Attack of the Clones Minute 51: Reminiscent of the Cloud People

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Date

January 23rd, 2017

Summary

Obi-Wan, Taun We, and Boba Fett enter the apartment. Obi-wan looks around the room.

Guests

Matt Belknap

Notes

Film

• Starts with Padmé and Anakin rolling through the fields, and ends with Boba telling his father that Taun We is here.
  • The "pretend that you're dead so they'll care about you" routine.
• Aiwha—"Air whale".
• It's the next day, so Obi-Wan is no longer wet.
• The first time we see actual Boba Fett (episode order).

Podcast

• Matt had hopes that AOTC would be better than Episode I.
• Matt gets his positive comments out of the way.
• This minute fails to reference Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal".
  • Michael Jackson loved Star Wars and wanted to play Jar Jar.
• Hayden Christiansen is disconcerting as the leading man heartthrob.
  • Mentioned: that famous scene from From Here to Eternity.
  • He carries that "simmering darkness" with him in pretty much every scene, when sometimes it's inappropriate.
  • The question of "was this intentional?" is asked again.
    • Matt theorizes that he was given little to no direction, and made a questionable acting choice.
• How Hayden Christiansen's career might have gone if he wasn't in Star Wars. Comparison to Mark Hamill.
• Given the number of shaaks grazing nearby, Anakin and Padmé probably roll through some Shaak scat.
• The physicality of the roll doesn't really work.
• How does Padmé feel toward Anakin at the end of this scene?
• Padmé ends up on top of Anakin. What are the implications (artistically, and for the characters)?
  • What if it had been the other way around?
• What is the symbolism of the immediate cut to the animal bursting out of the water?
  • Mentioned: a particular scene from The Naked Gun 2½.
• Referenced: the distinguished clergyman from The Princess Bride.
• The Aiwha is cool and transports us to another world, so it's okay that they linger on the establishing shot.
  • Designed by Ralph McQuarrie
  • In the Brackett Draft, the Cloud People rode something similar. Are these the Beldons that provide the gas for Cloud City?
  • Also domesticated by Gungans.
  • "Aiwha-bait" is Clone slang for "dead meat".
• Listener Projects: Photoshop (or even better animate) the Doof Warrior from Mad Max: Fury Road onto the back of this Aiwha.
• Is it always raining on Kamino? Why is there no covered parking?
• This city doesn't seem designed for Kaminoans—the doors aren't quite tall enough. Maybe this is the visitors' center.
• Call 8-DAY-GREEDO.
• Plug for starwarsminute.com/merch.
  • Matt is wearing his limited edition original STAR WARS MINUTE shirt right now!

Meta Minute

• 24:39 podcast episode length.
• Tom Selleck was in consideration for the role of Han Solo.
• Matt also hasn't seen Jumper.
• They never did make a Shaak toy, but if they did it would probably have been similar to the Dewback toy, which came with a sandtrooper that you could stuff into slots in the back.
• It has become SWM-Canon that All Jedi go Commando.

Quotes

• Matt: The old "'possum in the field."
• Matt: Always have part of your mind on your...genitals.
• Matt: I apologize for not having watched the whole movie up to this point... Alex: We apologize for making you watch this part of the movie.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2017/01/23/attack-of-the-clones-minute-51-reminiscent-of-the-cloud-people/

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