Jedi Minute 132: So Long, and Thanks for All the Ewoks

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Date

July 7th, 2015

Summary

Pete and Alex wrap up the Original Trilogy

Guests

Hosts only

Notes

Film

• More credits.
• Only 42 seconds.

Podcast

• No one else named Peter.
• George Walton Lucas facts.
  • Only directed a handful of movies (22-year hiatus between Star Wars and The Phantom Menace).
  • Instead of asking for more money for directing Star Wars, he got a cut of the merchandise sales.
  • What else you could get $4.05 billion (the purchase price of Lucasfilm).
  • Thank you to George Lucas for making all of this possible. Referenced: "Welcome Back" (song by John Sebastian).

Thank you one and all

• Thanks to Kristen and Ella (the Star Wars Minute success) for support, collaboration, and for being guests.
• Thanks to Baby The Retailer, and to Dan and Ruthie (Pete's in-laws) for being some of their earliest and biggest supporters.
• Thank you to [1] for being the first ever sponsor of the show.
• Thanks to Dan Whitley.
• Thanks to Pete's mom and Alex's dad for taking them to see Star Wars in the first place.
• Thank you yo all the supporters on Patreon.
• Thanks to all the guests.
  • 68 as of this recording.
• Thanks to all the listeners!
• Thank you to Pete for producing and editing the show, and for conceiving the minute-by-minute format.

Meta Minute

• 17:15 podcast episode length.
• The name of this episode is a reference to Douglas Adam's So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish.
  • It is one of only a handful of episodes where the title was not taken from a quote from the show itself.
• Cold open: 8-DAY-GREEDO call from Chris Radtke. One last ditch attempt to get the guys to not do the Prequels.

Quotes

• Pete: ...analyze, scrutinize, and finalize.
• Alex: America, you are so dumb.
• Pete and Alex: (in unison) ...Star Wars Minute.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2015/07/07/jedi-minute-132-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-ewoks/

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