131: The Empire Strikes Back (4k80) Pt. 2
A More Civilized Age: A Star Wars Podcast
A More Civilized Age
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 159 minutes
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Summary
The heroes of the rebellion have fled Hoth and found themselves in new environs unlike any we've seen in Star Wars before. Bespin's Cloud City is the first real metropolis in the series, and while Yavin was covered in trees, it was nothing like the damp swamps of Dagobah, home to creepy crawlies of all sorts. As our heroes meet their respective contacts, one has to wonder, which of these new worlds is home to the more trustworthy sort of person?
Trick question. You can't trust either of these motherfuckers.
Show Notes
Episode 1 Yoda Comparison Video


How the Famous 'I Love You/I Know' Scene From 'The Empire Strikes Back' Really Came Together
Hosted by Rob Zacny (robzacny.bsky.social)
Featuring Alicia Acampora (ali-online.bsky.social), Austin Walker (austinwalker.bsky.social), and Natalie Watson (nataliewatson.bsky.social)
Produced by Michael Hermes
Music by Jack de Quidt (notquitereal.bsky.social
Cover art by Xeecee (xeecee.bsky.social)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Let us return once more to a more civilized age, a Star Wars podcast. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Rob Zagney, joined by Ali Akamkora, Austin Walker, and Natalie Watson. |
| 0:16.0 | We are, as always, supported by your listeners via patreon.com slash civilized. |
| 0:21.6 | So head over there if you'd like to support the show and get access to all our Q&A episodes and various other special editions. |
| 0:28.0 | Today, we are concluding the Empire Strikes Back. |
| 0:33.2 | You already know what happens here. |
| 0:34.5 | Cool movie. |
| 0:35.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:36.0 | Where we left things off, Luke was hanging on Degaba, about to start his training. |
| 0:41.7 | I believe they, Han, Leah, the Falcon, the team Falcon had just escaped the worm. |
| 0:48.8 | Yep. |
| 0:49.0 | Mm-hmm. |
| 0:49.6 | Mm-hmm. |
| 0:51.1 | And Vader was still burning through staff level officers as he searched the stars and had just gotten on a on a forced conference call basically with with Palpatine who was like you heard about this kid Luke Skywalker and Vader was like damn that's crazy yeah so Luke begins his Jedi training |
| 1:16.0 | and it begins it basically begins with a bang right like he's he's going to that dark side |
| 1:20.9 | cave in no time yeah we get a little bit from Yoda he does some vine swinging right he has some |
| 1:25.9 | vine swinging and we and we get what the dark side is, |
| 1:29.0 | which we'll talk about at length when we wrap the, when we come back around to this. But then he |
| 1:32.2 | goes into the cave. Yep. And he one-shots Vader. Woo! Big win. Uh-oh. We'll revisit that idea |
| 1:43.5 | later. |
| 1:48.1 | Meanwhile, the falcon chased through the asteroid field. |
| 1:51.3 | Now it has to find a different way to get out of this jam. |
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