Jedi Minute 97: Two Levels of Fake Surprise

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Date

May 19th, 2015

Summary

The stormtroopers come around the tree and find the two droids waiting quietly to be taken. As the Imperial troops move to do that, however, a band of Ewoks drops down from above and overpowers them.

Guests

Nick Wiger

Notes

Film

• Starts with our heroes getting captured outside the bunker, and ends with the Ewoks beginning their attack.
• First appearance of the Scout Walker (in this movie!)
• 130 actors dressed as Imperials, 40 dresses as Ewoks, and 150 crew were required to film this scene.
• Last live-action sequence filmed for the movie.

Podcast

• Nick is a bit of an Ewok defender. Parallels to asymmetric, unconventional warfare.
• Mixed levels of Ewok technological sophistication.
• Moments of heroism for C-3PO in this movie.
• The legion of the Emperor's best troops.
• General thoughts on the setting of Endor.
• Wrapping of principal photography. Referenced: the "Martini shot".
• Mentioned: the Rebel dressed as a scout trooper.
• Many of the stormtroopers in this scene were played by local out of work loggers.

Meta Minute

• 23:45 podcast episode length.
• Cold open: 8-DAY-GREEDO call. The Christmas of '83 was the best for toys but also the worst for teasing.
• Catapults were invented by the Ancient Greeks in approximately the 4th century B.C.E, which is in the Classical era.
• The Ewok hang glider is referenced during the coverage of the first Ewok movie. It is disturbingly referred to as a "Skin glider".
• The first ever AT-ST was in Minute 31 of The Empire Strikes Back.
• An upcoming episode is named in honor of the loggers-cum-stormtroopers.
• "The Battle of Endor" refers to the entire military action, both in space and on the ground. It should not be confused with the "Battle for Endor".

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2015/05/19/jedi-minute-97-two-levels-of-fake-surprise

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