Attack of the Clones Minute 58: Scramble the Folks

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Date

February 1st, 2017

R4 D17, Obi-Wan’s Astro-Droid, who is sitting on top of Obi-Wan’s Starfighter, switches on and beeps.

Starts with Obi-Wan thanking Taun We and heading out into the rain. Ends with Yoda encouraging Obi-Wan to discover the real villains behind this plot.
The landing platform is a real set.

Mentioned: Pete's accent.
Inter-species romance.
- Taun We & Obi-Wan.
How aware are the Kaminoans of Palpatine's nefarious machinations?
George Lucas' relationship to the old E.U.
- For Jacob, the new Disney purchase is like E.U. writers paying all the money up front.
  - All non-Lucas Star Wars is equivalent and not real Star Wars.
  - Movies we'd Like to see: a JAcob-directed Star Wars movie.
  - Referenced: The Massacre of Mankind the official authorized sequel to H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds"
Mentioned: Jango Fett's Singin' in the Rain bit.
In an earlier draft, Obi-Wan calls the Jedi council from inside while he is waiting overnight to meet Jango, rather than standing in the rain.

25:08 podcast episode length.
This is absolutely not canon, but in a mission in the Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) video game, stormtroopers of the 501st legion invade Kamino and actually fight their clone brothers, destroying the cloning facilities[1].

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