'Empire Strikes Back' director Kershner dies in LA

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Source: AFP

PARIS — US director Irvin Kershner, renowned for making the second Star Wars film, "The Empire Strikes Back", has died in Los Angeles, his goddaughter Adriana Santini told AFP on Monday. He was 87 years old.

Kershner, who besides the 1980 sci-fi epic 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 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.

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[CBGLuthier]

1. The Flim Flam Man and A Fine Madness are better films he directed than

Robocop II and Never Say Never Again.

Even this SW "hater" has to admit his best film was The Empire Strikes Back.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. The Flim Flam man was a great movie

George C.....

[Ian David]

2. ...

[Autumn Colors]

3. And a great disturbance was felt in The Force.... RIP (nt)

[Champion Jack]

4. who will be the third?

[onehandle]

6. Empire was clearly the best of the original three.

And a hundred times better that the second three combined.

RIP, sir.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

7. The best of the Star Wars films

The Empire Strikes Back, RIP