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==Date==
==Date==
June 16th, 2015
June 16th, 2015
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===Film===
===Film===
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*Starts with Vader watching Sheev zapping Luke, and ends with ships racing around the Death Star looking for some kind of exhaust port to fly down.
*Finale of the Vader-Luke fight.
===Podcast===
===Podcast===
<!-- Topics and notable trivia about the podcast episode -->
*Rachel and Songe saw a falcon on the way over. A good omen!
 
*Puns playing off "turns on" and "pickup". (''Editor's note: nice'').
*Darth looking back and forth.
**Emotions expressed only by camera moves.
**[[Unsung Heroes|Richard Marquand]] the television director. Lucas basically had to do everything himself.
***Rumors that either Lucas or [[Grebleips|Steven Spielberg]] directed these scenes.
*The pickup is very awkward. The Emperor is stuck in 'lightning mode' and is very stiff.
**Mentioned: Palpatine's Force lightning in ''Revenge of the Sith''.
*The Emperor doesn't appear to fight back at all when Vader betrays him, unless he switched to shocking Vader. Referenced: [https://flintstones.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Slate The Flintstones].
**He doesn't use his laser sword.
*Like everything in the Death Star, the pit in the Emperor's throne room seems to lead straight to the reactor.
**What if that set off the Death Star to explode before the Rebel pilots could even get inside.
**Mentioned: [[Exploding minorities|Black pilot and Asian pilot]].
*Vader is acting on instinct and didn't think his actions through. He wasn't planning on killing the Emperor in this moment.
*Changes in the [[SWM-Canon#Special Editions|Special Editions]] and the addition of "NO!'s".
[[File:Vader neck t.jpg|thumb|left]]
*Darth Vader X-ray.
**Parallels to <u>Frankenstein</u>.<br clear=all>
*When the Emperor dies, what causes the blue cloud? '''The death of an evil Force guy'''?
*Mentioned: ''The Exorcist''
*What actually killed the Emperor? Couldn't he do some kind of Prequel-y Force thing to save himself?
**Mentioned: Pete's theory that [[SWM-Canon#"The Force" does not exist|The Force does not exist]].
*Cybernetic body parts. Discussion of the Bionic Woman and the 6 Million-Dollar Man.
*Rachel loves the [[toy talk]] and missed out on playing Star Wars toys with her friends.
**Referenced: [[The Dark Ages]]
*Vintage Star Wars video games.
*The Special Editions add material but don't necessarily fix things that needed to be fixed.
**Mentioned: [[The Emperor's slugs]].
*[[Wikipedia:Abort, Retry, Fail?|Abort, Retry, Fail?]].<br clear=all>
===Meta Minute===
===Meta Minute===
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*35:01 podcast episode length.
*35:01 podcast episode length.
*Cold-open: [[8-DAY-GREEDO]] call with a fan theory. Maybe Luke ''did'' learn how to block Force lightning and he is faking to get his father to switch sides out of sympathy; as soon as the lightning is over he seems no worse for wear.
*In the US in the mid-eighties it was [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/8022105558837429/https://www.pinterest.com/pin/8022105558837429/ briefly fashionable] to wear multiple [[Wikipedia:Swatch|Swatch watches]] at the same time.
[[File:EarthGravity.png|"There's less at the core" just didn't have the same ring to it.|thumb|left]]
*Gravity actually decreases as you move towards the core of an object like a planet. This is because the closer you are to the core of that object, the more "stuff" there is above you pulling you away from the core relative to the stuff below you pulling you toward the core.<br clear=all>
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
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*'''Pete:''' (Sassily) Hey why don'tcha go find an exhaust port to fly down?
*'''Songe:''' That's a really ill-defined scene. In a movie full of ill-defined scenes.
*'''Songe:'''...so would that be a H[h]at trick? '''Pete:''' A {{Wookiee|Son Hhat|}} trick. [Awkward pause] '''Alex:''' {quickly} So we'll be back tomorrow—
*'''Pete:''' (as Vader realizing what he had just done to the Emperor) Oh, whoa! That leads all the way down. Sorry! [...] I just threw a guy down a hole—
*'''Pete''', '''Alex''', and '''Songe:''' <various assorted "No's">
*'''Songe:''' If Obi-Wan is to be believed [...] '''Pete:''' (Paraphrasing [[Return of the Jedi 103|Romba]] the Ewok) That guy lies. '''Songe:''' [[Martin Short]].


==Link==
==Link==
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2015/06/16/jedi-minute-117-the-death-of-an-evil-force-guy/
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2015/06/16/jedi-minute-117-the-death-of-an-evil-force-guy/
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Date

June 16th, 2015

Summary

With one final burst of his once awesome strength, Darth Vader hurls the Emperor's body into the bottomless shaft.

Guests

Songe Riddle and Rachael Noel Fox

Notes

Film

  • Starts with Vader watching Sheev zapping Luke, and ends with ships racing around the Death Star looking for some kind of exhaust port to fly down.
  • Finale of the Vader-Luke fight.

Podcast

  • Rachel and Songe saw a falcon on the way over. A good omen!
  • Puns playing off "turns on" and "pickup". (Editor's note: nice).
  • Darth looking back and forth.
    • Emotions expressed only by camera moves.
    • Richard Marquand the television director. Lucas basically had to do everything himself.
  • The pickup is very awkward. The Emperor is stuck in 'lightning mode' and is very stiff.
    • Mentioned: Palpatine's Force lightning in Revenge of the Sith.
  • The Emperor doesn't appear to fight back at all when Vader betrays him, unless he switched to shocking Vader. Referenced: The Flintstones.
    • He doesn't use his laser sword.
  • Like everything in the Death Star, the pit in the Emperor's throne room seems to lead straight to the reactor.
  • Vader is acting on instinct and didn't think his actions through. He wasn't planning on killing the Emperor in this moment.
  • Changes in the Special Editions and the addition of "NO!'s".
Vader neck t.jpg
  • Darth Vader X-ray.
    • Parallels to Frankenstein.
  • When the Emperor dies, what causes the blue cloud? The death of an evil Force guy?
  • Mentioned: The Exorcist
  • What actually killed the Emperor? Couldn't he do some kind of Prequel-y Force thing to save himself?
  • Cybernetic body parts. Discussion of the Bionic Woman and the 6 Million-Dollar Man.
  • Rachel loves the toy talk and missed out on playing Star Wars toys with her friends.
  • Vintage Star Wars video games.
  • The Special Editions add material but don't necessarily fix things that needed to be fixed.
  • Abort, Retry, Fail?.

Meta Minute

  • 35:01 podcast episode length.
  • Cold-open: 8-DAY-GREEDO call with a fan theory. Maybe Luke did learn how to block Force lightning and he is faking to get his father to switch sides out of sympathy; as soon as the lightning is over he seems no worse for wear.
  • In the US in the mid-eighties it was briefly fashionable to wear multiple Swatch watches at the same time.
"There's less at the core" just didn't have the same ring to it.
  • Gravity actually decreases as you move towards the core of an object like a planet. This is because the closer you are to the core of that object, the more "stuff" there is above you pulling you away from the core relative to the stuff below you pulling you toward the core.

Quotes

  • Pete: (Sassily) Hey why don'tcha go find an exhaust port to fly down?
  • Songe: That's a really ill-defined scene. In a movie full of ill-defined scenes.
  • Songe:...so would that be a H[h]at trick? Pete: A Son Hhat trick. [Awkward pause] Alex: {quickly} So we'll be back tomorrow—
  • Pete: (as Vader realizing what he had just done to the Emperor) Oh, whoa! That leads all the way down. Sorry! [...] I just threw a guy down a hole—
  • Pete, Alex, and Songe: <various assorted "No's">
  • Songe: If Obi-Wan is to be believed [...] Pete: (Paraphrasing Romba the Ewok) That guy lies. Songe: Martin Short.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2015/06/16/jedi-minute-117-the-death-of-an-evil-force-guy/

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