Empire Minute 10: That Jedi Body
Summary
General Rieekan straightens up from a console at Han’s approach.
Guests
Notes
Film
- Not counting force choking, this is the first use of the force for telekinesis
- Filmed on location in Norway
Podcast
- 8-DAY-GREEDO call from Ryan in Rochester, NY
- As a kid he thought Luke Skywalker's name meant he could hang upside down from the ceiling like a bat
- Discussion of Luke's decision making fleeing from the cave
- In the early draft, Wampa and Rebel caves connected
- Spoiler alert: more limbs get cut off in the future
- More detail on lightsaber-related injuries
- How did Luke learn telekinesis
- Mentioned: the Brackett draft
- Referenced: Land of the Lost, Bewitched, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Wampa Columbo
Meta Minute
- Pete's dislike of the mystical force may be a precursor to his later theory that the Force does not exist
- When Star Wars was released, Peter Cushing was 64 years old and Alec Guinness was 63. When this SWM episode originally aired, Harrison Ford was 70 and Mark Hamill was 61.
Quotes
- "... and while you cut off your host's arm, killing them would be rude." - Alex
- I'm sorry, were you going to kidnap me and glue me to the ceiling with your spit? Please don't do that." - Jackie
- "I'm gonna eat you! I'm gonna eat you!" - Pete
- "Get on it, Norway." - Alex
Link
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2014/01/24/empire-minute-10-that-jedi-body/
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