SWM Characters

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As the show has gone on, certain characters from Star Wars, especially minor background characters, have become favorites that the hosts bring up far more than they are referred to in the actual movies. Many of them have found they way onto official Star Wars Minute shirts and mugs.

First SWM t-shirt featuring heads of many SWM characters
First Row: Old Ben Kenobi, Boba Fett (from the Holiday Special), Pondo Baba, Pol Treidum.
Second Row: DJ Death Squad, CZ-3, Bossk, Chief Ugnaught.
Third Row: Pete and Alex.
Fourth Row: Deck Officer, Lobot, Toryn Farr, Itchy.
Fifth Row: George Lucas, C-3PO's decapitated head, Wioslea, Treadwell.
Sixth Row: Pete The Jawa, Snaggletooth, 2-1B, Porkins.

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Pete The Assistant Manager Jawa

As discussed in SWM 13, and as first discussed on the Ink Banthas podcast, Pete has identified a Jawa in Star Wars known as Pete The Assistant Manager Jawa. After R2-D2 is shot by a Jawa in Star Wars, the head Jawa calls over to what, Pete assumes, is someone's cousin or brother that got a job with the corporation, calls out 'PETE' and motions him to come over. Pete The Assistant Manager Jawa then comes over and takes care of business with R2-D2 on the ground.

Pete appears other times in the movie and he is always the main guy called over to do the work.

(Note - In SWM 13 Alex bums PTR out by asking if PTAMJ survived the great Jawa massacre later in the movie. Maybe he did survive, maybe he didn't - we'll never know.)

Treadwell

Originally Treadwell had a far greater role in the original Star Wars, but his big scene was eventually cut out, and only survives (in part) in the Star Wars Radio Drama. He isn't that great at fixing things, but if you need a pair of binoculars on wheels, he's your droid. Uncle Owen wouldn't let Luke get a space dog, so he settled for letting Treadwell follow him around.

See also: SWM-Canon: Treadwell

CZ-3

Although he never has any lines in the films, the hosts surmised that, based on his appearance, this droid would have talked in a goofy voice. He suffered from bad sunstroke and wandered the streets of Mos Eisley, muttering to himself. He was played by Golden Tony Daniels. Although Wookieepedia may tell you differently[1], in the Star Wars Minute Canon it is unclear whether this is the same droid as from the Jawa Sand Crawler and later from Jabba's Palace.

Pol Treidum

"TK-421, why aren't you at your post? TK-421, do you copy?"

―Pol Treidum

Lieutenant Pol Treidum was one of the first SWM Characters and the hosts try to say his name whenever possible. He had smart taste in fashion, and decorated his office with Dantooine Soul Barrels.
He was presumably killed by Chewbacca when he was thlapped across the room.
The Pol Treidum Memorial Computer Room is named in his honor. He is also featured on a shirt on TeePublic.
The actor who played him, Peter Sumner, is the only actor from the original film to appear in a fan film (playing the same character).

Toryn Farr

Big head t-shirt featuring Toryn Farr

The only female character to have a speaking part in The Empire Strikes Back, other than Princess Leia. Her only line is "Stand by, Ion Control...Fire." She is featured on a shirt available at TeePublic.

The Deck Officer

Deck Officer!

Deck officer

Jimmy Smits...In...Space!

In the movies he's known as Bail Organa, but to fans of SWM, he will always be Space Jimmy Smits (see the Ink Banthas bonus episode).

General Zod

Terence Stamp, who played Supreme Chancellor Valorum, is perhaps best known as General Zod from Superman II

DJ Death Squad

Was he piloting the Death Star, or merely setting the mood with the right tunes? And why did he need to wear gloves and such a giant helmet to do that? All good questions.

2-1B

Despite his caring appearance and manner, this doctor droid was very philosophical about his job. He knew he was merely a tool to be used for a particular function. With a little reprogramming he could just as easily have turned his considerable talents to evil without a second's thought. He was one restraining bolt away from putting everybody in a bacta tank without the mask. Additionally 2-1B ran an advice column and occasionally moonlighted at a certain Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. He did not think very highly of FX-7's surgical skill and insisted on doing Luke's hand replacement himself.

FX-7

This multi-armed medical droid was the resident to 2-1B's doctor. When it came to caring for the batteted Luke Skywalker following his Wampa encounter, 2-1B wouldn't let him help, only allowing him to run the fecal sample. He was most likely left behind on Hoth after the evacuation where he provided needed company to General Rieekan and other permanent residents. An FX model later showed up in Return of the Jedi at the briefing scene, showing that 2-1B considered him easily replaceable.

Golden Tony

This name is based on the actor who plays C-3PO, Anthony Daniels. Although he is not actually a minor character, he's been a lot more fun to talk about now that everyone has started calling him "Golden Tony". The name first appeared in Jedi Minute 36.

Gasgano

Alex: "He had FOUR ARMS! How could he lose?!"

A favorite of Pete's from the Star Wars Episode I: Racer game.

Yarael Poof

Come, sway away your troubles, the Yarael Poof way.

Everybody's favorite(?) balloon-headed Jedi master. His long thin neck constricted the circulation of midi-chlorians throughout his body, so he was very strong in the force right around his Adam's apple.
Yarael Poof was tragically cut down in the prime of his life in an accident involving a space butter knife. That is why he doesn't appear in any of the other prequels.

Ainlee Teem from Malastare

Bumper sticker

Alex: "Who's he?"

Pete: *sheepishly* "He's from the prequels"

He's the "also ran" who failed to beat Sheev Palpatine in the election for Supreme Chancellor.

Tag and Bink

Tag and Bink are two guys who, through a series of events, find themselves intrinsically linked to key scenes in Star Wars. These include:

  • Discussing the new BT-16 while guarding the tractor beam, as discussed in SWM 85.

Pete loves the 'Tag and Bink' concept and thinks its very amusing.



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