From bar patron to bounty hunter "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" [Mizumaru Kawahara's CINEMONOLOGUE Vol.48]

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• Supporting characters who stand out
• Reptile in a pressurized suit
• robot and insect head

Supporting characters who stand out

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of The Empire Strikes Back, the second film in the Star Wars series. This is a legendary sequel that serves as the fifth chapter and fifth episode of the entire series. The direction was taken over by George Lucas's mentor, Irving Kershner, who took over the directorship from the original creator, George Lucas, and the film is a complete change from the adventure-action drama full of dreams and courage in the first film, with drama and romance coexisting in a cold tone, and the hero. A dark ending without victory. A battle on an icy planet where gigantic weapons roam, the Millennium Falcon flying acrobatically while dodging numerous asteroids, a puppet Jedi Master who looks like a real sage, and Luke Skywalker... The Truth we will face... and without spending too many words explaining the plot, what I would like to focus on here is the strange hunters who appear along the way.

In order to capture the Millennium Falcon and its crew, which continue to evade the relentless pursuit of the Imperial fleet, the Dark Lord Darth Vader hires freelance bounty hunters and orders them to track down and capture the target. A group of totally out-of-place characters gathered on the gray, mechanical bridge of a space battleship. In order: Dengar, IG-88, Boba Fett, Bossk, 4-LOM, and Zuckus.

In particular, the charm of Boba Fett, who fulfills Vader's request and establishes himself as a villain despite playing a supporting role, cannot be overstated. His immense popularity will lead to the drama `` The Mandalorian, '' which will begin a new season this fall, but this time we'll put that aside for the moment and focus on the hunters other than Boba. They may be lively to say the least, but each one has an impressive shape. Many of the origins of their strange appearances can be found in the previous work , Episode 4: A New Hope .

Reptile in a pressurized suit