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==Date==
==Date==
March 10th, 2016
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==Summary==
==Summary==
Nute sits in a strange, mechanical walking chair, which approaches Sio Bibble and several other Naboo officials.
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==Guests==
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[[Guest Name]]
[[Ryan Haupt]]
==Notes==
==Notes==
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===Film===
===Film===
*"Anakin Skywalker, meet Obi-Wan Kenobi".
*Artoo is the only one to grasp the significance of the meeting.
*'''Spider chair'''.
*Cut line: "Let's hope Watto didn't get the last laugh".
*Rumors of underwater villages.
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===Podcast===
===Podcast===
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*Jake Lloyd/Anakin's brown-nosed delivery of "Pleased to meet you!"
*What makes Anakin think Obi-Wan is a Jedi?
*Pete's closed loop time travel theory of Artoo's omniscience.
*How did the Sith and the Jedi know the proper training for lightsaber dueling?
**The Jedi assume the Sith are extinct.
*Ryan gives us the first day of cellular biology.
**Midi-chlorians are supposed to be mitochondria.
**[[Wikipedia:Symbiogenesis|Endosymbiotic Theory]] of the origin of mitochondria
** Mitochondrial DNA.
***[[Wikipedia:Mitochondrial_Eve|Mitochondrial 'Eve']] and [[Wikipedia:Y-chromosomal_Adam|Y-chromosomal 'Adam']].
*Mentioned: [[Wikipedia:Marvin_(character)|Marvin the Paranoid Android]] from the <u>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</u> books.
*Shoutout to: Fellow paleontologist [[Wikipedia:Stephen_Jay_Gould|Stephen Jay Gould]] and the idea of [[Wikipedia:Non-overlapping_magisteria|non-overlapping magisteria]], Rehtul Minnau ([[Nathan Hamill|Nathan Hamill's]] character), [[Josh Flanagan]] & [[Ron Richards]].
*Callback to [[Phantom Menace Minute 52: Dark Jazz|TPM Minute 52]]: George Lucas himself proposed that maybe the Jedi are wrong about midi-chlorians.
*Referenced: [[Wikipedia:How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas!|<u>How the Grinch Stole Christmas!</u>]], a classic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X41Tq3svxNY Slinky commercial]
*Why only rumors? If there was tension between the Naboo and the Gungans, why don't they sell out their enemies?
*Why don't Gungans fight droids in water? Homefield advantage?
*Ryan re-tells his Phantom Menace memory.
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*40:24 podcast episode length.
*[[8-DAY-GREEDO]] call from Mark invoking [[Ring Theory]] to compare minute 79 of TPM to minute 79 of the [[Part 2 of A Very Special Star Wars Minute Star Wars Holiday Special Special: Live!|Star Wars Holiday Special]]
*The way that Pete has Anakin asking various objects if they are also Jedi is reminiscent of the popular children's book [[Wikipedia:Are_You_My_Mother%3F"|<u>Are You My Mother?</u>]].
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
*'''Pete:''' "So here's a good way to ruin Star Wars."
*'''Alex:''' "If [you] can tackle it, or be stepped on by it, you're good."
*'''Pete:''' "Perfectly regal."
*'''Pete:''' (Normal voice) "You're a Bigfoot, aren't you?" (As Jar Jar) "Uh-huh!"
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==Link==
==Link==
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2016/03/10/phantom-menace-minute-79-spider-chair/
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Date

March 10th, 2016

Summary

Nute sits in a strange, mechanical walking chair, which approaches Sio Bibble and several other Naboo officials.

Guests

Ryan Haupt

Notes

Film

  • "Anakin Skywalker, meet Obi-Wan Kenobi".
  • Artoo is the only one to grasp the significance of the meeting.
  • Spider chair.
  • Cut line: "Let's hope Watto didn't get the last laugh".
  • Rumors of underwater villages.

Podcast

  • Jake Lloyd/Anakin's brown-nosed delivery of "Pleased to meet you!"
  • What makes Anakin think Obi-Wan is a Jedi?
  • Pete's closed loop time travel theory of Artoo's omniscience.
  • How did the Sith and the Jedi know the proper training for lightsaber dueling?
    • The Jedi assume the Sith are extinct.
  • Ryan gives us the first day of cellular biology.
  • Mentioned: Marvin the Paranoid Android from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books.
  • Shoutout to: Fellow paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould and the idea of non-overlapping magisteria, Rehtul Minnau (Nathan Hamill's character), Josh Flanagan & Ron Richards.
  • Callback to TPM Minute 52: George Lucas himself proposed that maybe the Jedi are wrong about midi-chlorians.
  • Referenced: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, a classic Slinky commercial
  • Why only rumors? If there was tension between the Naboo and the Gungans, why don't they sell out their enemies?
  • Why don't Gungans fight droids in water? Homefield advantage?
  • Ryan re-tells his Phantom Menace memory.

Meta Minute

Quotes

  • Pete: "So here's a good way to ruin Star Wars."
  • Alex: "If [you] can tackle it, or be stepped on by it, you're good."
  • Pete: "Perfectly regal."
  • Pete: (Normal voice) "You're a Bigfoot, aren't you?" (As Jar Jar) "Uh-huh!"

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2016/03/10/phantom-menace-minute-79-spider-chair/


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