Empire Minute 100: Emperor Baby
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
←Previous Minute | Next Minute→ |
Date
May 30th, 2014
Summary
Steam begins to build up in the chamber. Looking up through the steam, Luke sees a dark figure standing on a walkway above him. Luke holsters his gun and moves up the stairs to face Vader. He feels confident, eager to engage his enemy.
Guests
Notes
Film
- Minute 100!
- Starts with Luke in the hallway - after being told that it's a trap - contemplating his options and figuring out what he's going to do.
- Ends with Luke walking up the stairs to face Vader.
Podcast
- TGIF.
- Why is R2 even there? Why didn't Luke leave him in the car?
- Good thing that Luke did bring R2 otherwise R2 would still be on Cloud City with the X-wing.
- How does R2 get over that little lip in the door? He must use his rockets.
- Luke is hoisted up on a platform. This definitely would have been a Force jump in the prequels.
- The map of this scene doesn't make any sense:
- Luke is following Leia and the Imperial Officer through a doorway.
- The area behind the doorway is a closet with an elevator up to the carbon freezing chamber.
- Where did Leia and the Imperial Officer go?
- Maybe it's a warp pipe like in Super Mario Bros.
- All these mechanisms on Cloud City to move things around seem very dangerous.
- They're fast; there are no seat-belts, markings or signs. They are lawsuits waiting to happen.
- Cloud City is a dangerous place - as is the entire Star Wars universe.
- It's a universe without lawyers.
- Palpatine probably went to law school (Space Yale) and has a bunch of degrees
- The hosts would watch a frat movie starring Palaptine and his law school buddies.
- We should have seen Palpatine as a child in the prequels.
- Or a Star Wars babies movie called "Emperor Baby".
- Star Wars babies was proposed at one stage. There should be kids Star Wars and adult only Star Wars.
- There is no music in this minute - it was all used up by Lobot. Lobot controls the ambient music on Cloud City
- The hallway look and lighting is very 1980s. The green pillar seems to get in the way constantly.
- Is the pillar low bearing or just decorative? It might be a fountain.
- Is this what all of Cloud City looks like?
- Referenced: the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot (2004) and the greenhouse on Cloud 9 or the botanical cruiser.
- There's not a lot of windows on Cloud City.
- It gets windy up there and you can only see clouds and sunsets. Also, what about all the gas and smells?
- Are the Special Edition additions to Cloud City and other scenes good or bad?
- The original Return of the Jedi is the start of adding cutesy things to Star Wars for kids.
- Luke finally holsters his weapon, remembering his training.
- Why isn't Vader just standing near that platform when Luke appears? He could have just instantly pushed Luke into the carbon freezing chamber.
- Vader / Anakin is not smart or quick like this - plus Vader has a flair for the dramatic.
- Lobot must have taught Vader how to use the technical system on Cloud City.
- Vader wanted to see how good a Jedi Luke is.
- The later fight scene between Vader and Luke is fantastic and is more realistic than in the prequels. It is actual fighting that is not too good and therefore unbelievable.
- Where did Luke's clean clothes come from? Shouldn't they still be dirty from Dagobah.
- Maybe Jedi can use The Force to clean things and remove stubborn stains.
- Or he stopped at the clothes planet on the way to Cloud City.
- Vader's "not a Jedi yet" line is very dramatic.
- The buttons on Vader's chest plate control sounds.
- If what they do control is super important (e.g. his breathing) then why are they on the outside? This seems very risky.
- Do the controls include a voice changer?
- Vader calls Luke "young Skywalker" to keep the mystery of what he is about to reveal.