He gave us empire strikes back...RIP

US director Irvin Kershner (87), renowned for making the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, has died in Los Angeles.

Kershner also directed Sean Connery as James Bond in Never Say Never Again (1983) and Peter Weller in Robocop II (1990), died at home after a long illness, said his goddaughter Adriana Santini, who lives in France.

Born in Philadelphia in 1923, Kershner trained as a musician and in photography before starting making documentaries and then feature films.

Hands down the best film of the series...

RIP

Yup.

I would still love to get my hands on the version of Return of the Jedi he was sopposed to direct that didn't involve the Ewoks.

There is such a thing? Thatd be really cool.

In jedi's defence, without them, its kinda just star wars 2. Empire being nothing like either obviously, but without ewoks, jedi would be small ragtag rebel fleet takes on empire and wins. Again. Hang on, didnt we just do this?

Theyre a manhandled element. He really fucked it up, but there was potential there. Matter of time before lucas remakes them or someone else..that could be cool