“Confession: When I went to see The Empire Strikes Back I found myself glancing at my watch. The Force is with us, indeed, and a lot of it is hot air. It’s a measure of my mixed feelings about The Empire Strikes Back that I’m not at all sure that I understand the plot.The Empire Strikes Back is about as personal as a Christmas card from a bank.”- Vincent Canby, New York Times, June 15, 1980