Attack of the Clones Minute 1: Unrest in the Galactic Senate

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Date

November 14th, 2016

Summary

The 20th Century Fox theme and then A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away... and then the crawl starts.

Guests

None

Notes

Film

  • Glistening green Lucasfilm logo.

Podcast

  • Pete has seen this movie only twice in the theater, so watching it for the show is almost like watching a new Star Wars movie for him.
  • The 20th Century Fox fanfare was part of "The Story of Star Wars" record, so Alex and Pete almost count it as part of the film score.
  • The title
  • Shameless plug for starwasminute.com/amazon
  • First rough draft of the script finished shortly before filming began.
  • Mentioned: Long time.
  • 2002 pop culture context.
    • Many popular shows canceled, though a lot of them have actually come back.
    • Mentioned: NickelYak.

Meta Minute

  • 30:23 podcast episode length.
  • Believe it or not, there is a "Logopedia", and according to them, Lucasfilm switched to the glistening green logo in 1997[1].
  • Film shot at Fox in Australia
    • First Star Wars film not shot primarily in the UK.
  • Rick McCallum is actually German, not Czech.
  • First Star Wars movie that wasn't #1 box office for the year.
    • Finished 4th, behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (1st), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2nd), and Spiderman (3rd).
    • It grossed $649 million ($861 million in 2016).
  • Mulan was Chinese, not Japanese.
  • This movie was shot in all digital HD (saving them $2.5 million on conversion costs).
  • They built 70 sets (more than for TPM).

Quotes

  • Pete: Spoilers ahoy.
  • Pete: We've gotten a lot of that [shows canceled in 2002] back, including our "Nickel-" unfortunately.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2016/11/14/attack-of-the-clones-minute-1-unrest-in-the-galactic-senate/


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