Attack of the Clones Minute 58: Scramble the Folks

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Date

February 1st, 2017

R4 D17, Obi-Wan's Astro-Droid, who is sitting on top of Obi-Wan's Starfighter, switches on and beeps.

Starts with Obi-Wan thanking Taun We and heading out into the rain. Ends with Yoda encouraging Obi-Wan to discover the real villains behind this plot.
The landing platform is a real set.

Mentioned: Pete's accent.
Inter-species romance.
- Taun We & Obi-Wan.
How aware are the Kaminoans of Palpatine's nefarious machinations?
George Lucas' relationship to the old E.U.
- For Jacob, the new Disney purchase is like E.U. writers paying all the money up front.
  - All non-Lucas Star Wars is equivalent and not real Star Wars.
  - Movies we'd Like to see: a Jacob-directed Star Wars movie.
  - Referenced: The Massacre of Mankind the official authorized sequel to H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds"
Mentioned: Jango Fett's Singin' in the Rain bit.
In the script, Obi-Wan calls the Jedi Council from inside while he is waiting overnight to meet Jango, rather than standing in the rain.
What do hologram conversations look like from the other person's view?
More Jedi ignorance.
- The Kaminoans should absolutely have a motive for hiring an assassin: Padmé is trying to stop the creation of an army, and they make their living creating armies.
Jacob loves that the labyrinthine plot.
We have a lot of questions for Jacob tomorrow.
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25:08 podcast episode length.
This is absolutely not canon, but in a mission in the Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) video game, stormtroopers of the 501st legion invade Kamino and actually fight their clone brothers, destroying the cloning facilities[1].