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.

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.

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