Empire Minute 29: We're Doin' It, Dwight!

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"Dead or alive, you're coming with me!"

Date

February 20th, 2014

Summary

Wedge's speeder races through the legs of one of the monstrous walkers.

Guests

Adam Santiago

Notes

Film

• Introduction of Wedge for the film.
• This is actually Denis Lawson's real voice this time.
• First live communication (presumably) via hologram.
• Wilhelm Scream.

Podcast

• Given that Luke is a terrible commander, Wedge is probably irritated in this scene.
• Wedge is Rogue 3 - he received no promotion for helping blow up the Death Star.
• Referenced: Fredo Corleone from The Godfather movies.
• Alex's pet peeve: Janson does a great shot and smiles here, so he is a great shot and a practical joker in all of the Expanded Universe.
• Wedge is a front-seat driver
• Referenced: Queequeg from Moby Dick
• But seriously though, why do the snowspeeders even have harpoons?!
  • Maybe to tow the ion cannon around?
• Cocky Veers
  • Is he actually talking to Vader live? or a recording of him?
• Unintimidating Vader holograms.
• "Which Rebel should you be?" personality quiz.
• Mentioned: Deck Officer.
• Rogue Squadron is now thought of as "cool" but was it the bad assignment when Luke was Rogue Leader? Comparison to the "Miracle Mets".
• Ian Liston (Janson), John Morton (Dak), John Ratzenberger (Maj. Bren Derlin), and Jack McKenzie (the Socially Inept Deck Officer) were all in A Bridge too Far together.
• Adam is firmly pro-Empire Strikes Back.
• Star Wars is The Hobbit to The Empire Strikes Back's Lord of the Rings

Meta Minute

• 15:47 podcast episode length.
• Cold open: ad for the dollar shave club.
• Pete says "Star Wars..." leaving a long pause, which left an opening for Alex to pretend to close the show
• According to Wookieepedia, Janson is from Taanab.
• Alex hasn't seen RoboCop, or Robotech. It's funny that he blindly agrees with the comparison made by Adam.

Quotes

• Alex: "Come on, Janson release the cable!" and he's like "I know! I'm the gunner! I know what to do."
• Pete: You know, it takes a village... to be destroyed by an AT-AT.
• Adam: I like how you went from Robotech to RoboCop. That, that works too. Alex: "Robo—" and then I stopped listening.
• Adam: How'd they get in Gandhi?
• Alex: I thought about Empire recently. For some reason I was thinking about Empire Strikes Back.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2014/02/20/empire-minute-29-were-doin-it-dwight/

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