- The Empire Strikes Back (allthetropes.org)
After the surprise success of A New Hope, a sequel was inevitable. Lucas’s new story turned the series into a dramatic saga with the revelation that Darth Vader was Luke’s father. Since making the last film had been so stressful, he had Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Brackett write the script for The Empire Strikes Back and had Irvin Kershner direct it.
- no wonder everyone prefers part two (YouTube)
Dune: Part Two is a great film, amazing cinematography, visual effects, world building and sound design. But that’s not what this video is about. This video is about why Dune: Part Two is a great sequel. Join me as we explore some of the greatest sequels of all time, The Empire Strikes Back, The Dark Knight, The Godfather Part II, and The Two Tower, and why Dune: Part Two can find it’s place among these greats
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- The History of Windows 2000 (abortretry.fail)
When Microsoft and IBM had their divorce, Microsoft left OS/2 in the rear view mirror and began driving toward NT. This marked the third operating system that Microsoft had fully intended to replace MS-DOS and Windows on the IBM PC and compatibles. The first such system was Xenix, the second was OS/2, and finally NT. The question that remained for Microsoft was which version of NT will accomplish this goal? Version 3.1, the first NT version, was successful for Microsoft internally, and NT 4 was a commercial success. This commercial success made certain that Microsoft would create NT 5, which began its planning phase in the summer of 1996 after the launch of NT 4 with the planned timing for release being in late 1997. This had been revised by the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in May of 1997 to a ship date sometime in 1998. At this point, there was an intent to have a version for Intel’s Merced, for both 32 bit and 64 bit Alpha, for x86 workstations, and for consumer PCs. Here we see that Microsoft had pivoted from making a pure successor to NT 4, to having NT 5 be the version that unified the consumer and professional operating system lines, and the company had roughly forty two hundred people working on it…
- The Empire Strikes Back (Wikipedia)
The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back) is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas. The sequel to Star Wars (1977), it is the second film in the Star Wars film series and the fifth chronological chapter of the “Skywalker Saga”. Set three years after the events of Star Wars, the film recounts the battle between the malevolent Galactic Empire, led by the Emperor, and the Rebel Alliance, led by Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. As the Empire goes on the offensive, Luke trains to master the Force so he can confront the Emperor’s powerful disciple, Darth Vader. The ensemble cast includes Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, and Frank Oz.
