Last Jedi Minute 33: The Godzilla Principle

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Date

March 17th, 2021

Summary

Guest commentators Joe Dator & Suzen Tekla Kruglnska are the first responders to Princess Leia’s big blow out!

Guests

Joe Dator and Suzen Tekla Kruglnska

Notes

Film

• Starts with General Organa opening her eyes in SPAAAAAAACE, and ends with porgs roasting over an open fire.
• The "Carrie Poppins" scene.
  • Leia flies through the hologram of Snoke's ship, foreshadowing the Holdo maneuver later.

Podcast

• Referenced: "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting Over an Open Fire)"

Carrie Poppins

• Is it more Mary Poppins, or more Superman?
  • Discussion of the pose used while flying. Like ziplining maybe.
• Our collective reaction upon seeing this the first time: "Okay... what did I just see?"
  • If you like this movie, this scene grows on you. Suzen personally does not care for this movie, it's a matter of taste.
  • The Last Jedi departs from expectations much the same way that Empire did.
• We are affected by the baggage of knowing that Carrie had passed away.
  • We want her to be treated with dignity. Is this scene dignified?
  • Although these scenes were filmed prior to her death, it still feels like this moment is about Carrie Fisher and our relationship to her. Joe feels catharsis from seeing Princess Leia essentially die and be resurrected.
• Or they could have made this scene way more slapstick with all the tropes.
• Mentioned: "When Havoc Struck".
• Comparison between this and the Chewie death misdirection in Rise of Skywalker.
  • We want Leia to have a badass moment.

Other notes

• This whole movie is visually stunning.
• Leia using Force powers. Compare with Yoda in Empire vs. in the Prequels.
  • Leia is the first living person who Luke reaches out to on Cloud City.

• PZ-4CO is based on the Godzilla principle of having a very long neck with the actor's head inside the neck.

Meta Minute

• 37:57 podcast episode length.
• In Ancient Egypt, the classic 'mummy pose' (arms crossed over the crest) was actually reserved for male members of the royal family; women and other nobles not of the royal family would be mummified with their arms at their sides or with one arm straight and the other (typically the left) bent at the elbow.

Quotes

• Joe: I like a Wookiee that doesn't get captured.

Links

Audio only

https://art19.com/shows/star-wars-minute/episodes/f08efd4c-b393-41ac-8969-931f9a1a5a5b

Video

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dIFRbwt0H1M

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