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The Empire Strikes Back Cast & Characters

PG 1980 · 2h 4m 84 Audience

Available on Apple TV

Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Irvin Kershner

Screenplay

Leigh Brackett , Lawrence Kasdan

Story

George Lucas

Producers

Gary Kurtz , George Lucas , Howard G. Kazanjian

Music

John Williams

Cinematography

Peter Suschitzky

Editor

Marcia Lucas , Paul Hirsch

Production design

Norman Reynolds

Costume design

John Mollo

Casting

Bob Edmiston , Irene Lamb , Terry Liebling

Full cast

79 cast members

Billy Dee Williams

Lando Calrissian

Anthony Daniels

Boba Fett (voice - uncredited)

Performing Assistant for Yoda

Emperor (uncredited)

Emperor (voice)

Commander Nemet

Lieutenant Venka

General Carlist Rieekan

Christopher Malcolm

Richard Oldfield

Derek "Hobbie" Klivian

John Ratzenberger

Rebel Force Head Controller

Imperial Officer (uncredited)

Stormtrooper (uncredited)

Richard Bonehill

Stormtrooper / Snowtrooper / Rebel Soldier / ... (uncredited)

Holographic Imperial Officer (uncredited)

Officer M'kae (Captain Needa's Communications Officer) (uncredited)

Cloud City Guard (uncredited)

Snowtrooper Gunner (uncredited)

Snowtrooper (uncredited)

Snowtrooper (uncredited)

Snowtrooper (uncredited)

Bossk / Bespin Security Guard (uncredited)

James Earl Jones

Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)

Rebel Pilot (uncredited)

Ralph McQuarrie

General McQuarrie (uncredited)

Stormtrooper / Imperial Comms Officer / Rebel Soldier (uncredited)

Wampa (uncredited)

Echo Base Trooper (uncredited)

Hoth Rebel Commander (uncredited)

Alan Austen

Stormtrooper/Snowtrooper

Stormtrooper/Snowtrooper

Tom Egeland

Hoth Trooper (uncredited)

Stormtrooper (uncredited)

Trevor Butterfield

Blount / Stormtrooper (uncredited)

Mercedes Burleigh

Female Hoth Control Room Tech (uncredited)

Jane Busby

Ugnaught (uncredited)

Dengar (uncredited)

Stormtrooper (uncredited)

Ugnaught (uncredited)

Rebel Technician on Hoth (uncredited)

AT-AT Driver (uncredited)

Hoth Rebel (uncredited)

Stormtrooper / Chewbacca / Treva Horme / Solomahal (uncredited)

Snowtrooper (uncredited)

Stephanie English

Hoth Rebel Technician (uncredited)

Imperial Crewman (uncredited)

Willrow Hood (uncredited)

Elaine Alexander

Emperor (uncredited)

Snowtrooper (uncredited)

Crew by department

86 crew members

Directing

Harley Cokeliss

Second Unit Director

Second Unit Director

Peter MacDonald

Second Unit Director

Peter Suschitzky

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Writing

Lawrence Kasdan

Production

Howard G. Kazanjian

Location Manager

Executive Producer

Associate Producer

Production Manager

Associate Producer

Production Manager

Production Supervisor

Camera

Camera Operator

Still Photographer

Editing

Sound

Peter Sutton

Sound

Sound Recordist

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Music

Original Music Composer

Art

Property Master

Norman Reynolds

Production Design

Visual Effects

Ralph McQuarrie

Special Effects

David H. Watkins

Special Effects

Visual Effects Lineup

Visual Effects Camera

Visual Effects Art Director

Costume & Makeup

Barbara Ritchie

Stuart Freeborn

Graham Churchyard

Costume Assistant

Costume Supervisor

Eileen Sullivan

Wardrobe Supervisor

Graham Freeborn

Makeup Department Head

Casting

Other

Richard Bonehill

Richard Hammatt

Terry Pritchard

London Symphony Orchestra

Stephen Calcutt

Bill Hargreaves

Herbert W. Spencer

Harrison Ellenshaw

Stunt Coordinator