I Don't Remember Vader Being That Petite

Recently I got to enjoy the parody burlesque show known as The Empire Strips Back.

It was a memorable and enjoyable experience.

I do applaud our Host for the show, Eric Calrissian, Lando's nephew, who did a great job of keeping us entertained between acts and engaging the audience in energized exchanges.

The shows started off with an individual dressed in a costume much like Luke's Hoth outfit, but very much NOT Luke, climbing off her Tauntaun and then dancing with it. The poor girl ends up removing articles of clothing that leaves her cold and needing to reenact a well-known scene from the movies.  At one point the outer casing is removed from C-3PO, but the inner structure doesn't match up with what we saw in Episode 1. We get an extended scene from the opening of Episode 4 where Leia is recording her message with R2. A batch of Storm Troopers wearing what did not look like screen accurate armor, with a Darth Vader who was not as imposing as what we saw in the films.

We also get a rapping Jabba the Hutt.

It was a fun, crazy, erotic show with decent production values.

The crowd itself was something to take note of. A very diverse crowd with what looked to be an equal male/female ratio, with a fair number of couples, as well as a wide range of ages. It was a geeky crowd and despite the stereotypes, the geek crowd is very sexual group as showed by many in the audience wearing highly suggestive outfits in competition with what was on stage.

I left with a T-shirt that most likely will be worn only in certain company.

If you get the chance and it is your type of entertainment, I can highly recommend it as an enjoyable way to spend an evening.

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