It’s typical of an engrossing Dungeons & Dragons game: you get so caught up in the campaign, you barely realise how much time has passed. So it is that Stranger Things – the world-conquering retro sci-fi adventure series, in which nerdy ‘80s kids battle supernatural forces in Hawkins, Indiana – is about to come to an end with its fifth and final blockbuster season , nearly a decade after the likes of Eleven, Mike, Will Byers, and Jim Hopper first came to our screens. There have been bloody battles, beasts galore, and firm friendships forged along the way – and now, creators Ross and Matt Duffer are about to go out with a bang, delivering one last roll of the 20-sided die in Stranger Things 5 . Bitchin’.

This month’s issue of Empire takes a world-exclusive deep dive into the

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