Attack of the Clones Minute 64: The Same Wum-Wum

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Date

February 9th, 2017

Summary

Jango Fett's ship lifts off from the platform and heads up into the lowering sky. It disappears. Lightning flashes.

Guests

Ralph Attanasia & Asterios Kokkinos

Notes

Film

• Starts with Jango scaling the platform, and ends with an H-type Nubian yacht landing on Tatooine.
• Jango hits his head om the closing door, callback to the stormtrooper who hit yes head in Star Wars.

Podcast

• Star Wars planets are each only one environment. What new environments are left?
  • Tornado planet? Earthquake planet? Maybe a giant flower planet?
• Clothing in Star Wars and gender inequality.
  • Midriffs and Padmé's clothing damage.
• Obi-Wan gratuitously uses the Force to open the door.
  • Maybe they're really automatic doors; he gestures right and the door opens left.
• Jango is winded after his fight.
• Slave I is an inconveniently-designed ship.
• Richard Hatch's characters in the original and the remake of Battlestar Galactica.
• Problematic propulsion systems in Star Wars.
  • Thrusters/flame jets vs. repulsorlift; if some things can hover silently, how come you need gouts of flame to lift a tiny R2 ubit? Why don't they have the same wum-wum that a landspeeder has?
• They Might Be Giants.
• Who really won the Clone Wars?
• The Prequels water down Boba Fett.
• Asterios stands up for Josh Trank.
• Banthas(!).
• The Naboo yacht is super conspicuous and ostentatious.
• Riddle: what's a Jawa's favorite adult beverage? Answer
• Plug for http://www.starwarsminute.com/amazon

Meta Minute

• 25:48 podcast episode length.
• Contrary to popular belief, the Coriolis force has very little to do with how water drains from the toilet[1].
• This is the first time Pete's "real name" is ever uttered in the show.
• Numerous times during this episode, the hosts or guests get to close the show because of bad puns.
• If Ralph and Asterios ever do start They Might Be Podcasting, the show would run from "13" to "Zeroes". Interestingly, Alphabeatical began with a 12 (for "12-bar Original").
  • 'Zuvio, Constable' is a reference to the Roll Call of Heroes.
• In episode 6 of Season 3 of Star Wars Rebels, they tie up the loose end about who really won the Clone war.

Quotes

• Our guests do a local news-style intro

 Ralph: (Cheesy news anchor voice) ...and I'm Ralph Attanasia coming to you live from the STAR WARS MINUTE news desk in Manhattan, New York City. Over to you, Asterios!
 Asterios: This is Asterios Kokkinos with the weather. On Kamino it's always raining! It's weird. Yes that's right, in this universe entire set pieces happen in only one easy-to-point-to climate! Whether you're on a desert, in a forest, in a snow thing, or on a beach, you will always know that you're somewhere in the Star Wars universe.
 Ralph: And our eye in the sky with traffic in the Slave I traffic copter, it's young Boba Fett! Boba how ya doin' up there buddy?
 Alex: (as young Boba) Dad, get 'im!
 Ralph: Good God, do we hate him.

• Ralph: I'm just gonna wear a sports bra and jeggings.
• Ralph: My notes for this minute are just a picture of me with my eyes X'ed out and my tongue hanging out.
• Pete: Maybe he [Jango] stole it [Slave I] from, like, an owl. Alex: Who?
• Pete: Sometimes space prostitutes are just the answer.
• Alex and then Asterios: I'm here to see... <surreptitiously> The Retailer.
• Ralph: I'm sorry. Asterios, let's take our free observations of whatever's going on elsewhere. I know the guys who do the Alphabeatical podcast.
• Ralph: <exasperated> Jangle dangle fingle fangle [...] anyone can hit their head on a door!!!
• Ralph and Asterios: <dueling Sheevs>.
• Asterios: You're Fox! You're run by a literal Australian supervillain. You're the reason we have bad presidents!
• Ralph: Let's escape under cover of midday in the biggest car in the county.
• Alex and then Asterios: You're gonna get Jawas.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2017/02/09/attack-of-the-clones-minute-64-the-same-wum-wum/

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