Now, witness the power of this fully operational podcast. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is finally with us, and we could hardly pass up the momentous occasion of a new Star Wars movie without recording an Empire Podcast Spoiler Special.
And who better to offer insight on our return to a galaxy far, far away than Lawrence Kasdan - a Star Wars veteran since co-writing Empire Strikes Back, and now back on co-writing duties for The Force Awakens. He chats exclusively to us about the past, present and future of the biggest movie franchise in this or any galaxy.
Plus, we gather together a Jedi council of Empire's biggest Star Wars experts, and discuss the pros and cons of the new instalment in forensic detail, debate our favourite new characters, swoon over Adam Driver's magnificent hair... and analyse that scene.
As ever, this is a Spoiler Special, and as that title suggests contains multiple, massive Star Wars spoilers. If you haven't seen The Force Awakens yet – and we can't emphasise this enough – do not listen to this podcast.
If you're all caught up, however, knock yourself out: listen to the Empire Podcast via our iTunes page.