Empire Minute 26: The Remnant

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That's not a tongue... THIS is a tongue.

Date

February 17th, 2014

Summary

The Rebel transport and its escort race away from the white planet, closely followed by the two red energy beams.

Guests

Adam Santiago

Notes

Film

• Ion cannon fires.
• Imperial Walkers are sighted on the north ridge.
• The first transport is away.
  • The Rebel right in the center of the frame looks really unsure about pumping his fist in the air.
• First appearance of Dak Ralter
• The only person in the Original Trilogy (aside from Luke) to use binoculars
  • Named Trey Callum.
  • Played by Bob Anderson, the fencing double for Darth Vader.

Podcast

• How big is the ion cannon?
  • Not that huge? Gigantic? The size of EPCOT Center?
• Rebel Transport ship is discussed.
  • Action figure carrying case
  • How big is it, and who is evacuating (in what order)?
• Ion gun technology in other ships and in the Prequels (Sorry Pete).
• Things we don't need to see: anti-gravity, time-travel
• Mentioned: Edit that out.
• Changes to the PA announcement, including Mark Hamill singing the line.
  • At Forbidden Planet, Pete would abuse the store intercom to quote this scene.
• If you don't count the 2-seater Y-wings (from the Holiday Special) this is the first ship with a turret gunner.
• Mentioned Flight of the Intruder (1991)
• Extras in this scene were members of the Norwegian armed forces.
• How to properly refer to the Imperial Walkers.
  • Pete and Adam say "AT-AT" (as opposed to "A-T-A-T"), whereas Alex says "Walkers".
    

Meta Minute

• 20:28 podcast episode length.
• This is Adam's second appearance on the podcast.

• EPCOT Center is now known simply as "Epcot", and it refers to the entire park. The giant geodesic dome (which actually does resemble the ion cannon quite a bit) is called Spaceship Earth, and it is 180 ft (54 m) tall.
  • In early December 2016, Disney transformed Spaceship Earth into the Death Star in honor of the premier of Rogue One.
• We learned that they use the metric system in Star Wars in minute 99.
• The Star Destroyer is called the Tyrant (see previous episode)
• The Devastator was actually the Star Destroyer that attacked the Tantive IV in the opening scene of Star Wars.
• For this and the next few minutes were learn about Adam's love of Dak and are subjected to numerous "Dak" puns.

Quotes

• Alex: I think "Epcots" are the standard unit of measure for ion cannons.
• Pete: (to the tune of "Send in the Clowns) 🎵Send in the droids...🎵
• Pete: I'm glad that these weren't electric balls... Alex: I can't tell you how many times I've said that.
• Alex: Dak attack... from the back.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2014/02/17/empire-minute-26-the-remnant/

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