Jedi Minute 101: Choke Factor Zero

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Date

May 25th, 2015

Summary

Admiral Piett and two fleet commanders watch the battle at the huge window of the Super Star Destroyer bridge.

Guests

Tasha Robinson & Keith Phipps

Notes

Film

• Starts with a TIE fighter crashing into the Mon Calamari ship, and ends with the Emperor telling the commander to fire at will.
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Podcast

• Why is there a medical frigate and what is it doing charging headlong into the fray? What kind of medical treatment are people getting mid-battle?
  • Referenced: "Battlestar Galactica".
  • Pilot PTSD. Mentioned: 2-1B.
• Referenced: Airplane!, "Star Trek".
• The striking visual of the Millennium Falcon, like a coin being flipped.
• Additional crew on the Falcon. "Pressure Steady" as a black box play about them.
  • Callout to Tasha's husband. Characters whose only purpose in the movie is to give the person in charge the chance to explain the plan.
• This is Piett's moment of glory. Even if he doesn't know what the full plan is, he knows that the Emperor does, and there's no risk of him being choked.
  • Every action has an associated "Choke Factor". This has is choke factor zero.
• Deleted subplot of tension between Vader and the Emperor. Piett was Vader's guy, historically.'
• What does "attack position" mean when you're a giant sheaf of guns in space? Aim the pointy end toward enemies.
• Direct visual quote between Luke looking out the window at the battle, and Leia looking through the sail barge porthole. Callback to Luke staring at the French horn.
  • They're a family of gazers.
  • Why Luke is looking out the tiny window and not the giant one right next to him? Luke can probably barely see anything from so far away.
• Mentioned: The Force doesn't exist.
• The Emperor's eyes ("slugs").
• Ruining the movie for people.
• It's boring that the Emperor is just a guy. He could have been an interesting alien.
• Sheev/Skeeve is basically a pickup artist. Repeat what you want to happen until it becomes true.
• Lazily echoing elements of previous successful movies.
• Shoutout to Ben Burtt.

Meta Minute

• 39:23 podcast episode length.
• The day this episode aired was the 38th anniversary of the debut of Star Wars.
• It's the start of another All-Star Week. This week is podcasting all-stars.
• The man who states "Pressure steady" is listed as the Millennium Falcon's navigator in the ROTJ script.
• Tasha's husband Bob will eventually appear in an 8-DAY-GREEDO call, and still later during the Attack of the Clones Minute.
• The stuff you put under your eyes to reduce glare is called "eye black".

Quotes

• Alex: This is not the kind of show where we want to reference Wookieepedia.
• Pete: (as the school nurse) Oh, you got blasted by the Death Star? Here's a bandaid and a cookie.
• Pete: Remind me not to lend you my car.
• Pete and then Alex: Skiffstuff.
• Tasha: (as 2-1B) Oh, the puppy has lost the will to live. Better huck it out the exhaust port.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2015/05/25/jedi-minute-101-choke-factor-zero/

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