Attack of the Clones Minute 13: A Mirror in the Laser Grid

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Date

November 30th, 2016

Summary

As Padmé sleeps, a probe droid approaches outside her window.

Guests

J. Kenji López-Alt

Notes

Film

• Starts with Obi-Wan telling Anakin he looks tired, and ends with a courier droid peering in Padmé's window.
• Cut dialog: I don't know why I keep dreaming about her now. I haven't seen her since I was little.

Podcast

• Referenced: the Japor snippet.
• It's been ten years, why hasn't Anakin gone back and freed his mother? Was it forbidden by the Jedi?
  • Did they placate him with lies and/or fake letters?
  • The Jedi are encouraged to stretch out with their feelings (Except love!)
  • Flash forward to a future minute where Anakin talks about the loophole in the "you can't love anyone" rule.
• Another creepy Anakin line (twice in the space of a minute). You think this is as bad as it gets, but then it gets worse.
  • Referenced: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
• Anakin as a frat boy dudebro might actually work.
• More on the "What did George Lucas actually intend" train. The consensus is this is supposed to be romantic.
  • Are we supposed to like Anakin as a character?
• Padmé falling for Anakin makes no sense because she is intelligent and respectable. What does she see in him?
• All of the Padmé's apartment scenes were crammed into just three days of filming.
• Referenced: Mr. Plinkett's Star Wars reviews from RedLetterMedia.
• More on the ASN courier droid.
  • Is it modified from the usual courier model?
  • Why does the droid stick around to get jumped on?
• Political talk
  • Obi-Wan's position on political corruption comes as a bit of surprise. Maybe he's gotten more cynical over the years.
  • Referenced: The recurring segment on Dana Gould's podcast "Political Talk With Two Guys From Boston".
  • What is the Jedi position in relation to the government?
  • How did the politics of the day influence George Lucas' script writing?
• What is R2 doing while he is in power save mode? Downloading updates.
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Meta Minute

• 22:18 podcast episode length.
• More on "the role of the Jedi" in the Republic can be found in the eponymous episode, or by going to Wookieepedia.

Quotes

• Pete: He [Oscar Isaac] is a little dreamier, if I may.
• Pete: Disposable creepiness.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2016/11/30/attack-of-the-clones-minute-13-a-mirror-in-the-laser-grid/

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