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==Date==
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March 23, 2016
==Summary==
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The Naboo congressional box floats into the center.
==Guests==
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[[Guest Name]]
[[Joe Dator]]
==Notes==
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===Film===
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*Starts with Palpatine addressing the Senate, and ends with Lott Dod "oba-jecting".
*Lott Dod
**Named for Trent Lott (another politician George Lucas disliked).
**Fourth and final role for Silas Carson.
*Characters played by Jerome Blake
**Mik Regrap
**Lufa Danak
===Podcast===
===Podcast===
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*Great sound work in this minute, reminiscent of the "[[SWM 24|Aunt Beru Kitchen noise]]"
 
*The floating pods (boxes?)
**Do you need to fly them, or is there a droid intelligence controlling it?
**Can anybody just float their box out into the middle?
***The chair does not recognize the senator from the Trade Federation, so they shouldn't be able to leave or turn their mic on.
**Mentioned: [[SWM Characters#General Zod|Chancellor Zod]].
**Joe would like a Senate playset to scale with the action figures. Then you could play '''Space Politics'''.
***Mentioned: [[Inside_References_and_Running_Jokes#What_is_that_in_.22Enterprises.22.3F|What is that in Enterprises?]]
*Actors playing many roles in one film.
**Jerome Blake plays three characters in this scene alone.
***Was also Daultay Dofine.
*Palpatine as the protagonist of the film.
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*tt:tt podcast episode length.
*26:33 podcast episode length.
*Film critic for the New Yorker Richard Brody loves the Prequels and detests the Original Trilogy[http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/what-the-seven-star-wars-films-reveal-about-george-lucas].
*According to Wookieepdia, the Senate Building was more than 2 kilometers (~1.2 miles) in diameter. At 3 &frac34;" scale, this would make it 340 feet wide (larger than an American football field!) The [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Gran_Convocation_Chamber Grand Convocation Chamber] within was 100 m tall, which would make it about 17 feet high if scaled to your action figures. Maybe that's why they never sold it as a playset.
*Gragra was the merchant who sold Chubas.
*According to IMDB, [http://imdb.com/name/nm0086592/ Jerome Blake] played or operated (in the case of Oppo Rancisis) 7 characters in this movie. He is not listed as playing Lufa Danak.
==Quotes==
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*'''Pete:''' Is this about the [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptoids Reptoids] again?
 
*'''Pete:''' "Lex Loofah": Superman's least favorite sponge.
==Link==
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http://www.starwarsminute.com/2016/03/23/phantom-menace-minute-88-space-politics/
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Date

March 23, 2016

Summary

The Naboo congressional box floats into the center.

Guests

Joe Dator

Notes

Film

  • Starts with Palpatine addressing the Senate, and ends with Lott Dod "oba-jecting".
  • Lott Dod
    • Named for Trent Lott (another politician George Lucas disliked).
    • Fourth and final role for Silas Carson.
  • Characters played by Jerome Blake
    • Mik Regrap
    • Lufa Danak

Podcast

  • Great sound work in this minute, reminiscent of the "Aunt Beru Kitchen noise"
  • The floating pods (boxes?)
    • Do you need to fly them, or is there a droid intelligence controlling it?
    • Can anybody just float their box out into the middle?
      • The chair does not recognize the senator from the Trade Federation, so they shouldn't be able to leave or turn their mic on.
    • Mentioned: Chancellor Zod.
    • Joe would like a Senate playset to scale with the action figures. Then you could play Space Politics.
  • Actors playing many roles in one film.
    • Jerome Blake plays three characters in this scene alone.
      • Was also Daultay Dofine.
  • Palpatine as the protagonist of the film.

Meta Minute

  • 26:33 podcast episode length.
  • Film critic for the New Yorker Richard Brody loves the Prequels and detests the Original Trilogy[1].
  • According to Wookieepdia, the Senate Building was more than 2 kilometers (~1.2 miles) in diameter. At 3 ¾" scale, this would make it 340 feet wide (larger than an American football field!) The Grand Convocation Chamber within was 100 m tall, which would make it about 17 feet high if scaled to your action figures. Maybe that's why they never sold it as a playset.
  • Gragra was the merchant who sold Chubas.
  • According to IMDB, Jerome Blake played or operated (in the case of Oppo Rancisis) 7 characters in this movie. He is not listed as playing Lufa Danak.

Quotes

  • Pete: Is this about the [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptoids Reptoids] again?
  • Pete: "Lex Loofah": Superman's least favorite sponge.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2016/03/23/phantom-menace-minute-88-space-politics/

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