Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
Um, Empire has some of the best ... and worst ... dialogue in the series. Yoda's lines may have been better, but Leia and 3PO in particular suffered from really crappy dialogue compared to the lines they were given to speak in Star Wars.

I disagree. I think ESB's script is much better than that of ANH. ESB suffers from not having the luxury of the great structure of ANH, forming, as it does, a bridge from ANH to ROTJ. But I think the dialogue is the best of all the movies. And Kershner gets the best performances of the saga too.