Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) with Rev. Beth Wartick

Horror Nerds at Church

Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) are joined by Rev. Beth Wartick (she/her) to talk about The Empire Strikes Back. How weird is that kiss in the beginning? What does this film teach us about disability? And is this perhaps the best Star Wars film of all time?

CW: discussions around disability, sexism, and incest as related to the film

Media referenced:

-HNAC's Newsletter (on Substack)

-How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming by Mike Brown

-The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

-"Seagulls! (Stop It Now)" by Bad Lip Reading

-God's Holy Darkness by Sharei Green and Beckah Selnick, illustrated by Nikki Faison

-Star Wars the High Republic: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule (first in the series)

-Cinder by Marissa Meyer (first in the Lunar Chronicles series)

-Nerdforge on YouTube

-Beth Wartick on Living Lutheran, Working Preacher, and Resurrection Lutheran

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