Attack of the Clones Minute 105: The Soap Opera Effect
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Date
April 7th, 2017
Summary
Recorded Live on the Fan2Sea Cruise
Guests
Randy Havens and Charles Soule
Notes
Film
- Starts with Anakin and Padmé finally kissing, and ends with Anakin telling Obi-Wan that he passed on his message to the Jedi Council and it’s all cool.
- The trio are brought into the Geonosian arena, framed by the doorway in a visually striking shot.
- Monsters introduced: the Reek (bull‑like creature) and the Acklay (praying mantis‑like creature).
Podcast
- Jokes about Geonosian biology. Do they know what crying is? Maybe that's how they defecate.
- Pete compares the scene to *Wizard of Oz*, imagining a Geonosian guard getting teary‑eyed like the "Aunt Em" moment.
- Behind‑the‑scenes trivia: Geonosians were originally early designs for the Neimoidians; battle droids are shaped after Geonosians.
- Separatists didn’t pay for deluxe battle droids.
- Randy recalls seeing the arena scene on a demo HDTV with the soap opera effect which ruined the CGI illusion.
- Tangent on movie kisses: comparing Anakin/Padmé’s kiss to Han/Leia, Luke/Leia, E.T., and Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.
- Discussion of Padmé’s lock pick: jokes about Naboo funerals being like escape rooms, and Padmé as “Lisa Simpson of the Star Wars universe.”
- Extended riff on Star Wars locks and fasteners: Velcro, space magnets, and the oddity of handcuffs in the saga.
- Geonosian arena compared to the Super Bowl/NFC Championship of gladiatorial combat, with monsters as the stars.
- Imagined backstory for the Acklay: fighting to save a nephew in the hospital, complete with “Ackley jersey” gag.
- Charles Soule shares his viewing experience: saw Attack of the Clones twice, including the IMAX cut where most of the romance was trimmed.
- Movie rankings: Charles — Empire, A New Hope, Return of the Jedi, Force Awakens, Rogue One, then "all the prequels in one pile."
- Pete prefers Phantom Menace for its goofiness.
- Reflections on seeing Phantom Menace multiple times in theaters, the hype, and later disillusionment.
Meta Minute
- 25:02 podcast episode length.
Quotes
- Alex: So yeah, they finally lock wooden lips together. As discussed yesterday.
- Charles: That will they or won’t they with those two. That was like a real Sam and Diane.
- Randy: That's how Geonosians defecate. So they were very confused, but they were defecating the whole time.
- Charles: Always bring a lock pick to a funeral.
- Randy: Velcro or like the Force. I mean, it’s hard to say what keeps those clothes together, but something does.
- Charles: Yo, we got Jedis. These monsters are fighting Jedis, guys. This is going to be a good one.
- Randy: One of them's fighting to like save their nephew who is in the hospital.
Link
https://art19.com/shows/star-wars-minute/episodes/dbd69e27-ceb7-4bda-b15f-199ff343abc7