Attack of the Clones Minute 72: The C-3PO Shake

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Date

February 20th, 2017

C-3PO is working outside the homestead. He looks up as ANAKIN and PADME arrive.

Starts with Obi-Wan getting it of his ship to investigate (it's implied in his mandate), and ends with C-3PO being incredibly pleased.
Classic wipe transition.
The classic Lars homestead. There's no "applause shot" for the familiar location.
Reintroduction of Treadwell! Oh and C-3PO.

Meredith is back despite the awful headgear/headphones situation yesterday.
Referenced: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984).
Everyone in the universe is bad to their droids.
Wipe transitions.
- YouTube video by Rob Ager on wipes in Star Wars.
Mentioned: Staring at the French horn.
Meredith assumes much darker fates for the droids.
In the original script C-3PO was still "naked". They may have filmed it with the puppet from TPM, then digitally added his plating later.
Anakin is Threepio's maker. Does this give him a God complex?
- Ironic, considering he's the only character in the movies that is mistaken for a god.
The Ewok TV movies.
Anthony Daniels brings the characters of both Threepio and Artoo to life.
- The feud between Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels.

30:18 podcast episode length.
Which way was the wipe?
Alex mentioned Ron Ager's YouTube channel, Collative Learning once before.
The Three Tenors, a popular trio of opera singers, were Domingo, Carreras, and Pavarotti.