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==Date==
May 16th, 2014
==Summary==
Darth Vader strides through the room as two stormtroopers prepare an elaborate torture mechanism. Han is strapped to a rack which tilts forward onto the torture device. Vader activates the mechanism, creating two bursts of sparks, one of which strikes Han's face.
==Guests==
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[[Jeff Ayers]]
==Notes==
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===Film===
*Starts with Chewie putting C-3PO together, and ends with Darth telling Boba where he can stick Captain Solo.
*First tight shot of the Boba Fett costume.
===Podcast===
*Referenced: Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" and Cylon and Garfunkel from Futurama.
*Does C-3PO blow apart (and is he designed to do so?), or is he ripped to pieces. If the former, why doesn't he come in easy to reassemble pieces like a Lego set?
*Why didn't Chewing out Threepio's had on first?
*When C-3PO reboots, Jeff always heard <b>"I think I know a secret</b>," which is not in the script (''[[#Meta Minute|see below]]'').
**Call (way) back to [[The Empire Strikes Back 4|minute 4]].
*C-3PO's memory dump.
**It's his internal monologue, so it's surprising we don't hear more complaining about his companions.
<h4>The torture</h4>
*Vader tortures Han to get Luke to come, but he doesn't start until Luke is on his way. Could Luke arrive before Vader began the torture, or would this be a paradox?
*What's the deal with the torture chair? Whose is it, and why do they have it?
*All three of the Original Trilogy films feature torture, and it gets progressively worse as the films go on.
*Apparently the scene was supposed to go on longer.
<h4>Other Notes</h4>
*Lucas was barely involved with the filming of the Bespin scenes.
**Shoutout to [[Unsung Heroes|Irvin Kershner and Lawrence Kasdan]].
===Meta Minute===
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*19:34 podcast episode length.
*Cold open: ad for http://starwarsminute.com/live - announcing Star Wars Minute [[The Empire Strikes Back 111|"I am your Father's day" live]].
**Mentioned: [[Long time]], [[94]].
*Taken from the script of the scene where Threepio reboots:
<div align="center">'''THREEPIO:'''<br>
Mmmm.  Oh, my.  Uh, I, uh - Take<br>this off!  I, uh, don't mean to<br>	intrude here.  I, don't, no, no,<br>no... Please don't get up.  No!

</div>Chewie looks at Threepio in bewilderment, then scratches his furry head.  He gets an idea and adjusts some connections, whereupon Threepio immediately begins speaking normally.<br>

<div align="center">
'''THREEPIO:'''<br>
Stormtroopers?  Here?  We're in<br>danger.  I must tell the others.<br>Oh, no!  I've been shot!</div>
*Remember that K-3PO was a [[SWM-Canon#Permanent residents|permanent resident]] after the battle of Hoth.
*Thanks from Jeff for being on the show.
==Quotes==
*'''Jeff''' (choking with fake emotion) Some of the best minutes of my life.
*'''Alex:''' ...in ''Jedi'', of course, you see somebody get tortured to the point where their arms fly off. '''Pete:''' It's not "somebody" it's a droid. '''Jeff:''' Droids are sentient, Peter!
*'''Pete:''' No, no torture's fine; '' Return of the Jedi'' not so much. '''Alex:''' Well you could argue they're one and the same.
*'''Alex:''' If you're in a world with lightsabers, you're gonna be in a world with amputees.

==Link==
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2014/05/16/empire-minute-90-i-think-i-know-a-secret
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