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==Date==
==Date==
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February 6th, 2014
==Summary==
==Summary==
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Rieekan looks up grimly from a console screen. He calls over to Leia and Han.
==Guests==
==Guests==
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[[Guest Name]]
[[Asterios Kokkinos]]  
==Notes==
==Notes==
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===Film===
===Film===
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*PA line "Headquarters personnel report to the command center".
*Probe droid "dialog"
*Threepio is fluent in six million forms of communication.
===Podcast===
===Podcast===
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*It kind of seems like Rieekan calls Han "Princess".
**Was this a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freudian_slip Freudian slip]?
*In the original draft, it was General Dodonna and Commander Willard who are commanders of Echo Base, instead of General Rieekan. Maybe they couldn't get the actors back?
*Mentioned: [[Leigh Brackett]]
*Is this the entire Rebellion right here?
**If yes, then where is everybody else (e.g. Mon Mothma, Ackbar, etc.)?
**If no, and there are other Rebel cells, then it lowers the stakes for the upcoming battle.
*Zev sure seemed proud that he found Han and Luke. Maybe there was some sort of prize for the pilot that brought them back (see: the name of this episode).
*The flat rejection of Han's guess about the signal coming from one of their speeders is amusing.
**Obviously it isn't a speeder.
**But if you don't know what it is, Han, then how do you "know" it's not friendly?
*What if the Empire was also offering a prize to whichever probe droid found the Rebels? The probe droid would have been so happy right before it blew up.
*Mentioned: [[Toy talk|people hate toy talk]].
*Asterios shares his memories of having the snowspeeder toy.
*Callback to discussion from [[The Empire Strikes Back 17|minute 17]]: if the snowspeeder only holds two, how did all three of them get back?
*Asterios shares his ESB memories.
**He remembers being fooled by Yoda.
**The "I am your father" reveal was [[Media:Tenor.gif|spoiled by The Simpsons]].
*Mentioned: [[Inside References and Running Jokes#Raise your right hand|Raise your right hand]]
*Referenced: "The Tracey Ullman Show", ''Memento (2000)''


===Meta Minute===
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*19:50 podcast episode length.
*tt:tt podcast episode length.
*Cold open: [[8-DAY-GREEDO]] call from Matt in Atlanta about the [[The Empire Strikes Back 12#Meta Minute|sounds made by Tauntauns]] and probe droids.
*[[The Empire Strikes Back 18|Yesterday's minute]] was the one that had all the principal characters in the same shot.
*Eddie Byrne was the actor who played Commander Willard.
*Flash forward to [[Jedi Minute 12: Torture|ROTJ]]: C-3PO later says he is fluent in ''over'' [[:File:Threepio in da house.jpg|six million forms of communication]].
*John Kerry ran for president of the United States in 2004.
*Alex pledges to stop saying "spoilers", but will continue to do so in many minutes to come.
*[[Spoilers (running joke)|Spoilers]]
**Good job, Asterios. We did walk out of Episode VII and Han Solo died.
**Pete revealed on [[:Category:SWM:WE|Star Wars Minute Weekend Edition]] that the big reveal was [[Star Wars Minute: Weekend Edition 37|spoiled for him]], coincidentally by a friend of Asterios'.
 
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
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*'''Alex:'''...we analyze, scrutinize, and celebrate the Star Wars movies one agonizing minute at a time.
*'''Pete:''' (ironically) Now, why would somebody spend that much time on a Star Wars-related project? '''Asterios:''' Real waste of time, right boys? You'd have to be a real nerd.
*'''Pete:''' Everybody, just remember that from yesterday.
*'''Pete:''' If you haven't seen ''Empire Strikes Back'', stop listening now.
*'''Asterios:''' [Han Solo is] just like a little kid, he just wants to have an opinion. <heavy sarcasm> I wonder what that would feel like.
*'''Asterios:''' You can't escape the incest in this series!


==Link==
==Link==
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http://www.starwarsminute.com/2014/02/06/empire-minute-19-space-turkey/
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The resemblance is... uncanny.

Date

February 6th, 2014

Summary

Rieekan looks up grimly from a console screen. He calls over to Leia and Han.

Guests

Asterios Kokkinos

Notes

Film

  • PA line "Headquarters personnel report to the command center".
  • Probe droid "dialog"
  • Threepio is fluent in six million forms of communication.

Podcast

  • It kind of seems like Rieekan calls Han "Princess".
  • In the original draft, it was General Dodonna and Commander Willard who are commanders of Echo Base, instead of General Rieekan. Maybe they couldn't get the actors back?
  • Mentioned: Leigh Brackett
  • Is this the entire Rebellion right here?
    • If yes, then where is everybody else (e.g. Mon Mothma, Ackbar, etc.)?
    • If no, and there are other Rebel cells, then it lowers the stakes for the upcoming battle.
  • Zev sure seemed proud that he found Han and Luke. Maybe there was some sort of prize for the pilot that brought them back (see: the name of this episode).
  • The flat rejection of Han's guess about the signal coming from one of their speeders is amusing.
    • Obviously it isn't a speeder.
    • But if you don't know what it is, Han, then how do you "know" it's not friendly?
  • What if the Empire was also offering a prize to whichever probe droid found the Rebels? The probe droid would have been so happy right before it blew up.
  • Mentioned: people hate toy talk.
  • Asterios shares his memories of having the snowspeeder toy.
  • Callback to discussion from minute 17: if the snowspeeder only holds two, how did all three of them get back?
  • Asterios shares his ESB memories.
  • Mentioned: Raise your right hand
  • Referenced: "The Tracey Ullman Show", Memento (2000)

Meta Minute

Quotes

  • Alex:...we analyze, scrutinize, and celebrate the Star Wars movies one agonizing minute at a time.
  • Pete: (ironically) Now, why would somebody spend that much time on a Star Wars-related project? Asterios: Real waste of time, right boys? You'd have to be a real nerd.
  • Pete: Everybody, just remember that from yesterday.
  • Pete: If you haven't seen Empire Strikes Back, stop listening now.
  • Asterios: [Han Solo is] just like a little kid, he just wants to have an opinion. <heavy sarcasm> I wonder what that would feel like.
  • Asterios: You can't escape the incest in this series!

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2014/02/06/empire-minute-19-space-turkey/

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