Bonus Episode: The Ink Banthas Holiday Special
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Date
December 5th, 2013
Summary
The “lost” episode of The Ink Banthas Show, featuring Alex Robinson, Pete The Retailer, and Josh Flanagan. From November 2012.
Guests
Notes
- Stop listening now if you don't like Star Wars.
- It was Pete's idea to do this episode in honor of the famous Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978.
- The hosts experiences of the Star Wars Holiday Special.
- Main plot points, a brief explanation and the cast of the Star Wars Holiday Special.
- Chewbacca's family and lifestyle. Is he a good parent?
- The lack of subtitles in Star Wars.
- What Chewbacca and the Droids are actually saying.
- Origins of Bail Organa.
- Star Wars novelization and radio drama.
- Splinter of the Mind's Eye.
- The potential for an Episode 7 following the Disney purchase of Star Wars.
- Pete's hatred of the Prequels.
- Easter eggs on DVDs and Blu-rays.
- Rick McCallum's proposed TV series and role with the Prequels.
- Rick McCallum is the "Bib Fortuna" to George Lucas's "Jabba the Neck".
- The relationship between Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin.
- The structure, and arrogance, of the Empire.
- Upcoming Star Wars prequels and sequels - and potential Directors.
- The cast of the original trilogy appearing in Episode 7.
- The surprise of George Lucas selling Star Wars to Disney.
- EU continuity in the Disney era.
- Are the Star Wars characters illiterate?
- Referenced: Saturday Night Live - SNL.
- Alex's comedy material about, and the back story of, Dr Cornelius Evazan from the cantina.
- Ponda Baba and the Aqualish.
- What have Jedis been doing for the last twenty years?
- Links between Boba Fett and Jodo Kast.
- Action figures of the secondary characters.
- Hutts controlling Tatooine in the original trilogy.
- The Hutt's home planet.
- Clone Wars cartoon series.
- Anakin's journey.
- The preferable viewing order of the Star Wars movies.
- Kids watching Star Wars in the modern world.
- Referenced: All in the Family sitcom.
- The low quality of the Prequels.
- Star Wars fan films and how Disney will interact with the fans going forward.
- Final thoughts:
- Characters that the hosts most want to see in the sequels;
- The Solo kid - Jacen Solo. <Note - This was a very close prediction to Episode 7 TFA by Josh.>
- Wedge Antilles.
- Chewbacca's son Lumpy.
- Inevitable remakes of all the Star Wars movies.
- This podcast episode became a very serious discussion of Star Wars in the end.
- Star Wars versus Star Trek.
- Referenced: Joe Piscopo in Star Trek.
- Characters that the hosts most want to see in the sequels;
Meta Notes
- 1:11:01 podcast episode length.
- Intro:
- A bonus episode from before there was STAR WARS MINUTE.
- A "lost" episode from the podcast Ink Banthas.
- Otherwise known as the Ink Banthas Holiday Special.
- This episode was performed while the Ink Panthers podcast was on hiatus.
- The last time that Pete and Alex talked about Star Wars on a podcast before Star Wars Minute.
- Reminder about the big, "Very Special Star Wars Minute Star Wars Holiday Special Special Live!. December 11th 2013 at the Parkside Lounge.
- Promotion for starwarsminute.com Amazon link.
Quotes
- Pete: What are we doing with our lives?
- Alex: ...every Star Wars fan is going to face that day of disappointment. Josh: That's sort of the right of passage; that's the prophecy that Yoda speaks of.
Link
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2013/12/05/bonus-episode-the-ink-banthas-holiday-special/