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Readers of Empire Film Magazine have voted The Empire Strikes Back as the "greatest film of all time", topping a poll of 300 movies....
Star Wars creator George Lucas said it was "a privilege" to see the film top the poll.
"The fans like The Empire Strikes Back the best, partly because it is so dark," he said. "It's an overall story and as it happens in the second act, things get dark. I never really planned it to be three separate films but when it became three separate films, it had an interesting effect of each film having its own personality, caused by the plot."
"We are delighted, if not surprised, that The Empire Strikes Back has been voted the number one Greatest Movie Of All Time, by the hundreds of thousands of readers of Empire," said Empire's Editor-In-Chief, Mark Dinning.
"This is a movie that when it was released managed to make Star Wars both bigger and more intimate all at the same time. And today it retains all of its power, wit, heart and spectacle.
"With Star Wars very much back in the current conversation with J.J. Abrams shooting Episode VII, this is a timely reminder of the power of Star Wars to capture the imagination of film fans the world ove," he added.
"It may be set in a galaxy far far away, but this is a series of movies that will always be very close to our hearts. And, for now at least, The Empire Strikes Back is this indelible franchise at the very top of its game."
The top ten are:
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980, dir. Irvin Kershner)
- The Godfather (1972, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
- The Dark Knight (2008, dir. Christopher Nolan)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994, dir. Frank Darabont)
- Pulp Fiction (1994, dir. Quentin Tarantino)
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977, dir. George Lucas)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, dir. Peter Jackson)
- Jaws (1975, dir. Steven Spielberg)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, dir. Steven Spielberg)
- Inception (2010, Christopher Nolan)
Here at Jedi-Robe.com, we certainly aren't going to disagree with the number one slot. In total, four Star Wars films made the list, with Return of the Jedi at #120 and Revenge of the Sith at #224.
The full list of the Top 301 Greatest Films can be found HERE.
