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‘Empire Strikes Back’
with enhanced epic style
By Bret Schulte
Film Critic
Digitally enhanced and lovingly lengthened,
“The Empire Strikes Back” looks good enough
to pull the ears of a Gundark.
The second in the immortal “Star Wars”
trilogy, “Empire” has long been held as the fa
vorite by many — featuring the desperate and
hopeless Hoth battle, Luke’s first steps into the
religion of the Jedi, Darth Vader finally own
ing up to his kid, and the tragic capture of the
roguish Han Solo.
“The Empire Strikes Back” is seen by many
as the crown jewel in the “Star Wars” trilogy
and treatment of its revival to the big screen
was a delicate one.
Undergoing a cosmetic make over similar
to its predecessor, “Star Wars,” “Empire” con
tains a refreshed and more frightening Hoth
and a dreamier, more complete Cloud City.
However, the adjustments are not as con
siderable or innovating as “Star Wars,” which
featured up to four minutes of new material,
including instant success with the appearance
of a relatively mobile Jabba the Hutt with a mea
surable waistline.
“Empire” relies instead on technological im
provements, a cleaner sound delivery, small
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Episcopalian
display recalls
religious roots
By Lindsay Young
Staff Reporter
Celebrating the historical roots of the Epis
copal Church was the goat of an English Heri
tage Sampler Sunday.
The Arts Committee of St. Mark’s oh the
Campus Episcopal Church sponsored a tradi
tional English tea, a display of historical En
glish Bibles and Books of Common Prayer and
a choral evensong. The event was held in the
student lounge of St. Mark’s on the Campus,
1309 R St.
The display of Bibles and Bodes of Com
mon Prayer shared the historical background
of the Episcopal Church, which descended from
the Church of England.
The display showed Bibles and Books of
Common Prayer ranging from the years 1500
to 1900.
Robert Stock, a book cdlector and profes
sor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
shared some of his collection with the public.
Stock, a member of the Arts Committee
since its conception, owns a 1576 Geneva Bible
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Stock said the event helped to combine re
ligious outreach with aesthetic culture and
ideas. This, he said, was one of the goals of the
Arts Committee.
UNL professor Steve Shively, member of the
Arts Committee, was also on hand to share bis
background with the books, which were taken
from the University Archives collection. He
worked with the University Archives five years
ago.
Shively organized the display with UNL
Assistant Professor Michele Fagan, the head
of the University Archives and Special Collec
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Thespians bring
comedic ability
to Moliere play
BtLizaHoltmuer
Theatre Critic
It was a night to revel in debauchery. The
opening of “The Imaginary Invalid” by
Moliere greeted audiences Friday at the
Howell Theatre with bawdiness and innu
endo.
' -*■ The story centers on Argon, a gullible
hypochondriac played by Robert Hurst, and
his mischievous maid, Tbinette, played by
Erin McLaine. As Argon attempts to arrange
a marriage for his daughter and draft his
will, hilarity ensues.
The tongue-wagging antics of McLaine
kept Act 1 moving at a galloping pace. The
token minx with her brazen frolicking and
saucy tone, she handled the flippant banter
with Hurst expertly.
Hurst flirted with vulgarity and brought
waves of laughter with his childish wining
and tantrums. He adeptly managed the out
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