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*This scene has very interesting lighting. It is like they are standing under halogen lamps. | *This scene has very interesting lighting. It is like they are standing under halogen lamps. | ||
**It does not look like a murky swamp. There is a very bright light shining on them - this is what gives Yoda his "Yoda glow". | **It does not look like a murky swamp. There is a very bright light shining on them - this is what gives Yoda his "Yoda glow". | ||
*The "You want the impossible" line is Luke's lowest, and most | *The "You want the impossible" line is Luke's lowest, and most Anakin, moment. Luke is very petulant. | ||
**This is another weird response given that Yoda is not asking him to do anything and just explaining stuff. | **This is another weird response given that Yoda is not asking him to do anything and just explaining stuff. | ||
**For the movie Luke has to be skeptical otherwise the movie would be very anti-climactic. | **For the movie Luke has to be skeptical otherwise the movie would be very anti-climactic. |
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Date
April 21st, 2014
Summary
Luke shakes his head.
Guests
Notes
Film
- Starts on Dagobah with Yoda asking Luke <sic> "judge him by his size, does he?"; ends with Luke getting huffy because Yoda wants the impossible.
- This is a big minute in the movie. It is a one minute long monologue by Yoda about The Force.
Podcast
- Listener project - Create a Yoda category for Jeopardy (given that he says everything as a question).
- This would be a good spot for a song if this movie was a musical.
- It would be a big ballad at the end of act one.
- The song would be called "Yoda's Chance".
- Yoda and Luke would sing the song as a duet.
- A big production budget would be required for this stage show.
- An X-wing would go over the crowd's head and drip swamp juice onto them.
- Luke's look in response to Yoda's "judge me by my size" question says "kind of!".
- Yoda challenges Luke and wants to fist fight him.
- This is another iconic Yoda line.
- The audience is watching a puppet (i.e. Yoda) give this monologue.
- Yoda seems like a real living thing. There's something so real and life-like about Yoda in this minute.
- There is one puppet-like shot - when Yoda pinches Luke's skin.
- The pinch is a weird moment. Yoda burns Luke and his body right after teaching him a range of physical skills.
- This is a "minch pinch".
- Yoda has gross little claw fingers - like Mickey Rourke.
- Yoda's speech about The Force compared to Ben's explanation.
- Ben says The Force is an energy field created by all living things.
- Yoda's explanation is more flowery with some specific vagaries.
- Usually in Star Wars the explanation of things make them worse. That's not the case here - Yoda's choice of words makes The Force more interesting.
- Yoda also points at a range of things and names them:
- Rocks.
- Trees.
- You.
- Me.
- That mailbox.
- Mrs. Johnson.
- There is no mention of midi-chlorians.
- "Life creates The Force" may be a midi-chlorian reference.
Pete reveals that he is conflicted at this point: He has been talking about not liking The Force being wizardry and/or magic. In this minute, Yoda describes The Force as mystical but not magical. The problem with midi-chlorians is that they just reduce The Force to science / chemistry There is a mid-point for The Force between science and mysticism. Yoda's description is therefore correct. It is descriptive and poetic but not prescriptive.
- Perhaps midi-chlorians have been discredited in the last 20 years in the Star Wars universe.
- They were debunked in "Popular Jedi" magazine.
- Also, maybe the original scene for this minute was a very scientific explanation of The Force. This was totally boring so it was changed to the scene that we see.
- Star Wars don't really do montages with Kenny Loggins songs in the background.
- The Dagobah training scenes should be cut into a comical montage with a Van Halen song playing - maybe "Standing on Top of the World" but not "Hot For Teacher".
- "Although "Hot For Teacher" may work for when Yoda is massaging Luke's back.
- Will The Force ever be a real religion on Earth? In 50 or 1,000 years from now?
- People in 1977 would be stunned that Star Wars is still popular in 2014 and talked about on a range of podcasts.
- Their first question would be "What is a podcast future-man?".
- Descriptions of The Force are vague enough that they could be applied to any religion.
- The problem is that The Force isn't about finding inner peace - its about affecting other people.
- However converting people to Jedi is easy - they just use the mind trick.
- There are registered Jedis.
- They go door-to-door dressed as Jedis.
- In a census somewhere in the world they recorded Jedi as their religion.
- Alex thinks that these people should be instantly audited by the IRS.
- More information on this aspect tomorrow.
- This scene has very interesting lighting. It is like they are standing under halogen lamps.
- It does not look like a murky swamp. There is a very bright light shining on them - this is what gives Yoda his "Yoda glow".
- The "You want the impossible" line is Luke's lowest, and most Anakin, moment. Luke is very petulant.
- This is another weird response given that Yoda is not asking him to do anything and just explaining stuff.
- For the movie Luke has to be skeptical otherwise the movie would be very anti-climactic.
- Stuart remembers wishing as a kid that Luke would just listen to the little green frog man and do what he says so that he can then go and fight something/someone.
- Luke's frustration with Yoda is therefore mirrored by kids in the audience.
- For Alex the Yoda's scene is snoozeville. Yoda is the least funny muppet he'd ever seen.
- Enough with all the teaching.
- Yoda says that <sic> "life creates the force".
- Why didn't anyone just give Luke a blood test.
- Perhaps they did when he signed up for the rebellion or when he was unconscious from the Sandpeople (tested by Ben).
- According to SWM, a lot happens when Luke is knocked unconscious by the Sandpeople:
- A blood test.
- He is given a strong sedative.
- Ben kills the Lars family and the Jawas.
- Ben returns to Luke four days later.
- Given this, Luke should have woken up with a full beard.
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- Thanks to and from Stuart - will be back tomorrow.
Meta Minute
- 16:20 podcast episode length.
- Cold-open: Ad-read - Dollar Shave Club; starwarsminute.com/shave.
- Stuart being on the show completes the SWM Flophouse trilogy.
Quotes
Link
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2014/04/21/empire-minute-71-yodas-chance/
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