
Star Wars Episode V Poster T-shirt I The Empire Strikes Back Darth Vader decides that Luke Skywalker should know the truth. The problem is, Vader has his own pedagogical method. A normal father might start with: “Luke, there is something important we need to talk about.” Vader instead starts with a lightsaber duel. So a bit of psychological pressure. Then he cuts off Luke’s hand. And only then does he assess that the student is ready for today’s most important learning objective: “Good, Luke. Now let’s go through the family situation.” Luke hangs over an endless abyss at the same time, which also doesn’t exactly look like the optimal setting for new information. This Star Wars Episode V T-shirt honors Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Cloud City and the scene where one of film history’s biggest family revelations is delivered with absolutely zero sense of timing. Vader could have started with the family tree. He chose to start with the hand.