Phantom Menace Minute 26: The Phil Collins Vampire Look

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Is this one of those "Find your classmates" things?

Date

December 28th, 2015

Summary

The ship exits the hangar. Battle droidsstanding in the hangar shoot at them.

Guests

Matt Gourley

Notes

Film

• Starts with the Jedi finishing off the battle droids, ends with R2-D2 popping onto the surface of the ship.
• First appearance of Ric Olié.
• First appearance of R2-D2

Podcast

• Referenced: Star Wars Colors, Snoopy Flying Ace from Peanuts.
• Naboo starships
  • The ship in this movie doesn't have a name.

See also: What they named Death Star II.

• • So shiny, especially compared to the 'dirty aesthetic' of the Original Trilogy. Matt's opinion that the set design is too crisp in the Prequels.
    • Technology has advanced to the point where they can do a shiny spaceship in CG.
      • Referenced: the T-1000 from Terminator 2.
  • It would be cool to see a Galactic Civil War-era Naboo starship.
• Half of the freed pilots run back in the castle, and the others just climb on board the Naboo starship.
• Ric Olié as "Captain Obvious". He only exists to shout out very obvious exposition.
  • Wookieepedia describes him as "very vocally observant."

Meta Minute

• 30:13 podcast episode length.
• 8-DAY-GREEDO call from Mailman Ryan. He loves Ric Olié!
• Matt is a returning champion.
• Matt does not end up getting the Naboo Diplomatic Barge minutes because it is within the first five minutes of the movie, when it is traditionally just the hosts.
• Microphone colors, and what they say about the hosts.
• We have yet to see a yellow or an orange lightsaber in on-screen canon.

Quotes

• Pete: "Oh, there's a missile."
• Pete: Teetering between toys and evil.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2015/12/28/phantom-menace-minute-26-the-phil-collins-vampire-look/

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