Ugnaught said:
I also believe that the universe became smaller with Empire, but I like the film to much to dismiss it.
I liked it when it first came out. Not nearly as much as Star Wars, but I thought it was ok. I saw it a few times and even had a laserdisc of it for a while. Eventually though, it just didn't hold my interest. Return stopped holding my interest about 30 minutes after the opening crawl.
;-)