46: I Like My Coffee Like My Evil Sith Lords/Death Star University — Star Wars (1977)

“Star Wars,” the original film, is finally in our crosshairs, and if we can bulls-eye a Womp Rat we can take on this classic sci-fi film. We talk about our first memories of Star Wars, pretend the prequels didn’t happen, give Cantina drink-ordering tips, marvel at Darth Vader’s coffee-drinking habits, praise the jump to hyperspace, explain why TIE fighter pilots wear black, ponder how Han and Leia somehow turn up in an Aaron Sorkin scene, reveal why there is no Space OSHA, comment on Ben Kenobi’s old man slippers and incomparable pseudonym, and expose the rebellion so rich it can have its own university and mint its own medals. [This episode was originally two episodes, 46 and 47. It’s been rejoined into a single, double-length episode.]