Vader Immortal salutes The Empire Strikes Back with new poster art

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You might have heard, today marks the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back and here on the site and around the internet you will be seeing plenty of love shown for what is unquestionably one of the great movie sequels, and a film which changed the face of cinema and the GFFA forever. Our friends over at ILMxLAB are also in a celebratory mood, bringing us three Vader Immortal posters honouring a classic image from Episode V.

May 21, 2020 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and the one year anniversary of Vader Immortal: Episode I, ILMxLAB recreated a fan favorite, iconic Star Wars poster from the 1980 film.

Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is a canonical Star Wars adventure that allows audiences to step into the role of a Force-sensitive smuggler recruited by Darth Vader himself. All three episodes of the series will be available for purchase this summer on PlayStation®VR, bringing the complete trilogy together for players and fans.

Hasbro Gaming Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Hoth Ice Planet Adventure Board Game; Based on The 1980 Board Game; Exclusive Luke Skywalker (Snowspeeder) Figure
  • BASED ON A CLASSIC STAR WARS GAME: This retro board game is based on the Star Wars the Empire Strikes Back Ice Planet Hoth game by Kenner, released in 1980
  • EXCLUSIVE LUKE SKYWALKER (SNOWSPEEDER) FIGURE: Attention Star Wars fans and collectors! The Star Wars Hoth Ice Planet Adventure board game comes with an exclusive Luke Skywalker (Snowspeeder) figure
  • DEFEAT DARTH VADER: Win battles against 4 Imperial enemies: Stormtrooper, Probot, AT-AT, and Boba Fett. Earn enough Force to defeat the final foe, Darth Vader to win the game
  • MILLENNIUM FALCON TOKENS: Move around the gameboard using one of the 4 Millennium Falcon tokens, or use the Snowspeeder token
  • GREAT GIFT FOR STAR WARS FANS: The retro Star Wars game makes a great gift for Star Wars fans and collectors of Star Wars memorabilia; This board game is for ages 8 and up, for 2-4 players
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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You might have heard, today marks the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back and here on the site and around the internet you will be seeing plenty of love shown for what is unquestionably one of the great movie sequels, and a film which changed the face of cinema and the GFFA forever. Our friends over at ILMxLAB are also in a celebratory mood, bringing us three Vader Immortal posters honouring a classic image from Episode V.

May 21, 2020 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and the one year anniversary of Vader Immortal: Episode I, ILMxLAB recreated a fan favorite, iconic Star Wars poster from the 1980 film.

Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is a canonical Star Wars adventure that allows audiences to step into the role of a Force-sensitive smuggler recruited by Darth Vader himself. All three episodes of the series will be available for purchase this summer on PlayStation®VR, bringing the complete trilogy together for players and fans.

Hasbro Gaming Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Hoth Ice Planet Adventure Board Game; Based on The 1980 Board Game; Exclusive Luke Skywalker (Snowspeeder) Figure
  • BASED ON A CLASSIC STAR WARS GAME: This retro board game is based on the Star Wars the Empire Strikes Back Ice Planet Hoth game by Kenner, released in 1980
  • EXCLUSIVE LUKE SKYWALKER (SNOWSPEEDER) FIGURE: Attention Star Wars fans and collectors! The Star Wars Hoth Ice Planet Adventure board game comes with an exclusive Luke Skywalker (Snowspeeder) figure
  • DEFEAT DARTH VADER: Win battles against 4 Imperial enemies: Stormtrooper, Probot, AT-AT, and Boba Fett. Earn enough Force to defeat the final foe, Darth Vader to win the game
  • MILLENNIUM FALCON TOKENS: Move around the gameboard using one of the 4 Millennium Falcon tokens, or use the Snowspeeder token
  • GREAT GIFT FOR STAR WARS FANS: The retro Star Wars game makes a great gift for Star Wars fans and collectors of Star Wars memorabilia; This board game is for ages 8 and up, for 2-4 players
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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