After the massive success of the first film, it seemed logical to make a follow up. Unfortunately, George Lucas, due to the amount of work and stress involved in making Star Wars, really didn't want to do it again. As a result of this, Lucas just wrote the story. He didn't direct it this time, he didn't even write the screenplay. Fortunately, however, this all worked entirely in Empire Strikes Back 's favour, because Empire Strikes Back is, without a doubt, the best of the original trilogy and quite possibly one of the greatest pieces of mainstream cinema ever. Boundless Imagination In Empire , you once more find yourself exploring some of the most exciting, unique and vibrant locations and meeting the most bizarre creatures and characters, just as you did in A New Hope . This time, however, everything's even more exciting, even more unique, even more vibrant and even more bizarre. We start off on Hoth, a freezing cold desert planet littered with humongous cave...