After a year of reviewing The Empire Strikes Back ten minutes at a time, we share our final thoughts, observations, and conclusions of this series.
Our year of celebrating the 40th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back has come to an end. After breaking the movie down into roughly ten minute segments from January through November, we are ready to reflect on the series, discuss our overall observations, and share some concluding thoughts. This was a fun series to write, discuss, and produce. Thank you to everyone that participated and to all the listeners for joining us and making it a success.
On the fully armed and operations episode, we discuss:
- How the special edition was received overall by our guests,
- Where The Empire Strikes Back ranked among all the Star Wars movies,
- How perceptions of The Empire Strikes Back have changed over time,
- The reveal of the AT-ATs,
- Han and Leia’s iconic romance and banter,
- The movie poster,
- How “The Imperial March” has become an iconic piece of music.
- The quality of the dialogue and character moments,
- And more.
You can find all episodes of this series on RetroZap:
- Part 1: From the Crawl to the Rescue – with Ryder Waldron on episode 54,
- Part 2: The Wampa’s Lair – with Dan Zehr on episode 64,
- Part 3: The Battle of Hoth – with Allen Voivod on episode 78,
- Part 4: The Asteroid Field – with Jay Shepard on episode 93,
- Part 5: You Seek Yoda – with Jeff McGee on episode 105,
- Part 6: Only What You Take with You – with Johnamarie Macias on episode 114,
- Part 7: There Is No Try – with Bill Drewnowsk on episode 126,
- Part 8: Always in Motion – with Joe Carroney on episode 144,
- Part 9: I Love You, I Know – with Chris Leddy on episode 153,
- Part 10: Luke Confronts Vader – with Becca Benjamin on episode 162, and
- Part 11: I Am Your Father – with Joe Tavano on episode 180.
Plus, we announce the next movie we will be analyzing in 2021.
Thanks for joining us for another episode. Please subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and spread the word to all of your Star Wars friends. May the Force be with you!
Don’t forget to check out our discussion of the weeks news in episode 188.
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Podcast Stardust is the fully armed and operational podcast inspired by the code name for the Death Star. Hosted by first-generation Star Wars fans, Dennis Keithly and Jay Krebs, Podcast Stardust endeavors to bring thought provoking discussion on recent Star Wars news on a weekly basis. Between news episodes, Dennis and Jay review the latest episodes from Star Wars television covering everything from Resistance, Rebels, and The Clone Wars to The Mandalorian and other live action productions on Disney+. Of course, Podcast Stardust wouldn’t be complete without thematic discussions, top ten lists, and interviews on everything from Star Wars literature, comics, and the films themselves.