK YOU, George, for that great gift to modern culture: “I thought these things smelled bad… on the outside…”
• Han Solo
• The Han/Luke friendship. DAW.
• Han and Leia tension. 
  • James: I’m surprised by how early in the film this occurs.
• James: the music makes the film.
• Imperial walkers.
• Luke says, in the middle of a FOREST, “It’s like something out of a dream!” Wow, George. Subtle.
• “Wars not make one great.” Preach, George.
• The revelation that the emperor knows who Luke is is definitely more poignant thanks to the prequels.
• And Yoda’s hovel is more poignant too.
• This entire set of movies should be subtitled: “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
• Han.
• Lando!
• I’d forgotten just how echoes/foreshadowings there were in the prequels, with words and actions and scenes. It makes me forgive them a little bit more.

What were you thinking, George?

• Unconvinced by the new bits of the snow critter.
• THAT KISS GEORGE EW MY BRAIN.
• You’re continuing the assumption that cities <=> civilisation in Luke’s little comment about Dagobah, George. I know he’s still a whiny little kids, but nonetheless – unhelpful.
• You retconned Boba Fett’s VOICE, George.
• Vader goes through underlings at a rate of knots. Bad vision of leadership there.

Were you sad that Mark Hamill didn’t get prettier, George?