There are many questions that Star Wars fans have about the George Lucas produced and co-written 1980 sequel The Empire Strikes Back which kicked off the 16th TCM Class Film Festival last night at the TCL Chinese Theatre with 45th anniversary showing.

Lucas said altering the speech patterns of the "philosopher" of the Star Wars films was a way to "get people to actually listen, especially 12-year-olds"

The 'Star Wars' director joined Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz for a pre-screening discussion at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood