The Empire Strikes Back screens in full at the Royal Albert Hall on two evenings, with John Williams' score played live by the London Symphony Orchestra under Ludwig Wicki.
The Empire Strikes Back, the second Star Wars film, screens in full at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington on Friday 30 April 2027. The London Symphony Orchestra plays John Williams’ score live under Ludwig Wicki.
Irvin Kershner directed the 1980 sequel from a story by George Lucas. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher return as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia. Han and Leia flee to Cloud City, where Darth Vader captures them, while Luke trains with the Jedi Master Yoda on the swamp planet Dagobah.
The LSO recorded Williams’ original soundtracks for the trilogy, and here it plays the score live to the picture. The film screens twice, on the Friday and again on Saturday 1 May, both as evening performances.
The two nights sit at the centre of the Hall’s first Star Wars in-concert weekend. A New Hope opens it on Thursday 29 April, and Return of the Jedi closes it on Sunday 2 May.