May is Star Wars Month here at The Tape Store. This week we kick off the festivities with 1980's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Widely considered the best of The Skywalker Saga, Toby and Brooke discuss what makes this film such a classic. We talk about the strengths and weaknesses of hero Luke Skywalker and also compare and contrast him with heroine Leia Organa. Toby discusses his lack of appreciation for the film as a kid but how he changed his heart as an adult as the film raises the stakes of the entire Saga and deepens the relationships between our favorite Rebels. There's also the wonderful gifts that "Empire" gives us that are epic fixtures in the Star Wars Universe: the Asteroid Field, Han's jacket, the AT-AT, Yoda, Boba Fett, Cloud City, Lando Calrissian, Han and Leia's relationship, and of course, Vader's big reveal to Luke.
