With special guest and Trylon blog author Luke Mosher!

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK is the best STAR WARS movie. I mean, come on. It’s got it all! Everything except a beginning and an ending. Like all the best stories! Lol!

Since Cody’s out and we couldn’t find anyone else who prefers STAR WARS to EMPIRE, we’ve welcomed first-time guest Luke Mosher to unload about this series high point! Together, we talk about what makes EMPIRE special, how it relates and compares to the 1977 starting point, and find out what it’s like to be a STAR WARS fan named Luke. (Apparently, it’s pretty awesome.)

Find Luke…

• On Twitter at @tinyplanetspod


• On Letterboxd at @soharborcoat


• On Perisphere, the Trylon blog, including “You Must Have Done Something: Orson Welles’ The Trial” and “Waiting for Something to Happen: György Fehér’s Twilight”

References:

• “Star Wars Film Love: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Theater” by Devin Warner for Perisphere, the Trylon blog


• “The Bright Flame of Resistance: Star Wars” by John Costello for Perisphere, the Trylon blog


• Give to the Trylon’s Film Forever Fund so they never have to increase ticket prices!


• Check the calendar, preview upcoming series, and buy tickets


• Contribute to Perisphere, the Trylon blog

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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)” composed and conducted by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra from the THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK soundtrack.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 336: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)

1:41 - Luke and his history with the Trylon

15:06 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary (under exclusive license from AG Enterprises, Ltd.)

17:04 - What it’s like to be a STAR WARS fan named Luke

24:46 - Actually discussing THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

40:18 - Is this movie a miracle?

42:40 - The handshake between STAR WARS (1977) and EMPIRE

47:46 - A deeper focus on character and tone

1:01:45 - Yoda, Obi-Wan, and the limited usefulness of tradition

1:09:49 - The Junk Drawer

1:28:24 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1980