Attack of the Clones Minute 26: Infomercial

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R.I.P. Yarael

Date

December 19th, 2016

The vast Jedi Temple sits on an endless flat plain, silhouetted by a against the traffic-filled sky.

Our first look at the new Jedi Council.
- Jedi master Coleman Trebor
- Oppo Rancisis
- Yarael Poof is no longer on the board.
This whole scene is just reused extra footage from The Phantom Menace; the only new footage is of the people talking (Mace, Yoda, Anakin, maybe others).

Lucas thought that Yarael Poof looked too much like the Kaminoans (who we'll meet later) so they digitally replaced him with Coleman Trebor.
- Which is of course is the laziest anagram ever of Robert Coleman.
  - Robert Coleman cameoed in each of the three Prequels.
- The only Vurk Jedi.
  - Vurk puns ensue.
Mentioned: Coleman Kcaj
Referenced: Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The EU says Yarael Poof died prior to the Battle of Geonosis, but maybe he isn't dead; maybe he got caught in a revolving door and has just been trapped all this time.
Why did the Jedi Council break up the Obi-Wan—Anakin team?
- Maybe Sheev orchestrated this? It would make more sense to have Obi-Wan go to Naboo with Padmé.
Mace makes all the bad decisions.
Ring theory: Anakin and Obi-Wan separating may echo the gang being broken up in The Empire Strikes Back.
Alex famously has not listened to a single episode of STAR WARS MINUTE. Maybe Lucas never watched The Empire Strikes Back.
Mentioned: Pete, edit that out.
More bad planning: why is Padmé going to Naboo? Isn't that the first place you'd check if you were an assassin? Also, who are these refugees? More on this later.

22:48 podcast episode length.
Two weeks ago was an All-Star Week of Movies by Minutes podcasters. Crystal is a perennial MxM guest host (she's been on pretty much every single one so far) and launched her own Movie by Minutes, The Fifth Eleminute on December 26th, 2016.
Vurk such as Coleman Trebor most closely resemble the crest-headed duck-billed dinosaur Parasaurolophus, though this dinosaur was much larger (the skulls of larger individuals are as long as a grown man is tall) and was most likely quadrupedal.
- Pterodactyls are not actually dinosaurs. Check out another MxM podcast, Jurassic Park Minute episode 48 for more on this topic.

Crystal: Oh my gosh you're blowing my mind right now!
Alex: (re: Lucas) "Like Stalin"
Pete: Sheev's evil. "Sheevil".
Crystal: It's Samuel L. Jackson's fault.
Pete: (In a stage whisper) Don't tell Alex he hasn't appeared on anything since season 2. Crystal: Well I wasn't going to tell him that but apparently he's gonna know. Pete: (still pretending to whisper) No that was me whispering.