Attack of the Clones Minute 78: Chenini

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When you google "black orangutan", it actually comes up with these guys, the black Bornean orangutan (a rare subspecies native to the island of Borneo, so named due to their dark fur color).

Date

March 1st, 2017

Summary

ANAKIN pulls up near the edge of a cliff. He gets off the bike and creeps to the edge.

Guests

Hal Lublin

Notes

Film

• Starts with Obi-Wan eavesdropping on a business meeting and ends with Anakin sneeking up on the Native Tatooiner camp.
• Roll Call for weird aliens.
  • Shu mai (not the dumpling), San Hill, and Wat Tambor (may have been) played by the same guy.

Podcast

• Referenced: Who's on first? Mentioned: Swedish Chef.

Wat Tambor

• We hated him at the time, but that hate has slowly turned to love.
• Shout-out(?) to Ben Burtt.
• Referenced: Franken Berry.
• Tambor as Reggie Watts' sound machine.
• Wat Tambor's techno.

Other Notes

• Contrast this scene with the podrace or the bounty hunters scene.
• Racism and potential antisemitism in the prequels.
  • San Hill as a reaction to the backlash. He looks like John Kerry.
• Referenced: "I am the Walrus.

Food Orders

•Porkins soup
•Soupy Porkins
•Shu Mai and a Presidente (to go).

• Cut scene of Padmé and C-3PO. He was still "naked" and Padmé gives him his skin.
  • C-3PO is the weird "older brother" of Luke and Leia. Mentioned: Baker Street.
  • Owen doesn't recognize Threepio later on.
• When Cliegg bought Shmi, did he have to pay extra for Creepio or did Watto throw him in for free?

Meta Minute

• 25:33 podcast episode length.
• On the Canon tab of {{{2}}}'s Wookieepedia page, it says he was voiced by Ben Burtt in this movie, but on the Legends tab it says he was voiced by Truswell. Annoyingly, both pages cite the same source (which supports the Canon tab) for this conflicting information. The Internet Movie Database agrees with the Legends page. All three pages agree that all members of the Separatist Council are entirely CGI in this movie.
  • Sorry, Mr. Burtt, but Wat Tambor is a member of the {{{2}}} species and not a robot.
• The orangutan-looking character is named {{{2}}}. Along with Shu Mai she is female. Known as "Gatorhead" during production, she was a digital replacement for {{{2}}}.
• "I Am the Walrus" will come up again tomorrow.
• The pile of laundry with a horn also has a name: it's Passel Argente.
• Each of the three moons of Tatooine is named after a different town in the Tunisian province of Tataouine.

Quotes

• Pete: Now it's kind of charming... in how terrible I think [Wat Tambor's steampunk suit of armor] is.
• Pete: What's up over there? It looks like Frankenstein's trapped in an old refrigerator.
• Hal: We have to stop the Jedi. What do you think, 'First draft of <sic>Doctor Freeze'?
• Pete: Like, what do I do, 'black orangutan'? Hal: probably shouldn't put that into Google...under any circumstances.
• Alex: The head of the walrus men. Pete: The head of the Walrus man guild [...]"Paulrus".

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2017/03/01/attack-of-the-clones-minute-78-chenini/

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