Irvin Kershner(1923-2010)

Of the three directors to direct the Star Wars films made between 1977 and 1983, the cast and crew have stated that he was their favorite director to work with, describing him as very helpful and supportive.

[on the Star Wars: Episode IV - Eine neue Hoffnung (1977) bonus DVD, speaking about Star Wars: Episode V - Das Imperium schlägt zurück (1980)] I think it went beyond "Star Wars". You had some humor, you got to know the characters a little better. I saw it as the second movement in an opera. That's why I wanted some of the things slower. And it ends in a way that you can't wait to see or to hear the vivace, the allegretto. I didn't have a climax at the end. I had an emotional climax.