Empire Minute 26: The Remnant

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That's not a tongue... THIS is a tongue.

Date

February 17th, 2014

The Rebel transport and its escort race away from the white planet, closely followed by the two red energy beams.

Ion cannon fires.
Imperial Walkers are sighted on the north ridge.
The first transport is away.
- The Rebel right in the center of the frame looks really unsure about pumping his fist in the air.
First appearance of Dak Ralter
The only person in the Original Trilogy (aside from Luke) to use binoculars
- Named Trey Callum.
- Played by Bob Anderson, the fencing double for Darth Vader.

How big is the ion cannon?
- Not that huge? Gigantic? The size of EPCOT Center?
Rebel Transport ship is discussed.
- Action figure carrying case
- How big is it, and who is evacuating (in what order)?
Ion gun technology in other ships and in the Prequels (Sorry Pete).
Things we don't need to see: anti-gravity, time-travel
Mentioned: Edit that out.
Changes to the PA announcement, including Mark Hamill singing the line.
- At Forbidden Planet, Pete would abuse the store intercom to quote this scene.
If you don't count the 2-seater Y-wings (from the Holiday Special) this is the first ship with a turret gunner.
Mentioned Flight of the Intruder (1991)
Extras in this scene were members of the Norwegian armed forces.
How to properly refer to the Imperial Walkers.
- Pete and Adam say "AT-AT" (as opposed to "A-T-A-T"), whereas Alex says "Walkers".

EPCOT Center is now known simply as "Epcot", and it refers to the entire park. The giant geodesic dome (which actually does resemble the ion cannon quite a bit) is called Spaceship Earth, and it is 180 ft (54 m) tall.
- In early December 2016, Disney transformed Spaceship Earth into the Death Star in honor of the premier of Rogue One.
We learned that they use the metric system in Star Wars in minute 99.
The Star Destroyer is called the Tyrant (see previous episode)
The Devastator was actually the Star Destroyer that attacked the Tantive IV in the opening scene of Star Wars.
For this and the next few minutes were learn about Adam's love of Dak and are subjected to numerous "Dak" puns.

Alex: I think "Epcots" are the standard unit of measure for ion cannons.
Pete: (to the tune of "Send in the Clowns) 🎵Send in the droids...🎵
Pete: I'm glad that these weren't electric balls... Alex: I can't tell you how many times I've said that.
Alex: Dak attack... from the back.