Irvin Kershner, director of the
Star Wars series' finest hour - the middle trilogy classic
The Empire Strikes Back, has
died aged 87. I've just written a lengthy piece on
Leslie Nielsen's sad death and now this. We've lost two greats that's for sure. Kershner also made
Robocop 2 and
Never Say Never Again - becoming something of a sequels man - but boy how we would trade those films in a heartbeat for Kershner directed
Return of the Jedi or those Star Wars prequels if Lucas would have given him free reign.
I, or someone else, will write more soon.