Comparison to Empire Strikes Back (Score 1)

It's mostly forgotten that when Empire came out, it was a major critical dissapointment and (comparatively) a flop. Too much of a downer, too convoluted, and also suffering from "1941" syndrome - namely, the sophmore effort of a hyped director always suffers in comparison. It was only in more recent years that it ascended to the general consensus of being the strongest of the three.