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==Date==
July 16th, 2013.
==Summary==
==Summary==
<!-- A brief one or two sentences that describes what happens in the film minute -->
Minute 32: Ben doesn't seem to remember ever owning a droid.
Minute 32: Ben doesn’t seem to remember ever owning a droid.


==Guests==
==Guests==
<!-- Anyone who isn't Pete or Alex that talks on the show -->
[[Gaz Gretsky]]
[[Gaz Gretsky]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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===Film===
===Film===
<!-- Notable things about the minute of film being discussed -->
*R2-D2 remembers C-3PO just before they all get into the Landspeeder and take off.
*Ben's line "I haven't been called Obi-Wan Kenobi since, oh, before you were born" is clearly a lie based on the sequels.
 
===Podcast===
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*Ben's line "I haven't been called Obi-Wan Kenobi since, oh, before you were born" is clearly a lie based on the Prequels.
*This minute provides an insight into C-3PO's one true fear - his total and utter destruction.
*This minute provides an insight into C-3PO's one true fear - his total and utter destruction.
*R2-D2 remembers C-3PO just before they all get into the Landspeeder and take off - luckily for us and the movies.
*Ben's language about never owning the droids is very obtuse. "I don't SEEM to recall ever owning a droid."
*Ben's language about never owning the droids is very obtuse. "I don't SEEM to recall ever owning a droid."
 
*The high quality of Alec Guinness's acting / performance, especially the humorous lines in this sequence.
===Podcast===
<!-- Topics and notable trivia about the podcast episode -->
*13:31 podcast episode length.
Topics discussed:
*The high quality of Alec Guinness's acting / performance in the show. Especially the humorous lines in this sequence.
*Alex thought the Ben Kenobi scenes were boring when he was a kid (and maybe even now!).
*Alex thought the Ben Kenobi scenes were boring when he was a kid (and maybe even now!).
*The first dismembered limb is in this minute - C-3PO's arm.
*The first dismembered limb is in this minute - C-3PO's arm.
*C-3PO doesn't lose any limbs in RotJ. (Alex is frustrated by "that lack of attention to detail" - ie C-3PO should lose a limb in every movie in the first trilogy.)
*C-3PO doesn't lose any limbs in ROTJ. (Alex is frustrated by "that lack of attention to detail" - i.e. C-3PO should lose a limb in every movie in the first trilogy.)
*Question from Gaz - Is the term 'Sandpeople' racist to the Tusken Raiders? This is the first time this topic - now famous in the Star Wars Minute universe - was ever discussed in the podcasts. Credit to Gaz Gretsky.
*Question from Gaz - Is the term '[[SWM-Canon#"Sand People"|Sand people]]' racist to the Tusken Raiders? This is the first time this topic - now famous in the ''STAR WARS MINUTE'' universe - was ever discussed in the podcasts. Credit to Gaz Gretsky.
*What did the Tusken Raiders actually want with Luke and the Landspeeder? Food, perhaps?
*What did the Tusken Raiders actually want with Luke and the Landspeeder? Food, perhaps?
*If Ben, Luke and R2-D2 did forget C-3PO and just left in the Landspeeder, how far would they go before they realised they had left him behind?
*If Ben, Luke and R2-D2 did forget C-3PO and just left in the Landspeeder, how far would they go before they realised they had left him behind?
*R2-D2 appears to talk a lot when there is no-one (C-3PO) around to translate. What is he saying? Alex thinks he is doing commentary. Gaz thinks he's talking to C-3PO - either in his head or by Wi-fi.
*R2-D2 appears to talk a lot when there is no-one (C-3PO) around to translate. What is he saying? Alex thinks he is doing commentary. Gaz thinks he's talking to C-3PO - either in his head or by Wi-fi.
*Does Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi recognise R2-D2 as 'R2-D2' or just another astro-mech droid?
*Does Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi recognise R2-D2 as 'R2-D2' or just another astro-mech droid?
*Alec Guinness wearing a wig / hair-piece / toupe in the movies. But is it the actor or the character wearing the hair-piece?
*Alec Guinness wearing a wig / hair-piece / toupée in the movies. But is it the actor or the character wearing the hair-piece? See [[SWM-Canon#Obi-Wan's vanity]].
*The high quality of the camera long shot of the group from between two rocks up on a hill or cliff. Adds to the sense of being in the desert, in the middle of nowhere. Conveys the feeling really well.
*The high quality of the camera long shot of the group from between two rocks up on a hill or cliff. Adds to the sense of being in the desert, in the middle of nowhere. Conveys the feeling really well.<br clear=all>
*Another really badly timed 'Star Wars Minute' sign-out.


===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. -->
*13:31 podcast episode length.
Nil.
* Episode contains the first (literal) instance of [[Sorry, Pete]].
*The hosts will later decide the not only is 'Sand People' a racist term, so is 'Tusken raider' and so they settle on "native Tatooiners" as the preferred nomenclature.
**The Star Wars spin-off TV series "[[:Category:Boba Fett|The Book of Boba Fett]]" complicates this, as the tribe of Tatooiners who capture and later adopt Boba Fett refer to themselves as "Tuskens".


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
<!-- Interesting, amusing or notable things said on the podcast episode -->
*'''Gaz:''' In response to Ben's "...before you were born" line - "I imagined a next scene in episode 3 of like 'Oh, look, it's Luke and Leia' and Ben is like 'Call me Ben from now on! Ben! I'm Ben!'"  
'''Gaz:''' In response to Ben's "...before you were born" line - "I imagined a next scene in episode 3 of like 'Oh, look, its Luke and Leia' and Ben is like 'Call me Ben from now on! Ben! I'm Ben!'"  
*'''Pete:''' One arm on the floor.
 
*'''Pete:''' I just thought they were raiders and had tusks - hence the Tusken Raiders.
'''Pete:''' "One arm on the floor."
*'''Pete:''' ...like, 'Obi-Wan Kenobi? I wonder if he means Old Man Hair?'
 
'''Pete:''' "I just thought they were raiders and had tusks - hence the Tusken Raiders."
 
'''Pete:''' "...like, 'Obi-Wan Kenobi? I wonder if he means Old Man Hair?'"


==Link==
==Link==
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http://www.starwarsminute.com/2013/07/16/minute-32-old-man-hair/
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2013/07/16/minute-32-old-man-hair/
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Date

July 16th, 2013.

Summary

Minute 32: Ben doesn't seem to remember ever owning a droid.

Guests

Gaz Gretsky

Notes

Film

  • R2-D2 remembers C-3PO just before they all get into the Landspeeder and take off.

Podcast

Crazy old man.jpg
  • Ben's line "I haven't been called Obi-Wan Kenobi since, oh, before you were born" is clearly a lie based on the Prequels.
  • This minute provides an insight into C-3PO's one true fear - his total and utter destruction.
  • Ben's language about never owning the droids is very obtuse. "I don't SEEM to recall ever owning a droid."
  • The high quality of Alec Guinness's acting / performance, especially the humorous lines in this sequence.
  • Alex thought the Ben Kenobi scenes were boring when he was a kid (and maybe even now!).
  • The first dismembered limb is in this minute - C-3PO's arm.
  • C-3PO doesn't lose any limbs in ROTJ. (Alex is frustrated by "that lack of attention to detail" - i.e. C-3PO should lose a limb in every movie in the first trilogy.)
  • Question from Gaz - Is the term 'Sand people' racist to the Tusken Raiders? This is the first time this topic - now famous in the STAR WARS MINUTE universe - was ever discussed in the podcasts. Credit to Gaz Gretsky.
  • What did the Tusken Raiders actually want with Luke and the Landspeeder? Food, perhaps?
  • If Ben, Luke and R2-D2 did forget C-3PO and just left in the Landspeeder, how far would they go before they realised they had left him behind?
  • R2-D2 appears to talk a lot when there is no-one (C-3PO) around to translate. What is he saying? Alex thinks he is doing commentary. Gaz thinks he's talking to C-3PO - either in his head or by Wi-fi.
  • Does Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi recognise R2-D2 as 'R2-D2' or just another astro-mech droid?
  • Alec Guinness wearing a wig / hair-piece / toupée in the movies. But is it the actor or the character wearing the hair-piece? See SWM-Canon#Obi-Wan's vanity.
  • The high quality of the camera long shot of the group from between two rocks up on a hill or cliff. Adds to the sense of being in the desert, in the middle of nowhere. Conveys the feeling really well.

Meta Minute

  • 13:31 podcast episode length.
  • Episode contains the first (literal) instance of Sorry, Pete.
  • The hosts will later decide the not only is 'Sand People' a racist term, so is 'Tusken raider' and so they settle on "native Tatooiners" as the preferred nomenclature.
    • The Star Wars spin-off TV series "The Book of Boba Fett" complicates this, as the tribe of Tatooiners who capture and later adopt Boba Fett refer to themselves as "Tuskens".

Quotes

  • Gaz: In response to Ben's "...before you were born" line - "I imagined a next scene in episode 3 of like 'Oh, look, it's Luke and Leia' and Ben is like 'Call me Ben from now on! Ben! I'm Ben!'"
  • Pete: One arm on the floor.
  • Pete: I just thought they were raiders and had tusks - hence the Tusken Raiders.
  • Pete: ...like, 'Obi-Wan Kenobi? I wonder if he means Old Man Hair?'

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2013/07/16/minute-32-old-man-hair/

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