Difference between revisions of "Phantom Menace Minute 79: Spider Chair"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 35: | Line 35: | ||
*Callback to [[(Which episode?)]]: George Lucas himself proposed that maybe the Jedi are wrong about Midichlorians | *Callback to [[(Which episode?)]]: George Lucas himself proposed that maybe the Jedi are wrong about Midichlorians | ||
*Referenced: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas! <u>How the Grinch Stole Christmas!</u>], a classic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X41Tq3svxNY Slinky commercial] | *Referenced: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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? | |||
<!-- Topics and notable trivia about the podcast episode --> | <!-- Topics and notable trivia about the podcast episode --> | ||
===Meta Minute=== | ===Meta Minute=== | ||
<!-- Notable trivia and details related to the film minute or podcast minute that wasn't mentioned within the podcast episode, but illuminates or elaborates on discussed topics. Limited to direct facts rather than opinion. --> | <!-- Notable trivia and details related to the film minute or podcast minute that wasn't mentioned within the podcast episode, but illuminates or elaborates on discussed topics. Limited to direct facts rather than opinion. --> | ||
Revision as of 19:29, 23 June 2016
| ←Previous Minute | Next Minute→ |
Date
March 10th, 2016
Summary
Nute sits in a strange, mechanical walking chair, which approaches Sio Bibble and several other Naboo officials.
Guests
Notes
Film
- "Anakin Skywalker, meet Obi-Wan Kenobi"
- Artoo is the only one to grasp the significance of the meeting
- Jake Lloyd/Anakin's brown-nosed delivery of "Pleased to meet you!"
- Spider chair
- Cut line: "Let's hope Watto didn't get the last laugh"
- Rumors of underwater villages
Podcast
- 8-DAY-GREEDO call from Mark invoking Ring Theory to compare minute 79 of TPM to minute 79 of the Star Wars Holiday Special
- 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
- Midichlorians are supposed to be mitochondria
- Endosymbiotic Theory of the origin of mitochondria
- Mitochondrial DNA
- 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)
- Callback to (Which episode?): George Lucas himself proposed that maybe the Jedi are wrong about Midichlorians
- 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?
Meta Minute
- The way that Pete has Anakin asking various objects if they are also Jedi is reminiscent of the popular children's book Are You My Mother?
- Sio Bibble is the governor of Naboo
Quotes
- "So here's a good way to ruin Star Wars." - Pete
- "If I can tackle it, or be stepped on by it, you're good." - Alex
- "Perfectly regal." - Pete
- {Normal voice} "You're a Bigfoot, aren't you?" {As Jar Jar} "Uh-huh!" - Pete
Link
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2016/03/10/phantom-menace-minute-79-spider-chair/
Back to the list of episodesExpression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".