WhoDatJedi Podcast: Live movie discussion: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’

“The Empire Strikes Back” is 40 years old.

That is incredible. And to celebrate, we recorded a live commentary track of the movie for this week’s edition of the WhoDatJedi podcast!

Read on for more.

On this, the 28th episode of the WhoDatJedi podcast, your hosts — Aaron Svoboda (@Aaron_Svoboda), Alfredo Narvaez (@NOLA_Fredo) and David Gladow (@davegladow) — celebrate the 40th anniversary of “The Empire Strikes Back” with a live, running commentary track of the movie (because everyone loves the people who talk through the whole movie). They really try to tackle the question of why Gen X in particular has such an affinity for this movie, how it succeeds (and even how it sometimes fails), what its impact and relation to the rest of the series is, and how it reads differently to an adult vs. a child. Sync up with the movie or listen without … but either way, enjoy!

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Song credit: Far, Far Away (Star Wars Jazz), by the Swamp Donkeys
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Related: The Empire Strikes Back retrospective: Hitting Hard

Related: The Empire Strikes Back on IMDB.com

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