Star Wars Minute 1: A Period of Civil War

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Date

June 3rd, 2013 (debut episode).

Summary

Minute 1 of Star Wars.

Guests

None.

Notes

Film

• The 20th Century Fox Fanfare through the first paragraph of the opening crawl.
  • The one and only use of the word spaceships in the movie (in the opening crawl).

Podcast

• Using the original version of the film for this podcast.
• Special Editions and prequels mentioned. Pete is a recognized purist and, if it was up to him, Star Wars would only be this movie and none of the sequels, Special Editions or prequels. This leads Alex to saying a general sorry - not necessarily to Pete at this stage - for mentioning the Special Editions. (Note - this apology morphs over later episodes to the Sorry Pete running joke.)
• Doing all three of the first sequel movies is discussed.*Jedi Rocks.
• Pete's and Alex's first viewings of Star Wars and watching movies in the 1970s.
• The moment of hushed silence in the theater just before the logo and opening fanfare plays.
• The Star Wars civil war.
• The meaning of the opening crawl and what it all means, especially to kids.
• No reference to Earth in these movies.

Meta Minute

• 11:04 podcast episode length.
• Basic layout of the podcast provided.
• The original Skype call—the raw audio that became this episode—was aired in its entirety on SWM:WE.

Quotes

• Alex: I wrote down a couple of things: "It's a period of civil war." Pete: Oh, we're not there yet. Alex: Oh. I'm sorry.
• Alex: BAM!
• Pete: C'mon, we're not going to hang out on the weekends talking about Star Wars.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2013/06/03/minute-1-a-period-of-civil-war/

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