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===Film===
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Starts with Luke noticing the door controls.<br>
*Starts with the rancor emerging from its keep.
Ends with Luke being escorted out of the basement<br>
:Ends with Luke about to be eaten by said rancor.
Also known as the saddest moment in the movie.
*The rancor is the first giant monster in Star Wars.
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*Luke may have had flashbacks to The Death Star door controls.
*The rancor puppet is awesome.
*The door should be harder to open. How the doors actually work.
*Multiple methods were trialed to create the rancor.
*The big gate should have been closed.
*It is surprising that the rancor was not redone in the Special editions. The compositing looks terrible. Adjustments have been done in the most recent version of the movie.
*Noticing door controls as a rare Jedi power.
*The Gamorrean guard that gets eaten may be the most pitiful character in the Star Wars movies. Even the other guards are laughing. He was the [[Wikipedia:Gomer_Pyle|Gomer Pyle]] of the unit.
*Luke shooting every door control that he sees.
*The guard does a double take, squeals and runs.
*Did Luke use a Force throw to ensure that he hit the door control?
*The [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jabba's_Palace_Pop-up_Book pop-up book mentioned in the cold-open] and the backstory. The last pop-up in the book is the rancor keeper cutting open the dead rancor and the Gamorrean guard, who is alive, jumping out holding Jabba's missing lucky charm.
*The door moves dangerously quickly. The doors on The Death Star are also very fast.
**Referenced: The urban legend that there were [[Wikipedia:King_Kong_vs._Godzilla#Dual_ending_myth|two endings to ''King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)'']].
*The dog-like rancor noise as it is killed by the door is very upsetting for any pet owners. Other noises that could have been used.
*Rancor meat may have been served at Dengar's wedding reception.
*All of the patrons watching on take more double-takes at the rancor's death.
*In the shot of Jabba's minions laughing there is a Greedo just standing there motionless with his arms out.
*How long is the chain that Leia is attached to?
*The quality of Rodian acting.
*There are a few new humanoid characters shown in the minion reaction camera shot; they're wearing robes like almost every human in Star Wars.
*Mentioned: Transformers.
*Jedis find robes made out of Terrycloth to be very versatile.
*Luke makes no effort to save the guard but also does not take advantage of the rancor being distracted. He just stands there and watches.
*Lando pushes a yak-face out of the way as he runs off to get Han and Chewie for Jabba. The back-story of the yak-face character and the rarity of this character's action figure.
*The rancor attacking Luke. Luke won't taste as good as the Gamorrean guard.
*A deleted scene in which yak-face argues with another character and C-3PO translates both sides of the argument.
*Luke just waits to be picked up - then rancor moves very slowly, like a frame at a time.
*Malakili:
*Are there any other creatures in the keep? The bone is picked very clean (too clean for the rancor to have done it).
**Played by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Brooke Paul Brooke] who was also in a Bond movie.
*Other ways of dying in the rancor pit (such as natural causes).
**Paul Brooke has been in a lot of other movies as well.
*A cut scene in which Luke Force jumps up to the grill over the pit and then gets knocked down by Jawas.
**Malakili sobs were dubbed by Ernie Fosselius, the creator of Hardware Wars.
*Jabba looks like an Italian mob boss.
**Fosselius co-wrote the song Lapti Nek and also voices other characters in Star Wars.
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**The Smokey Robinson song "Sobs of a Rancor Keeper".
*Rancor facts:
*Malakil's crying gives the movie some emotion.
**Not native to Tatooine.
*Malakili trivia:
**Reptomammals (half reptile and half mammal). Wampas are also reptomammals.
**Is a slave owned by Jabba.
**A rancor called [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tosh_%28rancor%29 Tosh] was once taught to read and write.
**Is a former circus worker.
**[[Ben Burtt]] used a Dachshund to provide the sound effects for the rancor.
**Was Jabba's animal handler.
*The rancor toy was very cool. It was a large toy and had arms that could be moved up and down.
**Owned a Jaffe Stick which was given to him by some Native Tatooiners after he did a favor for them.
  Adam was once in a bar and saw a toy rancor behind the bar.
**Opened a restaurant after leaving Jabba's Palace.
  He asked the bartender if he could play with it and so the bartender handed it over.
*Possible Malakili spin-off ventures.
  He sat there for quite a while playing with the rancor toy.
*A comic book story of Malakili getting the rancor as a baby and raising him over the years. This results in them having a very close relationship. In the comic book the rancor just suffers a head injury from the door and survives.
*Toys and board / card games in bars.
*The age of the rancor and Malakili.
*Check out the Alphabeatical podcast.
*In a draft script Luke says that he didn't want to kill the rancor because it was only a small one.
*[[Support the Show]].<br clear=all>
*How rancors are born.
*The floor of the rancor pit is sand. How this is managed to keep it clean.
*Malakili was constantly picked on by Jabba.
*Mentioned: Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome.
*The gamorrean guard being stuck inside the rancor.
*Where there rancor keepers surprised when Luke opened the door and walked in on them?
*We're in Jabba's Palace for the rest of the week.
*[[Support the Show]].
==Quotes==
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*'''John:''' <In a Bronx accent> Yeh, your problem is your doors are too slow.
*'''Adam:''' That's his long-con. '''Pete:''' Well, he is pretty long.
===Meta Minute===
===Meta Minute===
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*20:58 podcast episode length.
*20:58 podcast episode length.
*Cold-open: [[8-DAY-GREEDO]] call - Jabba's Palace pop-up book and some of the superb back-story relating to the Gamorrean guard that is eaten by the rancor.
*[[Alphabeatical]] week on ''THE STAR WARS MINUTE''.
*''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' will coincidentally be brought up again [[Return of the Jedi 32|next week]].
==Quotes==
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*'''Pete:''' (paraphrasing [[Wikipedia:Senator,_you're_no_Jack_Kennedy|Lloyd Bentsen]]) I knew Greedo, I worked with Greedo. Beedo, you are no Greedo.
*'''Alex:''' They shot the puppet... '''Adam:''' They shot a puppet?! '''John:''' Oh no.
==Link==
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http://www.starwarsminute.com/2015/02/09/jedi-minute-26-hes-gonna-git-you/
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2015/02/09/jedi-minute-26-hes-gonna-git-you/
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Date

February 9th, 2015

Summary

A few screams, and the guard is swallowed with a gulp.

Guests

John Skrzypek and Adam Santiago

Notes

Film

  • Starts with the rancor emerging from its keep.
Ends with Luke about to be eaten by said rancor.
  • The rancor is the first giant monster in Star Wars.

Podcast

Awesome puppet.jpg
  • The rancor puppet is awesome.
  • Multiple methods were trialed to create the rancor.
  • It is surprising that the rancor was not redone in the Special editions. The compositing looks terrible. Adjustments have been done in the most recent version of the movie.
  • The Gamorrean guard that gets eaten may be the most pitiful character in the Star Wars movies. Even the other guards are laughing. He was the Gomer Pyle of the unit.
  • The guard does a double take, squeals and runs.
  • The pop-up book mentioned in the cold-open and the backstory. The last pop-up in the book is the rancor keeper cutting open the dead rancor and the Gamorrean guard, who is alive, jumping out holding Jabba's missing lucky charm.
  • Rancor meat may have been served at Dengar's wedding reception.
  • In the shot of Jabba's minions laughing there is a Greedo just standing there motionless with his arms out.
  • The quality of Rodian acting.
  • Mentioned: Transformers.
  • Luke makes no effort to save the guard but also does not take advantage of the rancor being distracted. He just stands there and watches.
  • The rancor attacking Luke. Luke won't taste as good as the Gamorrean guard.
  • Luke just waits to be picked up - then rancor moves very slowly, like a frame at a time.
  • Are there any other creatures in the keep? The bone is picked very clean (too clean for the rancor to have done it).
  • Other ways of dying in the rancor pit (such as natural causes).
  • A cut scene in which Luke Force jumps up to the grill over the pit and then gets knocked down by Jawas.
  • Jabba looks like an Italian mob boss.

Ayyy.gif

  • Rancor facts:
    • Not native to Tatooine.
    • Reptomammals (half reptile and half mammal). Wampas are also reptomammals.
    • A rancor called Tosh was once taught to read and write.
    • Ben Burtt used a Dachshund to provide the sound effects for the rancor.
  • The rancor toy was very cool. It was a large toy and had arms that could be moved up and down.
 Adam was once in a bar and saw a toy rancor behind the bar.
 He asked the bartender if he could play with it and so the bartender handed it over.
 He sat there for quite a while playing with the rancor toy.
  • Toys and board / card games in bars.
  • Check out the Alphabeatical podcast.
  • Support the Show.

Meta Minute

  • 20:58 podcast episode length.
  • Cold-open: 8-DAY-GREEDO call - Jabba's Palace pop-up book and some of the superb back-story relating to the Gamorrean guard that is eaten by the rancor.
  • Alphabeatical week on THE STAR WARS MINUTE.
  • King Kong vs. Godzilla will coincidentally be brought up again next week.

Quotes

  • Pete: (paraphrasing Lloyd Bentsen) I knew Greedo, I worked with Greedo. Beedo, you are no Greedo.
  • Alex: They shot the puppet... Adam: They shot a puppet?! John: Oh no.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2015/02/09/jedi-minute-26-hes-gonna-git-you/

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