The Empire Strikes Back (disambiguation)
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The Empire Strikes Back can mean:
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[edit] Star Wars
In the Star Wars saga, a series of science fiction/fantasy film and related media
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (soundtrack)
[edit] Associated merchandising
There are many Star Wars video games named The Empire Strikes Back, including:
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (NES game)
- Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back SNES game
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (arcade game)
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Game Boy)
[edit] By analogy
The name has been quote by many media outlets for example, referring to nations, for example:
- A reference to the 1982 Falklands War, characterized by Newsweek in which the United Kingdom, seen as the rump of the British Empire, and Argentina were in military confilct over the Falklands Islands.
- The Empire Strikes Back: A confident Kremlin is throwing its weight around. Newsweek 3 January 2006 referring to Russia's returning appeareance of strength in early 2006.
or referring to corporations for example:
- Search Wars - the Empire strikes back - The Register referring to Microsoft's lawsuit against Google [1] in mid 2005 (Micorosft have been characterised in the media as the Evil Empire.
- The Empire Strikes Back: With the Xbox, Redmond plays offense - and defense. Wired magazine Novmber 2001 [2]
- Acer India termed its 2007 Retailer incentive program The Empire Strikes Back . [3]
[edit] See also
- The Empire Strikes First - an album by Bad Religion.
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