30 years later , fans remember seeing `` Empire Strikes Back '' for the first time . The film was released in 1977 and it's a very popular movie today because of its popularity with young people who grew up watching Star Wars as kids. Consetta Parker got her wish to marry a Stormtrooper . On the fateful day when he went to see `` The Empire Strikes Back , '' the second movie in the original `` Star Wars '' trilogy , Sobleski had little patience for the movie to start . iReport : More `` Empire '' memories .
30 years later , fans remember seeing `` Empire Strikes Back '' for the first time . The film was released in 1977 and it's a very popular movie today because of its popularity with young people who grew up watching Star Wars as kids. Consetta Parker got her wish to marry a Stormtrooper . iReport : More `` Empire '' memories .